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Pinpoints common questions about nouns and pronouns, which include everything from identifying nouns to writing and using possessive nouns and pronouns to ensuring pronoun-antecedent agreement.

Presents dependent and independent clauses, and how they can be combined in different ways to form compound, complex and compound-complex sentences.

Presents an account of the Vietnam War based on the actual letters of men and women who served there, written home, and read over films of combat and daily life in the war zone, and read to the soundtrack of the pop and rock music of the day.

Examines the dark undercurrent that lay beneath American contentedness in the 1950s, discussing McCarthyism, the escalation of the Cold War, and violent civil rights demonstrations.

Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on the 1920s when the issue of women's rights became so controversial.

Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on daily life during the 1900s, and looking ahead to the changes to come.

Alex Riley explores the Spanish Islands, taking in the world famous Balearics in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands located off the west coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.

In Depression-era Louisiana, an African-American boy sets out to find his father, who has been sent to a labor camp after stealing food for his starving family, and struggles to cope with the shooting death of the faithful family dog.

Traces the history and culture of early Native American communities, the growth of early colonial settlements and pioneers into the West, and how the industrial age and inventions changed communities worldwide.

Presents two episodes of the 1950s historical reenactment program "You Are There," in which CBS news correspondents broadcast "live" from the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party.