HistoryStudy Guides
These study guide materials are intended to accompany History Classroom programs. Feel free to print the pages for classroom use.
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      Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics Education Guide 
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      The Great War: Education Guide 
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      Harlem Hellfighters: Education Guide 
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      Kennedy: Education Guide 
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      761st Tank Battalion: Education Guide 
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      FDR 
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      Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters, Challenger Discovery 
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      Colosseum: Education Guide 
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      After Jackie Education Guide 
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      Theodore Roosevelt Education Guide 
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      The American Presidency with Bill Clinton: Separate but Unequal Study Guide 
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      Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War Education Guide 
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      Abraham Lincoln Education Guide 
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      Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War Education Guide 
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      Black Wall Street: Toolkit from RedFlight Innovation and Why Not? Foundation 
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      Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre: Education Guide 
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      Grant: Resources from Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History 
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      Grant: Education Guide 
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      Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution: Education Guide 
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      Washington Miniseries: Education Guide 
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      Auschwitz Untold Education Guide 
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      Secret History of the White House 
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      Presidents at War Study Guide 
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      Presidents at War Classroom Resources 
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      Project Blue Book Education Guide 
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      Preston Sharps’s Flags and Flowers Challenge 
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      Rise Up: The Movement That Changed America Discussion Guide 
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      Mountaintop Moments: King Center and HISTORY Guide 
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      The King Center: Nonviolence 365® K-5 Lesson Plan 
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      The King Center: Nonviolence 365® 6-8 Lesson Plan 
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      The 44th President: In His Own Words - Study Guide 
- Roots Viewing Resources
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      Roots: New Visions for a New Generation 
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      Live to Tell Viewing Guide 
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      Redesigning Our Currency Education Guide 
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      10 Things You Didn't Know About Education Guide 
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      National Historic Preservation Act Guide: 50th Anniversary 
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      Hurricane Katrina: I Was There 
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      Harlem Hellfighters Education Guide 
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      Texas Rising Education Guide 
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      What's the Earth Worth? Education Guide 
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      Civil War in Color Education Guide 
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      Underground Railroad Education Guide 
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      American Plate Education Guide 
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      American Freedom Stories: Alabama Guide 
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      Vikings Education Guide 
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      Sons of Liberty Education Guide 
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      Lost Treasure of the Founding Fathers: Time Capsule Education Guide 
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      National History Day: World War I Guide 
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      Curse of Oak Island 
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      Houdini 
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      WWI: First Modern War 
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      World War I Commemoration Guide 
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      The World Wars Classroom Guide and Worksheets 
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      Men Who Built America 
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      Oral History Guidelines from the Oral History Association 
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      Remembering 9/11 
- Big History
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      Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live 
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      No Place on Earth 
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      World War II From Space 
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      The Hatfields and the McCoys 
- Mankind The Story of All of Us
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      Civil War 150 Guide 
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      Stories from the Road to Freedom 
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      Mexico: Courage and Conquest 
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      How the Earth Was Made 
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      Jefferson 
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      Engineering an Empire 
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      How the Earth Was Made: Yellowstone 
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      Vikings 
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      Stories from the Road to Freedom 
- Miracle Rising
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      Ultimate Guide to the Presidents 
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      Shark Wranglers 
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      History of the World in 2 Hours 
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      American Pickers 
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      Clash of the Gods: Beowulf 
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      Clash of the Gods: Odysseus 
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      How the Earth Was Made: Driest Places on Earth 
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      Founding Mothers 
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      Double Victory Study Guide 
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      Pearl Harbor Study Guide 
- Engineering Evil Study Guide
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      Vietnam in HD Teacher's Guide 
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      The Real Story of Thanksgiving 
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      The Naturalized 
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      America The Story of Us 
HISTORY at Home
This Day in History
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      Introduction: Using This Day in History in the Classroom 
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      Apr. 21, 753 B.C. : Rome Founded 
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      Feb. 23, 1455: Gutenberg Bible Published 
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      Oct. 14, 1492: Columbus Reaches the New World 
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      Dec. 18, 1620: Mayflower Arrives in Plymouth 
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      Jul. 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence 
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      Sep. 22, 1862: Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation 
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      May 10, 1869: Transcontinental Railroad Completed 
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      Mar. 7, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell Patents Telephone 
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      Dec. 31, 1879: Edison Demonstrates Incandescent Light 
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      Feb. 14, 1929: Invention of Penicillin 
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      Dec. 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor 
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      Aug. 6, 1945: Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima 
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      Nov. 12, 1954: Ellis Island Closes 
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      Dec. 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Ignites Bus Boycott 
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      Oct. 4, 1957: Sputnik Launched 
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      Jul. 20, 1969: Armstrong Walks on the Moon 
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      Nov. 9, 1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall 
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      Aug. 6, 1991: World's First Website 
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      Sep. 11, 2001: Attack on America 
Classroom Study Guide Archive
Events That Changed America- 
    
