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The influence of both world wars and the worldwide Great Depression are still evident. To understand the effects these events had on the modern world, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the following indicators:

Grade(s): 7

Year: 2011

Ben Stern, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Staying in a ghetto in Poland in the early 1940s, Ben Stern's people wore white arm bands with the Star of David to identify themselves as Jews. Food was rationed. In 1943 they were all taken away in...

Ben Stern, Part 1 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Ben Stern Part 1 (Length 1:02:13) Staying in a ghetto in Poland in the early 1940s, Ben Stern's people wore white arm bands with the Star of David to identify themselves as Jews. Food was rationed. In...

Bluma Goldberg | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Bluma Goldberg grew up in Poland in a small, pretty town, with a close knit family and lots of friends. In 1939 Hitler invaded, and the whole town was burned. The Nazis took Jews, including her...

Survival | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust

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Holocaust survivors discuss the determination that was required to survive under the horrid conditions. They discuss the gas chambers, the starvation, and illness, and waking up with a corpse next to...

Felix Goldberg | S. C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Born in Poland, Felix Goldberg was captured near Warsaw in 1939 and sent to a German work camp. He worked hard on the farm in the bitter cold with little to eat. Later he was sent to Auschwitz. He...

Murray Price | Generations of Heroes

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World War II Meet Murray Price who was a World War II pilot. Interview by Vaughn Postema from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...

Russ Meyne and Richard "Dick" Schneider | Generations of Heroes

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World War II Meet Russ Meyne, a WWII B-17 Pilot and Richard "Dick" Schneider, a Tail Gunner in World War II. Interview by William Schooler from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC...

Lou Fowler | Generations of Heroes

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World War II Meet Lou Fowler and was a World War II POW. Interview by Ryan Riordan from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...

Robert Mills | Generations of Heroes

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World War II Meet Robert Mills. He served in World War II. Interview by Perry McLeod from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...

South Carolina Honor Flight | Generations of Heroes

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Inaugural Flight - November 15, 2008. Recorded by Perry McLeod, a history teacher at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...