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Art Vocational guidance Career goals Labor United States History Motion pictures Vocational guidance Reconstruction (US history, 1865-1877) Self-consciousness (Awareness) Self-evaluation Television Vocational guidance United States History 19th century United States History Civil War, 1861-1865Summary: He's super-smart, he's student body president, and he's expected to follow family tradition by applying to medical school upon graduation. But though Chetan isn't opposed to being a doctor, he's also interested in designing cars. In this program a career specialist and a life coach help Chetan sort out which, if either, of his interests are realistic. He presents some sketches for a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: For more than a century, Civil War battlefields have stood as important reminders of a time when America, tearing itself apart over sectional differences, nearly ceased to be. But the ever-increasing suburban sprawl along America's eastern seaboard is rapidly encroaching on these hallowed sites. This program travels to the most threatened sites to draw attention to a new war: a struggle between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Decades after Richard Nixon launched his anti-drug campaign, illicit opiates are cheaper, more potent, and easier to obtain than ever. Is it possible to wipe out addiction by keeping narcotics illegal, or has their ban caused more problems than it's solved? This program reveals how the war on drugs started and who its real targets were, examining its consequences and unintended victims. Afghan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This program chronicles the mass destruction as industrial-age weapons first appear on Civil War battlefields.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This episode follows as artist correspondents Alfred Waud and Winslow Homer document the war with sketches and paintings, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Behind every calmly delivered TV news report is an untold story of on-the-spot decisions, unexpected delays, and last-minute changes. Add to that tension the dangers of working in a war zone and the nightly news becomes quite a drama indeed. In this program, ABC News correspondents, camera operators, producers, and others explain what it takes to record events in dangerous locales such as Iraq,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Like Earth, most of the worlds that orbit the Sun are made of rock, but, geologically speaking, any kinship among the interplanetary legion largely ends there. Some of our neighbors are alive, as it were, while others are frozen artifacts of a long-vanished era. This program visits subjects in the solar kingdom that still show a pulse and examines the factors that have kept them active....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Among the research and funding experts of the global health community, the "Big Three" diseases are AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. As urgent as it is to fight these illnesses, many others also need attention and aren't getting it. These "forgotten diseases" include elephantiasis (or lymphatic filariasis), bilharzia (or schistosomiasis), and river blindness (or onchocerciasis), among others....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Also known as the Mexican - American war, it was an armed conflict from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. Follow this program as American forces invade and conquer New Mexico, California, and parts of what is currently northern Mexico, while another American army captures Mexico City...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: I was born for the stage but I also like accounting. In this program a career specialist and a life coach arrange for Christopher to land a very unglamorous role in a local dinner theater production and then work as an accountant to determine which profession might be right for him. Christopher loves numbers, but he's hooked on the thrill he gets from being on stage. Is he enough of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: A battle over a dry-goods monopoly in Lincoln County, New Mexico, exposes corrupt politicians, cattle rustling, and cold-blooded murder in 1876. Erupting into a full-blown range war involving numerous Western legends, such as Billy the Kid and John Chisum, the conflict ultimately accomplishes very little.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: She's a self-confessed grammar geek who wants language to be a part of her working life, but Kathryn isn't sure she can base a livelihood on a love of words. In this program a career specialist and a life coach give Kathryn an inside look at journalism and teaching English, two professions the teen has considered. She discovers an instinct for news reporting when set up at a local paper for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The Battle of Franklin was fought on November 30, 1864, at Franklin, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It was one of the worst disasters of the war for the Confederate States Army. Confederate Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee conducted numerous frontal assaults against fortified positions occupied by the Union forces under Maj. Gen. John...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: She's confident, she's bubbly, and she loves fashion. But Amy-Lee also dreams of fighting crime in the courtroom, advocating for victims while pulling down a barrister's salary. In this program a career specialist and a life coach guide Amy-Lee through the process of choosing a priority: does she want a career that engages her academic side or one that lets her indulge her fashion hobby? The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: No sport is more American than baseball, but, contrary to popular opinion, the game likely predates the birth of our nation and has substantial roots overseas. This program explores baseball's origins as a folk pastime and depicts the early phases of its complex evolution. Refuting the myth that Civil War general Abner Doubleday single-handedly invented the game, the film looks at parallels in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The War Between the States rages. In 1863, the Confederate Army seems poised for victory. Following the bloody battle of Antietam, President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. Former slaves join the Union army in droves. With superior transportation (railroads), communication (telegraph lines), and battlefield technology, the Union prevails and America is on track to become a global...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Noor wants to change the world, but can his idealism pay the bills? Or does this self-described street kid harbor a secret desire to be a successful businessman? In this program a career specialist and a life coach arrange for Noor to work as both insurance underwriter and refugee center volunteer to determine which suits him better. The teen quickly opts to aid people in need, perhaps through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: I get bored easily, Danielle admits. If something's hard, I just don't do it. Torn between a career in interior design or one as a police officer, Danielle must first work on her lack of motivation and identifying her skills and interests is a start. In this program a career specialist and a life coach help the teen find what draws her to two such different professions, what each actually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This program covers the Battle of Antietam which was fought on September 17, 1862. Eleven hours of fighting produced over 23,000...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This program examines the friction caused by westward expansion of white settlers from the colonial period through the 19th century and the near obliteration of America's indigenous population and their culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: I can't even make my own dinner, let alone food for hundreds of people! In this program a career specialist and a life coach have Kirstie, a free-spirited musician, work in a fast-food restaurant for a day so she can see what may lie ahead if she doesn’t get serious about her future: physically demanding, highly structured work that won't feed her artistic nature. It also gives them a chance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This year alone, eight million people will become infected with tuberculosis. Like the common cold, TB spreads through the air when sufferers cough, sneeze, spit, or just talk. One needs only to inhale a few germs to catch it. This program tracks the disease, its impact, and the science behind it, from the U.K. to India to Malawi. At the Imperial College in London, Professor Douglas Young is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This program profiles young men who rose to high rank in the Civil War.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: It's a little play with all the big subjects in it, wrote Thornton Wilder in a 1937 letter to Gertrude Stein about what has become his most renowned and frequently performed work. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Our Town reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover's Corners, U.S.A. The play's themes of love and marriage, the transitory nature of existence, and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011