Memorable moments in America's 20th Century - learn all about the American experience

Viewers may watch the program from beginning to end or as individual segments suitable for use as condensed chronicles of each historical period. Recommended as unit or chapter introductions for middle and high school grade levels.

Here's what you'll discover in this fascinating 70 Minute DVD:

1. Civil Rights in America 1900s - 1960s Segment length: 11:31 From the KKK, Jim Crow laws, Jackie Robinson, and Plessy vs Ferguson, to Emmitt Till, Rosa Parks, desegregation, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. The Great Depression & Recovery 1930s Segment length: 10:07 America’s economic crisis, the Bonus Army, growth of radio, FDR’s New Deals, and labor laws in the Thirties

3. The Atomic Solution 1939 - 1945 Segment length: 6:51 The Einstein letter, the Manhattan Project, and Truman’s decision to use the A-Bomb to end World War II

4. Suburbia & Levittown 1940s - 1950s Segment length: 10:48 The GI Bill, the growth of suburbia, the advent of TV, 3-D movies, UFOs, and American cars in the Fifties

5. The Space Race 1950s - 1960s Segment length: 5:52 Dr. Robert Goddard, Vernher Von Braun, the US & Russiareach for the Moon, with Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs

6. The Cold War: Pt. 1 1945 - 1960 Segment length: 10:09 Beginnings of Post-WWII conflicts, including the United Nations, the Iron Curtain, the Korean War, Senator Joseph McCarthy, and civil defense

7. The Cold War: Pt. 2 1960 - 1991 Segment length: 13:44 The conflicts continue to rage, including the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam War, SALT Talks, and the fall of Communism in Russia