Interactive documentary program intended for use in social studies classrooms. Focuses on the history of turmoil and conflict in the Middle East. Hosted by Ted Koppel and featuring interview segments with Abba Eban, former Israeli ambassador to the United States. Packaged in a box set with a 66-page guidebook, including disc directory, transcripts, enrichment/role playing activities, questions for discussion, curriculum integration charts, and lesson plans with barcodes for random access to the extensive still frame sections. English language on channel 1/L and Spanish language on channel 2/R.