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How do we make a "sound judgment" in a culturally diverse society? How do we know the best path to follow in an interdependent world? These stories, based on social-studies, help us to understand that personal and environmental relationships impact our lives and our world.

NOTICE: THIS VIDEO INCLUDES SCENES OF FATAL SHOOTINGS ON THE CAMPUS OF KENT STATE UNIVERSITY.

King Kong - a very scary movie for its day - opened on the 2nd of March, 1933.

Captain Lindeman made a decision which saved the lives of his passengers and his ship (the G.

After Adolf Hitler's rise, in Germany, he quickly consolidated his power base.

Kristallnacht begins in Germany on the 9th of November, 1938. What was it and why did it begin?

WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS VIOLENT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST JEWISH PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER OF 1938.

WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS VIOLENT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST JEWISH PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER OF 1938.

Great Britain was the only country to widely open its doors to German Jews.

A grandson of Genghis, Kublai became the Great Khan in 1260.

Henry VIII made sure that his son, Edward VI, was educated by Protestants.

NOTE: THIS CLIP - BEGINNING SCENES FROM SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - DEPICTS A GRAPHIC RECREATION OF THE EVENTS OF WAR AS AMERICAN SOLDIERS APPROACHED, THEN ...

In this clip from "The Last Day of World War One," we see a replica of the railway carriage in which the Armistice was signed on the 11th of November,...

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