Social Studies

Title Format Time Call Number
Amazing Destinations: Caribbean & Mexico - Culture and history of Cuba, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, and Mexico. VHS 26 min. 909 AMA
Ancient Civilizations: Egypt & the Fertile Crescent CD/ROM   930 ANC
Ancient Civilizations: Greece & Rome   CD/ROM   930 ANC
Ancient Civilizations: India & China -  CD/ROM   930 ANC
Australia experience, the Southeast - Tour the southeastern Australian outback. See a bushman's hat, take surfing lessons, shear a sheep, soar in a hang-glider, ride a horse through Mt. Buffalo National Park, try white-water rafting, and experience Australia. VHS 47 min. 994 AUS
Columbus & Isabella - Re-enactment of Columbus' pleas before the council. VHS 22 min. 970 COL
Crisis in Darfur with Ann Curry - March of 2006, NBC reporter Ann Curry traveled to the border between Chad and Sudan to cover the conflict that has claimed hundereds of thousands of lives. DVD 30 min. 962.7 CRI
Destination Mexico, travel and experience the world - Traveller Ian Wright visits Baja California, a mostly desert mountainous peninsula off the southwest of the United States while Justine Shapiro explores Mexico City, a buzzing capital where modern skyscrapers tower over Indian markets and Spanish churches. DVD 104 min. 972 DES
Discover Russia - Visit Leningrad and Moscow and see the sites, nightlife, and sports.  Celebrate the Russian holidays. VHS 30 min. 947 DIS
Indonesia experience - Take part in a tribal ceremony, climb volcanoes, snorkel, experience Indonesia.  VHS 47 min. 959.8 IND
Is America Number One? Understanding the Economics of Success VHS 41 min. 320 ISA
The Japan experience: Tokyo to Taiwan - While experiencing Japan, you will ride the bullet train, have your fortune told at a Buddhist shrine, tour the peace museum in Nagasaki, watch a snake and mongoose fight and swing fire at the Aso Fire Festival. VHS 47 min. 952 JAP
Johnny Tremain - The days of the Revolutionary War and some of America's proudest moments.  Johnny Tremain and Paul Revere rebelliously toss English Tea into the Boston Harbor. VHS 22 min. 973 FOR
Lewis and Clark at the Great Divide - Simulated interviews with both President Jefferson provides the background and purposes of the expedition of the westward movement. VHS 22 min. 973.4 LEW
Lost Kingdoms of the Maya - See the Mayan ruins and explore beautiful temples with archaeologists in Copan,  Dos Pilas, and other great places in Mexico. VHS 60 min. 972 LOS
Mexico: Journey to the Sun - See ancient treasures, Indian cultures, the religions, the heritage, and lifestyles unlike any other. VHS 53 min. 972 MEX
Mighty Times: the Children's March - Documentary film about the 1963 civil rights march in Birmingham, Alabama. VHS 40 min. 323 MIG
Morocco experience VHS 47 min. 964 MOR
Multimedia U.S. History CD/ROM 47 min. 973 MUL
Native Americans 1: Eastern Woodlands, Plains - Profiles the following American Indian tribes: Iroquois, Ojibwa, Sioux, Cheyenne, Cherokee, Choctaw. CD/ROM   970.1 NAT
Native Americans 2: Southwest, Northwest Coast & Arctic - Profiles the following American Indian tribes: Hopi, Apache, Navaho, Haida, Ingit, Eskimo. CD/ROM 47 min. 970.1 NAT
One Hundred Eight Years of National Geographic on CD/ROM -  CD/ROM   910 NAT
One Survivor Remembers - Award winning documentary about Gerda Weissman, a Holocaust survivor. VHS 38 min. 954.4 ONE
Paul Revere's Ride - Simulated interviews with both Patriot and Tory leaders and the British governor, General Gage.  VHS 22 min. 973.3 PAU
South America - Highlights the Andes, the Atacama, as well as the Amazon River and its surrounding rain forest. VHS 25 min. 910 SOU
Teacher's Pet Middle school - Set includes Mathematics for 7th & 8th grade, Pre-Algebra, Biology, History of the United States, and Vocabulary. CD/ROM   371.3 TEA
Time Multimedia Almanac -  CD/ROM   900 TIM
Travelers: South America - The travelers take part in some of the most colorful festivals of South America.  VHS 51 min. 394 TRA
World Population - A graphic simulation of human population growth from 1 A.D. VHS 7 min. 304.6 WOR

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updated 10/13/08