U.S. History: General
Events that Shaped Our World
AV 114
The most dramatic moments in television history: Vietnam War, Terrorism, Space Exploration, Mount St. Helens, Watergate; ABC News, 1989.
Video. 30 minutes
Images of the 80s
AV 77
VCRs, PCs, CDs, AIDS, Vietnam Veteran Memorial Wall; Time Magazine, narrated by Peter Jennings. ABC News, 1989.
Video. 52 minutes.
Why Bother Voting
AV 43
To understand the importance of voting, why people don’t, procedures to register and vote. PBS.
Video, teacher’s guide. 57 minutes.
Maps and What We Learn From Them
AV 40
Reading maps, using maps, making maps; National Geographic, 1987.
3 Filmstrips, cassettes, teacher’s guides
America 1900
AV 470
Archival film, photos, music, struggles and dreams of Americans at the turn of the century. PBS, 1998.
2 Videos. 75 minutes, 105 minutes.
Christopher Columbus
AV 488
Explorer of the New World. A&E Biography, 1996.
Video. 60 minutes.
American Monument: The Presidential Memorials
AV 490
A&E, 1995.
Video. 50 minutes.
American Monument: The White House
AV 492
A&E, 1995.
Video. 50 minutes.
The Fifties: The Fear and The Dream
AV 493
Babyboom, McCarthy, Korean War. A&E, 1997.
Video. 90 minutes.
The Fifties: Selling the American Way
AV 494
Advertising perfected on television. A&E, 1997.
Video. 50 minutes.
The Fifties: Let’s Play House
AV 495
Conflicted gender roles, Peyton Place. A&E, 1997.
Video. 50 minutes.
The Fifties: A Burning Desire
AV 496
Sexual taboos, Kinsey Report, Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner. A&E, 1997.
Video. 50 minutes.
The Fifties: The Beat
AV 497
Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Elvis Presley. A&E, 1997.
Video. 50 minutes.
The Fifties: The Rage Within and the Road to the Sixties
AV 498
Racial discrimination, rise of athlete superstars; cars, fast food, JFK, Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, entry to Vietnam. A&E, 1997.
Video. 100 minutes.
Star Spangled Banner
AV 512
A&E, 1998.
Video. 50 minutes.
American House
AV 211
Guide to architectural styles. Learning Seed, 1992.
Video, teacher’s guide. 23 minutes.
The Fifties
AV 336
Remember the food, fashions, fun and games of the Fifties. BiFolkal, 2001.
Images, activities.