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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 |
| Afghanistan IIIThe history of British imperial interference in 19th Century Afghanistan is replete with useless wars, miscues, mismanagement, ineptitude and disastrous choices. Afghanistan’s attitude toward the outside world is in many ways shaped by this record of incompetence.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| TC 1985: "We Are The World"During the 1980s, the plight of famine-ravaged East Africa caught the attention of the world. Many entertainers banded together to raise funds for relief. The result: a single record and an album, “We Are the World.”Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Afghanistan IAt the crossroads of commerce and international conflict, near the heart of central Asia, is Afghanistan. It is stark, rugged, and beautiful, with untapped natural resources and a population divided internally but fiercely independent when facing outside invasion.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Afghanistan IVAfter a period of relative quiet in the early 20th century, Afghanistan re-emerged as an international flashpoint in the twilight of the Soviet Union and as fertile ground for a reinvigorated Islamic fundamentalism.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Afghanistan IIFor more than a century after 1800, the region known today as Afghanistan was the field upon which Britain and Russia played a great game of diplomatic and military conquest.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
