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Democracy crushed

Tiananmen Square
1998
Examines the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, discussing the events that led to it, the actions of the students and the Chinese government, and its aftermath.

Africa

a history denied
1998
Location footage, 3-D computer graphics, and re-creations uncover the hidden legacy of Africa's coastal kingdoms and the achievements of the lesser-known civilization of Great Zimbabwe, which dominated southern Africa from the 13th through the 15th centuries.

Spanish-speaking world

1998
Investigates the countries, people, and cultural diversity of the Spanish-speaking world.

Spanish

2001
Teaches common Spanish phrases in a sing and repeat format.

Habla espa?ol?

learn Spanish
2001
Presents the Standard Deviants approach to learning the basics of the Spanish language, covering pronunciation, greetings, simple conversations, and other topics.

Changes in the properties of matter

physical and chemical
2003
Amanda takes her friend Kyle to a science store where the owner helps them understand the physical and chemical properties of matter, and the processes, such as rusting or burning, by which those properties change.

Pearl Harbor & World War II

Dramatizes the events of December 7, 1941, when a peaceful day on the Hawaiaan island of Oahu was destroyed with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which drew the U.S. into World War II.

National politics

the Cold War
1996
Examines the achievements of U.S. presidents who served during the Cold War, including Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon.

The early Italian Renaissance

Brunelleschi Donatello Masaccio
1994
Examines the works of three artists who spurred the Renaissance movement in early fifteenth-century Italy, including architect Filippo Brunelleschi, sculptor Donatello, and Masaccio, a painter.

Watergate

2003
Chronicles the Watergate scandal and examines such questions as what happened to the missing minutes of Richard Nixon's secret tapes and who Deep Throat was.

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