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Grade(s): 11

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

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 Tankbusters: Conclusion 9
Tankbusters: Conclusion
Episode 9

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Lieutenant Colonel Joel "Rally" Rush elaborates on how American sentiments changed from before the conflict, to afterwards. Lt. Col. Rush also discusses the lessons people should take away from the...
 Tankbusters: "SCUD Hunts"  7
Tankbusters: "SCUD Hunts"
Episode 7

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

While Lieutenant Colonel Joel Rush did not participate in any organized hunts for Saddam Hussein's SCUD missiles, he recalls his experience of running into a SCUD missile launcher during a night...
 Tankbusters: Life in the Desert 6
Tankbusters: Life in the Desert
Episode 6

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Lieutenant Colonel Joel "Rally" Rush discusses what living conditions were like in the deserts of the Middle East region.
 Tankbusters: Flying Missions 5
Tankbusters: Flying Missions
Episode 5

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Lieutenant Colonel Joel "Rally" Rush discusses what flying missions in the A-10 Thunderbolt II were like. He walks viewers through the process of preparing for a mission, destroying Saddam Hussein's...
 Tankbusters: Reaction to Invasion of Kuwait 4
Tankbusters: Reaction to Invasion of Kuwait
Episode 4

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Lieutenant Colonel Joel "Rally" Rush recalls his thoughts about hearing the news on Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Rush also discusses the socio-political climate in the U.S. at...
 Tankbusters: Saddam Hussein 3
Tankbusters: Saddam Hussein
Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Lieutenant Colonel Joel "Rally" Rush briefly opines about who Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was as a person.
 Tankbusters: Flying the A-10 Thunderbolt II 2
Tankbusters: Flying the A-10 Thunderbolt II
Episode 2

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Lieutenant Colonel Rush (U.S. Air Force, retired) discusses flying the A-10 Thunderbolt II. The Warthog's primary purpose is a "tank killer".
 Tankbusters: Introduction 1
Tankbusters: Introduction
Episode 1

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Meet Lieutenant Colonel Joel "Rally" Rush, U.S. Air Force, retired. Rush introduces himself, and briefly discusses his career and job duties in the military.
 Persian Gulf War, Part 1 1
Persian Gulf War, Part 1
Episode 1

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Saddam Hussein instigated the Persian Gulf War with his invasion of Iraq’s next door neighbor Kuwait on August 2, 1990. The introductory segment of this edition of History In A Nutshell sets the stage...
 Freewoods Farm | Reconstruction 360
Freewoods Farm | Reconstruction 360

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Grades: 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12

Reconstruction 360 is built on a 360 degree video platform that features a reenactment set on a farm in 1865. The reenactment was shot at Freewoods Farm, a living farm museum in the Freewoods...
 The Space Race, Part 2 2
The Space Race, Part 2
Episode 2

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Grades: 5 6 7 9 10 11 12

Gemini is the not widely known bridge between Mercury, and the Apollo Program. Gemini would serve as the test-bed for Apollo; to prepare NASA for trips to the moon. After the successes with the Gemini...
 The Space Race, Part 1 1
The Space Race, Part 1
Episode 1

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Grades: 5 6 7 9 10 11 12

Part 1 briefly outlines the Cold War, and how the "Space Race" got started, with the Soviets' launching of Sputnik, in October, 1957. Next came the U.S. competing with the Soviets to launch a man into...
 Victory | South Carolina's Greatest Generation 9
Victory | South Carolina's Greatest Generation
Episode 9

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

Thirty three days after the death of President Roosevelt, Germany surrenders. The allies celebrate their victory over the Nazis. In 1945, after the two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and...
Freedom of Thought and Religion | Periscope
Freedom of Thought and Religion | Periscope
Episode 13

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

The world is full of different cultures and religions. But in some areas of the world people are not allowed to talk about their faith and opinions. The United Nations considers the right to express...
Human Rights | Periscope
Human Rights | Periscope
Episode 9

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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...
 Space Program | Open Line (1981) 1
Space Program | Open Line (1981)
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

South Carolina ETV was there as the first space shuttle was launched on April 12, 1981. What possibilities lie ahead? What problems? After several years of delays, the space shuttle Columbia launched...
 Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 3 3
Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 3
Episode 3

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Grades: 5 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Colonel Robert Hanley Morrell became chief of staff after McEntire's death. Morrell was a colorful character who could have been Southern Conference boxing champion before his Army Air Corp and Air...
 Eyewitness to 9/11, An Upstate Story
Eyewitness to 9/11, An Upstate Story

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Grades: 5 9 10 11 12

Gaffney native Father Lyndon Harris was the priest in charge of the St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral that is located directly across the street from where the World Trade Center Towers once stood. In this...