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This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings plots out Adolf Hitler's rise to power, in which he used charisma, guile, and aggression to forge an iron-clad dictatorship from the economic chaos of the 1930s. The Spanish Civil War-proving ground for the inevitable war to come-is addressed, and World War II in Europe is surveyed, spanning events from the blitzkrieg against Poland to the invasion of the Soviet Union. The war against the Jews is also...
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From the mechanization of agriculture to the mass production of consumer goods, the first three decades of the 20th century left no one in America untouched, for better or for worse, by the rush to modernize. This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings captures the heyday of American big business, when industrialization, easy consumer financing, and a bullish stock market readily translated into a higher standard of living for a growing middle...
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From the rise of Lenin to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 20th century witnessed the birth and death of the Soviet Union. This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings confronts the impact of Bolshevism, from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War, featuring the spread of Communism to China, the Korean War, the Berlin Airlift, McCarthyism, the Hungarian uprising, Sputnik, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, glasnost and perestroika, and...
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Can history help predict how long America's current wave of affluence will last? This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings tracks the ups and downs of the U.S. economy, spanning the New Deal and World War II, the G.I. Bill and post-war prosperity, the rise and fall of Motor City, the rampant consumerism and runaway inflation of the '70s, the mixed results of Reaganomics, and Wall Street's merger mania. The size and influence of the federal...
11) The Moral Mind?
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Evolutionary biologist Marc Hauser—author of the book Moral Minds—believes that morality is an innate biological function. This ABC News report discusses Professor Hauser’s research and his conclusion that humans have evolved to the point that a conscience is in our DNA. In 2010, Harvard University found Professor Hauser guilty of scientific misconduct. He resigned after being banned from teaching for the University’s psychology department....
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Preceded by a rush of naïve optimism, World War I swiftly demonstrated the awful might and unheroic nature of modern warfare, shattering European innocence and pulling America onto the world stage. This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings documents the course of the war that blighted a generation—and the punitive peace that ensured future enmity. From the prewar arms race between Germany and Britain to the stalemate on the Western Front,...
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Encourage students to explore biases and stereotypes with this fourth series of ABC News "What Would You Do?" segments. Each scenario puts actors into exchanges with unwitting bystanders, generating a wide range of responses—from overt hostility towards other races and cultures to acts of genuine compassion. Topics explored include race and ethnicity, gender, disability, homelessness, age, and more.
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The political and economic turmoil of Europe drove millions to leave their countries of origin and emigrate to the U.S. where a lady held a welcoming lamp "beside the Golden Door." This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings tells the dramatic story of the transformation of America into a truly multicultural nation, from the teeming ethnic neighborhoods of New York to the black migration to northern cities during the Great Depression. Also discussed...