New Social Studies DVDs

From Ambrose Video:

16th & 17th Century: Turning Points in U.S. History
This three-disc set chronicles decisive events in the crucial colonial period that would lead to the founding of the United States of America. To the south, Spain occupied Florida and the desert southwest; to the north, France took hold along the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River; and England settled along the eastern seaboard of the Atlantic. Names come alive from America's past. Some are well known, like Ponce de Leon, John Smith, Pocahontas, Father Jacques Marquette and William Penn; some are lesser known, such as Pedro Menendez, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Peter Stuyvesant, Metacom and Robert La Salle. An accompanying CD-ROM contains documents, maps, a teacher's guide and quizzes in PDF and JPG formats.

18th Century: Turning Points in U.S. History
This four-disc set begins as the 18th century dawned on the North American continent; four powers - the French, the Spanish, the British and the Native Americans were competing to see who would control this remarkable land. However after half a century of almost continuous wars, a new entity emerged: The Americans. It would be the Americans, and not the other four powers, who would control what would become the United States. By the end of the 18th century the Americans had created the greatest experiment in self-government the world has ever seen. Includes documents that can be viewed as Mac text files, Mac Word files, PC text files, PC Word files, or as an HTML web page ; all maps are in JPEG format.