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| Gladbeck HostagesEvery decade has its share of important events. But this completely engrossing series highlights only the best, the most far-reaching, the most worldly, and the most consequential of the 1980s.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
 | Taking it to the StreetsHistorian Peter Norton speaks with 20th Century History Guy Brian Balogh about how automobile companies in the 1920s managed to re-define streets as a space for cars, rather than pedestrians. And he explains the little-known history of the term “jaywalker.”Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Traditional Family Values?Historian Steven Mintz busts some myths about “traditional” family values and their so-called “Golden Age” – the 1950s. He argues that contrary to popular belief, American families are more stable now, on the whole, than they’ve ever been.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| I is for ImmigrantUnless you are an ancestor of a Native American sometime in the last 400 years your family immigrated to the United States…. When those ancestors came to America they brought with them their methods of agriculture to help feed their families…. Immigrants lived in all Virginia neighborhoods… some worked in the sawmills, mines, woods and many worked the farmland…..Grades K-2 | 3-5 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Democractic National Convention IAs the hot summer of 1968 ground to a close, the Democrats prepared to descend on Chicago for their quadrennial gathering. The year had taken its toll. Assassination, riot, an unpopular war and a divided leadership left the Democrats in disarray.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Democractic National Convention IIIJerry Rubin was a Yippie, the nickname for members of the Youth International Party of which he was a founder. He and his troops descended on Chicago determined to protest the Vietnam War and racism in America.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Democractic National Convention IIFrom August 26-29, 1968, the eyes of the political world were fixed on Chicago and the nominating convention of the Democratic Party. It was not a pretty sight. Inside the Chicago Amphitheater where the Convention met, the divisions within the Party were laid bare for all to see.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
