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5.0 out of 5 stars Great educational stuff, Jan 11 2003

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C. M. Struik "cstruik" (Breukelen, Utrecht Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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We play the entire seventies tape for our 5th and 6th year secondary school students, and we and the students are really enthousiastic.
We had to buy a recorder that can play the American type videos, but it was really worth it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Video Survey of U.S. History, 20th Century, Aug 12 2002

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Richard F McDonough (Lexington, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This video, The Century, America's Time, hosted by ABC
's Peter Jennings, served me well as a U.S. History high school teacher. The reason I liked it so much was because it brought to life in short, 10 minute summaries, key events of the twentieth century. Hosted by Peter Jennings, it had a much more contemporary feel to it than similar historical summaries. The narration was snappier and held the attention of my students better than let's say a PBS or other History channel type visual documentary. It supplement's any Twentieth Century U.S. History course because it capture's the emotional context that a text-book cannot reveal. I found my students had a much better grasp of the times when I supplemented the text with these visual snapshots of key events during the century. Because key events are broken down into 10-20 minute segments, it lends itself to the attention span of classroom students and instruction very well. Most documentaries go on for 45 minutes straight on one topic. This was extremely well done. If I had only 1 video series to pick from to capture the flavor of the twentieth century, this is the one I would buy!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Completely enthralling view of history, Oct 28 2001

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History can be an incredible story, and in this documentary it is told with gusto, excitement, and great poignancy. Using clever and creative editing, a captivating musical score, excellent archival footage, and Peter Jennings' masterful narration, The Century: America's Time is captivating from start to finish. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Video Set
This set is a great overview of some of the most important moments in America's history over the last 100 years. Read more

Published on July 8 2001 by Sean Pyburn

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but Jennings shows his bias
The footage in this is excellent. I use segments from nearly every volume in my US history classes. Read more

Published on Jun 6 2001 by gorn2