juvenile films

Explores archaeological sites and artifacts, art, architecture, and writings to provide insights into life in the ancient Aegean civilization, showing how archaeologists pieced together the history of the ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans using discoveries from ancient ruins as well as clues from the Greek myths.

Reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians examine significant events of the Cold War period between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the post-World War II era, with coverage of the Berlin crisis, Fidel Castro and Cuba, and the collapse of the U.S.S.R.

Reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews explore significant events of the Vietnam War era including the anti-war movement, the policies of Lyndon Johnson, the fall of Saigon, and the social and political impact.

Examines significant events in the history of the U.S., focusing on the Great Depression and the New Deal, with discussion of the causes of the stock market crash, President Franklin Roosevelt's response to the crisis, and the Social Security Act.

Reenactments, readings, interviews, film footage, and photographs explore major events involving World War I including the War Industries Board and Wilson's Fourteen Points.

Examines the social and political impact of industrialization during the late nineteenth century, describing strikes, child labor laws, the Populist Party, immigrant factory workers, and economic growth.

Explores the environmental issues created by the advent of the railroad and steam engine, the development of large corporations, and the growth of cities between 1870 and 1910.

Reenactments, readings, and interviews explore major events of the 1920s including the automobile culture, the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age, and prohibition.

Reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians examine Democratic reforms of the mid-nineteenth century, discussing Jacksonian democracy, the rise of the Whig Party, antebellum reform movements, urban revival, women's suffrage, and the abolition movement.

Teaches children about the daily life and culture of the Pilgrims, the voyage of the "Mayflower," the Mayflower Compact, and the food, shelter, and customs of the Native Americans of southern New England.