In 1964, the director recorded the future ambitions of a group of 7-year-old children for the documentary 7 Up, revisiting them for an interview every seven years. Now that his subjects are 42, new elements -- including careers, marriages, children, deaths and adultery -- have entered the picture. The film offers a fascinating look at the group's failures and successes, pasts and futures, realized goals and unexpected detours.This film is 139 minutes.

This documentary is an analysis of youth culture and mass-market norms. It examines how companies determine exactly what American teens want. This film is 60 minutes. There is a student exercise to use with this film.

A comprehensive history of the people, the stories, the events and the issues of the civil rights struggle in the United States from the mid 1950's to the mid 1980's. We recommend volume one: Awakenings (1954-1956); Fighting back (1957-1962) and volume four: The time has come (1964-1966); Two societies (1965-1968). Each volume is one hour long.This film can be best utilized during Unit VI: Social Inequality.

A documentary on an experiment conducted during May 1962 at Yale University on obedience to authority. Describes obedient and defiant reactions of subjects who are instructed to administer electric shocks of increasing severity to another person. This film can be best utilized during Unit III: Culture. The film is 45 minutes long. If the above link doesn't work on your machine, try this one.

North American men of different races talk together about how racism affects them. This film can be best utilized during Unit VI: Social Inequality. This film is 90 minutes.

A documentary of the famous Zimbardo prison simulation study at Stanford University in 1971. It examines the roles of prisoners and guards, and the construction of power and authority within prisons. This film also serves as a way to introduce ethical concerns, as the study would most likely not be permitted today. This film is 50 minutes. There is a student exercise to use with this film.

Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television documentary entitled "The eye of the storm". Shows how her experimental curriculum on the evils of discrimination had a lasting effect on the lives of the students. Includes scenes of her lesson being used in a prison setting. This film is 60 minutes.

Episode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create race. This film can be best utilized during Unit VI: Social Inequality. This film is 174 minutes.

The infamous true story of Charles Van Doren, who rocketed to national fame as a repeat winner on the TV quiz show"The $64,000 Question." In the late 1950s, prime-time game shows were a cultural phenomenon. But the American public didn't realize it was being hoodwinked until congressional investigator Dick Goodwin unmasked the corruption behind the show's glittering façade.This film can be best utilized during Unit V: Social Organization. This film is 133 minutes.

Norma Rae, the Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power in herself she never knew she had. Under the guidance of a New York union organizer and with increasing courage and determination, Norma Rae organizes her fellow factory workers to fight for better conditions and wages. Based on a true story. This film can be best utilized during Unit VI: Social Inequality. This film is 117 minutes.

Petty criminal Henri Young gets sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s and attempts to escape. As punishment, the assistant warden puts Young in solitary confinement, where the maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days. But Young spends years there, only to emerge a madman and eventual murderer. A rookie lawyer tries to save Young from execution by proving that Alcatraz is to blame for his condition. This film is 122 minutes.

Follows the struggle of a handful of strong-willed men and women who took on the fight to save lives in the face of a mysterious illness now called AIDS. This film is 141 minutes.

This dramatic story of a Wall Street arbitrageur and his young protege illustrates how greed can conflict with social values. This film is 126 minutes.

To what extent do the toys that children play with affect their attitudes and capabilities? Do boys’ toys breed aggression while girls’ toys breed passivity? Our world has seen a dramatic change in the kinds of toys available to children. From the simple building blocks and stuffed toys of yesteryear, we now have battery operated toys that challenge a child’s skills. But do children really learn from such toys, or are the toys a prop for them to exercise their ability to control their world? This film can be best utilized during Unit IV: Socialization. This film is 47 minutes.

In The Gods Must Be Crazy, an empty Coke bottle drops from the sky near Xixo, and an African San hunter tries to return the bottle to the gods that must have dropped it.This film can be best utilized during Unit III: Culture. This film is 1 hour and 49 minutes.

Jane Elliott conducts a workshop where an arbitrarily selected group of individuals is targeted to experience prejudice and bigotry. Based on the blue eyed-brown eyed exercise. This film is 93 minutes.

This video explores the case of Genie who was raised in social isolation. Genie never learned advanced language or social skills, even with extensive treatment after she was rescued by social workers. This film is 55 minutes. There is a student exercise to use with this film.