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USHC.4.CO Develop a comparative analysis of the motives for and outcomes of American policies regarding foreign intervention.

Grade(s): 11

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

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The Carrier Will Lead | USS Yorktown
The Carrier Will Lead | USS Yorktown

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10

USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier that served with the US Navy in World War II and the Vietnam War. World War II’s famous “Fighting Lady” would participate significantly in the...
Pearl Harbor | South Carolina's Greatest Generation 2
Pearl Harbor | South Carolina's Greatest Generation
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

On December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by air, by the Japanese. Nine South Carolinians were killed along with 1,168 of their shipmates on board the Battleship Arizona. The nation was now at...
The Road To Germany | South Carolina's Greatest Generation 8
The Road To Germany | South Carolina's Greatest Generation
Episode 8

Video

Grades: 8 9 10 11 12

Moffatt Burriss’ infantry outfit fought its way through Italy, and continued to fight its way through France. Burriss’ men, along with another company, were sent across the Waal River to try to take...
Human Rights | Periscope
Human Rights | Periscope
Episode 9

Photo

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Every nation provides its people with certain rights. These may be the right to vote, the right to work, or freedom of speech. The idea that the most important rights should be shared by people in...
A New Front, Part 8 8
A New Front, Part 8
Episode 8

Video

Grades: 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

After the victory in Italy, the next large-scale campaign would be “Operation Overlord”: a massive allied mobilization by the Americans and the British, to drive the Germans out of France. American...
A Time To Fight, Part 6 6
A Time To Fight, Part 6
Episode 6

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

At the beginning of the war, South Carolinians prepared to fight in either Europe, or the Pacific. For many, their first taste of combat would be in North Africa. In this video segment, S.C. veterans...
A Time to Fight, Part 5 5
A Time to Fight, Part 5
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 8 9 10 11 12

The story of the Doolittle Raiders is told, including.that of Bill Farrow, one of three top students in a nationwide search of colleges and universities, chosen to receive pilot's training at...
A Time to Fight, Part 1 1
A Time to Fight, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

This episode follows our veterans from their childhoods to the attack on Pearl Harbor and following through to the first battles of the war in North Africa, Italy and Sicily. Additional sections...
The Island War, Part 1 1
The Island War, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Veterans recall the brutality of war with the Japanese, their allegiance to their emperor, the tropical heat, the jungle, the danger of the rocky reefs, and the threat of malaria, for which they took...
A World War, Part 1 1
A World War, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

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...
Vanishing Generation, Part 4 4
Vanishing Generation, Part 4
Episode 4

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Tom Grove, prisoner of war survivor, recalls the Battle of the Bulge, and says that is where he got his first combat injury. He was taken prisoner that day, after a German tank pulled up in front of...
Vanishing Generation, Part 8 8
Vanishing Generation, Part 8
Episode 8

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Tom Grove, prisoner of war survivor, tells the story of being in his second prison camp, and hearing bombing way off in the distance, and how the noise of artillery got louder and closer, along with...
Vanishing Generation, Part 7 7
Vanishing Generation, Part 7
Episode 7

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Tee Senn, cryptologist, speaks of the tank battles, about the reality, not TV, and seeing a tank explode. "...For years...you wake up...it gets to you...it's something that you don't ever want to have...
Vanishing Generation, Part 5 5
Vanishing Generation, Part 5
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Russell Meyne, B-17 pilot, says, "But Pearl Harbor, of course, was one about 4-hour period," and he didn't get hit, didn't get shot..."there was no continuity to it...the beginning and end was right...
Vanishing Generation, Part 1 1
Vanishing Generation, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

World War II is the most important event of the 20th Century. It changed everything. Fifty million people died in World War II, including 405,000 Americans. The United States became a world power, the...