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Freedom:  A History of US   (PBS - 16 episodes)

   This series of 16 programs offers extensive video material that can be used in the classroom with Fasttrack to America's Past.  Each program is about 25 minutes long, and is divided into shorter segments that teachers can easily match to specific lessons.  Use DVDs if possible - the picture is very crisp and it is easy to cue to specific segments.  VHS tapes eventually wear out.

    The videos are available in several different packages, including:

Freedom:  A History of US - full set of 16 episodes on 4 DVDs - FHUS701  $200.00 

Freedom:  A History of US - full set of 16 episodes on 8 VHS tape - FHUSDX0  $200.00

Freedom: A History of US:  Fighting for Freedom - contains only Episodes 1, 2, 5, and 6 (covering the American Revolution, the Constitutional Convention, the abolition movement, and the Civil War). 
DVD version FHUS601  $29.98
VHS version FHUS901  $24.98

Freedom:  A History of US - Individual VHS tapes carrying two episodes each: 

Episodes 1 & 2 (Independence / Revolution)   FHUSDX1  $49.95
Episodes 3 & 4 (Liberty for All / Wake Up America)   FHUSDX2  $49.95
Episodes 5 & 6 (A Fatal Contradiction / A War to End Slavery)   FHUSDX3 - $49.95
Episodes 7 & 8 (What is Freedom? / Whose Land Is This?)  
FHUSDX4 - $49.95
Episodes 9 & 10 (Working for Freedom / Yearning to Breathe Free)   FHUSDX5 - $49.95
Episodes 11 & 12 (Safe for Democracy / Depression and War)   FHUSDX6 - $49.95
Episodes 13 & 14 (Democracy and Struggles / Let Freedom Ring)   FHUSDX7 - $49.95
Episodes 15 & 16 (Marching to Freedom / Becoming Free)   FHUSDX8 - $49.95

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   (Be sure to go to the on-line PBS Teacher Shop, not just the regular PBS on-line store, which may not show all available items.  Call shopPBS.com at 1-800-344-3337 if you do not see the items you want or if old prices are listed online.)