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Big picture (United States. National Archives and Records Administration) Child's play (New York, N.Y.) Complete new releases curriculum library 2006 Core curriculum video libraries (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Core curriculum video library Digital divide : teachers, technology, and the classroom Family & consumer sciences collection Human instinct Work it out!Filter By Series
Big picture (United States. National Archives and Records Administration) Child's play (New York, N.Y.) Complete new releases curriculum library 2006 Core curriculum video libraries (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Core curriculum video library Digital divide : teachers, technology, and the classroom Family & consumer sciences collection Human instinct Work it out!Summary: How will America close the gender gap that exists in technology, to empower female students? Set at Fulmore Middle School in Austin, Texas, this program exposes counterproductive classroom behaviors and presents measures being taken to correct the misperception that computing is a males-only domain. The Director of the Center for Gender Equity, the author of SchoolGirls, the creators of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In this episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series, viewers will learn of the efforts put forth by our soldiers in Germany to show German youth the ways of democracy through the Armed Forces Assistance Program. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration shows the hardworking service personnel of the army voluntarily working with Germany’s future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Last year's Spring Fling at Jefferson High School was a total disaster-and this year's student committee doesn't want it to happen again! But can the group put aside the past and work together constructively to create a successful dance? This video uses scenario analysis to model four key conflict resolution strategies: taking the person out of the problem; focusing on issues, not egos; being...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: As parents aggressively manage sports teams and push children to struggle for status and glory, the old-time values of fun and fair play have been severely undermined. What is fueling this overriding emphasis on competition and excellence at all costs? This program scrutinizes the current state of organized youth sports, focusing on the lessons that kids are really being taught. Experts include...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, The New York World's Fair, whose theme is "Peace through Understanding," will play host to 58 nations. Reel 2, At Grauman's Chinese Theatre, teenage movie star Haley Mills leaves her handprints.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program examines arguably the most human instinct of all: the instinct to protect, which, combined with other qualities, prompts people to risk everything for the sake of others. Three gripping stories-a mother who wrestled a cougar to save her son, a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue a comrade, and two men who helped a woman in a wheelchair escape the collapse of the World Trade...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Pickup basketball is democracy in action. This program-an astute study of sports sociology-tracks a mixed group of serious amateurs through an eight-month period, studying player culture, hierarchy, and interaction as they manifest in a setting that has no place for referees. Age, gender, race, injuries, and multigenerational families of players are also considered, as are the game rules and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006