Social Studies Videos

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.

This clip, about Nelson Mandela's early years, is from a larger work - "Nelson Mandela: Higher Than Hope" - produced by NTV Kenya.

THIS CLIP DEPICTS THE LIFE OF NERO, A ROMAN EMPEROR, AND CONTAINS RE-ENACTMENTS OF REAL PEOPLE AND REAL EVENTS.

Nero became the Emperor of Rome in 54 AD.

THIS CLIP DEPICTS THE LIFE OF NERO, A ROMAN EMPEROR, AND CONTAINS RE-ENACTMENTS OF REAL PEOPLE AND REAL EVENTS.

Learn about redrawing national boundaries.

During a November 17, 1973 televised news conference - during which a Watergate-embattled President Nixon took his case to the American people - the P...

Nicholas II and his family have been stripped of power and sent into Siberian exile.

Queen Elizabeth II gave her grandson a new title - honoring the people of Northern Ireland - on the day William married Catherine Middleton (the Duche...

In October of 1960, the leader of the Soviet delegation to the United Nations is upset and will not be ignored. To get attention, he ignores protocol ...

On the 21st of February, 1972, President Richard Nixon arrived in China.

Aboard the USS Panay, on the 12th of December 1937, was a Universal News cameraman who had covered World War I and was in China to report on the Japan...

Enoch ("Nucky") L. Johnson - called Nucky Thompson in the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" - was known as a kind of "Robin Hood" when he was "The Boss" o...

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