      Documenting Democracy: Lesson Plans on the United States Constitution 
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      102 Minutes That Changed America 
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      World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon 
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      9/11: State of Emergency 
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      Commemorating 9/11: How-To Guide for Schools and Communities 
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      Making the 9/11 Memorial 
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      1968 with Tom Brokaw 
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      Alaska's Bloodiest Battle 
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      Desperate Crossing 
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      Failure Is Not an Option 
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      Gold Rush 
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      Homestead Strike 
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      Massacre at Mystic 
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      Murder at the Fair 
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      Scopes 
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      How the States Got Their Shape 
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      First Invasion: War of 1812 
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      Antietam 
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      10 Days: Antietam 
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      April 1865: The Month That Saved America 
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      Sherman's March 
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      Shays' Rebellion 
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      Slave Catchers, Slave Resisters 
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      USS Constellation: Battling for Freedom 
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      Freedom Summer 
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      African-American Soldiers in World War II 
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      Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day 
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      First to Fight 
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      King 
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      Voices of Civil Rights 
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      Revolution in Boston 
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      Save Our History: Valley Forge 
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      George Washington's Workshop 
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      Founding Mothers 
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      History vs. Hollywood: The Patriot 
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      The People Speak 
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      The Search for George Washington 
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      Washington the Warrior 
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      George Washington's Farewell Address 
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      Ben Franklin 
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      Einstein's Letter 
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      Andrew Jackson 
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      Stealing Lincoln's Body 
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      TR: An American Lion 
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      FDR - A Presidency Revealed 
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      JFK - A Presidency Revealed 
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      RFK and the Ripple of Hope 
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      Jefferson 
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      America the Story of Us 
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      Christmas Unwrapped 
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      Comic Books and the Classroom: Exploring the Genre 
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      The Haunted History of Halloween 
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      Labor Day 
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      Live from Jamestown Teacher's Guide 
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      St. Patrick's Day 
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      The President Slept Here 
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      Thanksgiving 
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      Tlicho Nation 
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      When America Was Rocked 
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      The People Speak 
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      Family Tree 
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      Into The Fire: An Original Documentary 
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      American Lighthouses 
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      Teaching From the Grave 
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      Liberty's Kids 
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      Written in Bone 
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      National Historic Preservation Act 
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      America's Most Endangered 
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      Save Our History: Save Our Ships 
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      FBI Stings: Recovering Stolen History 
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      Save Our History: A Victorian Reborn 
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      WWII: The Lost Color Archives 
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      Crude: The Story of Oil 
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      Into the Fire 
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      Save Our Sound 
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      Preservation on a Shoestring 
Global History
Ancient History- 
    
      China's First Emperor 
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      Clash of the Gods: Beowulf 
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      Clash of the Gods: Odysseus 
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      Rise and Fall of the Spartans 
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      The Dark Ages 
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      The Plague 
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      The Crusades 
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      Da Vinci and the Code He Lived By 
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      French Revolution 
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      WWII in HD 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 1: Currahee 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 2: Day of Days 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 3: Carentan 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 4: Replacements 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 5: Crossroads 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 6: Bastogne 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 7: The Breaking Point 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 8: The Last Patrol 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 9: Why We Fight 
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      Band of Brothers Episode 10: Points 
Science and Technology
Empires of Industry- 
    
      Shipbuilding 
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      Leaves of Gold 
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      Black Gold: The Story of Oil 
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      Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel 
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      Top Gear 
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      The Link 
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      Predator X 
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      Little Ice Age: Big Chill 
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      How the Earth Was Made 
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      How the Earth Was Made: Driest Place on Earth 
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      Ape to Man 
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      Prosthetics 
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      The Alcan Highway 
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      American Steel, Build to Last 
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      Baseball Parks 
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      Battlefield Medicine 
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      The Brooklyn Bridge 
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      Butcher 
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      Captured Light: The Invention of Still Photography 
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      Empire State Building 
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      FBI's Crime Lab 
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      Firefighting! 
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      Freight Trains 
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      Golden Gate Bridge 
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      Grand Coulee Dam 
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      The Great Wall of China 
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      Mount Rushmore 
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      Observatories: Stonehenge to Space Telescopes 
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      Panama Canal 
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      Plumbing: The Arteries of Civilization 
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      Pyramids: Majesty and Mystery 
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      The Railroads that Tamed the West 
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      Shipyards 
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      The Stock Exchange 
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      The World Trade Center