The influence of both world wars and the worldwide Great Depression are still evident. To understand the effects these events had on the modern world, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the following indicators:

Grade(s): 7

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

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Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Cela Miller, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Cela Miller, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
​Cela Miller grew up in Poland during the 1920s. When the war started, the Germans burned towns and homes; removed priests, professors, and Jews. Those who turned in Jews got a kilogram of sugar. She...
Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Cela Miller, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Cela Miller, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
​Cela Miller grew up in Poland during the 1920s. When the war started, the Germans burned towns and homes; removed priests, professors, and Jews. Those who turned in Jews got a kilogram of sugar. She...
Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Claude Hipp | S.C. Voices: Lessons from Holocaust

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Claude Hipp | S.C. Voices: Lessons from Holocaust
Born in 1923 in Cross Hill, S.C., Claude Hipp was assigned to the Army infantry in North Carolina in 1943. He was shipped to Europe and marched through Camp Orsdorff where 9,000 workers had been...
Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Ben Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Ben Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Staying in a ghetto in Poland in the early 1940s, Ben Stern's people wore white arm bands with the Star of David to identify themselves as Jews. Food was rationed. In 1943 they were all taken away in...
Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Ben Stern, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Ben Stern, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Ben Stern Part 1 (Length 1:02:13) Staying in a ghetto in Poland in the early 1940s, Ben Stern's people wore white arm bands with the Star of David to identify themselves as Jews. Food was rationed. In...
Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Bluma Goldberg | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Bluma Goldberg | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
​Bluma Goldberg grew up in Poland in a small, pretty town, with a close knit family and lots of friends. In 1939 Hitler invaded, and the whole town was burned. The Nazis took Jews, including her...
 Survival | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust 9

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Survival | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust
Episode 9
Holocaust survivors discuss the determination that was required to survive under the horrid conditions. They discuss the gas chambers, the starvation, and illness, and waking up with a corpse next to...
Joe Engel | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust Felix Goldberg | S. C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Felix Goldberg | S. C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Born in Poland, Felix Goldberg was captured near Warsaw in 1939 and sent to a German work camp. He worked hard on the farm in the bitter cold with little to eat. Later he was sent to Auschwitz. He...
 Murray Price  | Generations of Heroes

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Murray Price | Generations of Heroes
World War II Meet Murray Price who was a World War II pilot. Interview by Vaughn Postema from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. ​Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
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Lou Fowler | Generations of Heroes
World War II Meet Lou Fowler and was a World War II POW. Interview by Ryan Riordan from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
 Robert Mills  | Generations of Heroes

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Robert Mills | Generations of Heroes
World War II Meet Robert Mills. He served in World War II. Interview by Perry McLeod from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. ​ Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
 South Carolina Honor Flight | Generations of Heroes

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South Carolina Honor Flight | Generations of Heroes
Inaugural Flight - November 15, 2008. Recorded by Perry McLeod, a history teacher at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C. ​ Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
 Jack Bush | Generations of Heroes

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Jack Bush | Generations of Heroes
World War II Jack Bush was a tail gunner in World War II. A tail gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who defends against enemy fighter attacks from the rear, or "tail", of the plane. Listen to...
 Irving Levine | Generations of Heroes

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Irving Levine | Generations of Heroes
World War II Irving Levine was a CBI Pilot in World War II. CBI stands for the China-Burma-India Theater. This area was where many pilots flew bombing and transport missions. Interview by Kristen...
 Holocaust | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust 7

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Holocaust | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust
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The conditions in the camps are described in detail. In the camp, a line formed consisting of the able-bodied men and another for the old, pregnant women, young children, mothers with young children...