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All Video Stories and Lesson Plans are in English and Spanish. The lesson plans are tiered for 3 Grade Bands - 4th-5th grade, 6th-8th grade and 9th-12th grade.

Clare Islip - London Evacuations & Bombings

Clare tells the story about how she and other school aged children were sent to the countryside in case London was bombed, and how they dealt with bombings after she returned home to finish school.

Larry Mallory - The Importance of Education

Former New York Giant Larry Mallory talks about the importance of education in his life.

Christina Waller – Adopted During the Vietnam War

Christina talks about her early childhood living as an orphan in Vietnam and the story about how she got to the United States.

Jim Hardwick - Pearl Harbor

James "Jim" Hardwick woke up after attending a Luau to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He went on to see combat 9 times after that day.

Karen Glanger - First US Video Store

Karen Glanger and her husband opened the first video rental store in the United States, VideoLand, in Dallas, Texas.

Tony Berry - Family Paper

Tony Berry's grandfather published the first African American newspaper in Houston called The Houston Informer.

Margaret Hopkovitz - Bergen Belsen

Margaret Hopkovitz was transferred from Auschwitz to Bergen Belsen where she stole two potatoes in order to feed herself and her sister. She talks about the meals given during her imprisonment and what she had to do while working in the kitchen there.