Grade(s): 6, 7, 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2020
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Luba Goldberg nee Schreibman was born in 1921 in Romania, not far from Russia. Her family contained many well-respected Romanian doctors. With Romania part of the WWII German Axis, it enacted the same...
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Fort Jackson celebrates its one hundred year anniversary. Part one of this special chronicles Fort Jackson’s history, and how it evolved over time, from a camp, to a permanent U.S. Army installation.
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One of Fort Jackson’s crowning achievements is leading the way in race and gender integration in the military.
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Fort Jackson is more than just a base for training Army recruits. It is a symbol representing everything which makes America great. Fort Jackson also plays important roles outside of military...
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On August 11, 1945, the Emperor of Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration, which specified the unconditional surrender of Japan. The war was over, the Americans rejoiced, and the troops headed home...
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Okinawa was the final Japanese island before the mainland. It would be the largest amphibious invasion in history. The Americans had to control the air and the water. The orders came that the...
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Our veterans discuss the era in which the atomic bomb was used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their recollections of this time..
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This segment focuses on the racial discrimination that existed during World War II and how it affected those who served their country. The military was segregated. There were African Americans from...
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With its navy destroyed, the Japanese have come to recognize that their last line of defense is through suicide attacks on American ships. From the American ships, the kamikazes looked like a swarm of...
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German soldiers were surrendering so fast, they just would surrender a whole unit and we couldn't handle them all. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was announcing "Today in Europe, the war is...