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.

Ronald Reagan became America's 40th president on January 20, 1981.

On the 12th of June, 1987, President Ronald Reagan visited Berlin.

On the 1st of December, 1955, Rosa Parks was riding on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. When the driver ordered her to give-up her seat for a white perso...

Not long after J. Howard Miller - the artist at Westinghouse who created the "We Can Do It!

On the 7th of July, 1947, the public information office at Roswell Army Air Field (in Roswell, New Mexico) reported the crash and recovery of a flying...

This video clip, from the 1930s, shows circus roustabouts - like those in Water for Elephants - as they do the hard work erecting the "Big Top" and th...

Folklore has it that William Webb Ellis invented rugby around 1823 while he was a student at the Rugby School in England.

This clip explains the sport of rugby in a way that people (especially those who watch American-style football) can understand.

For more than 700 years Russia, a nation rich in natural resources, has defended herself against invaders from other countries.

Sacajawea (Sacagawea) was the only woman with the Corps of Discovery expedition.

By the fall of 1692, the authorities running the Salem Witch Trials begun to have second thoughts about all the claims. Perhaps Governor Phips decided...

While "witch hunts" frequently took place in parts of Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries - resulting in the deaths of up to 50,000 people - th...

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