Perspectives on modern world history

Presents high school students with multiple points of view on the Terrorist Attack of September 11, 2001, with an emphasis on non-U.S. perspectives, offering basic historical information about this significant event, examining the controversies surrounding it and providing first-person narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by the attack.

Using primary and secondary sources, background information about the events surrounding the establishment of Israel are presented.

Discusses the anti-Communist movement in the United States in the mid-twentieth century, spearheaded by Senator Joseph McCarthy, and examines the controversies surrounding the era and personal narrative of the time.

"Woodstock: historical background on Woodstock; Controversies surrounding Woodstock; Personal narratives"--

"The Columbine School Shooting: The series provides basic historical information on a significant event in modern world history, presents the controversies surrounding the event, and provides first-person narratives"--