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Being LGBTQ in America Craft in America Decades of twentieth century America Decades of twentieth-century America Everyday life in America series Exposed! More myths about American history God in America Mosaic workplace The decades of twentieth-century America Women of Latin AmericaSummary: The separation of church and state represents one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy. While some contend that the United States needs to return to its roots as a "Christian nation," others point out that the Founding Fathers crafted a system specifically designed to guard against any form of state-sanctioned religion. After reviewing the substance of the debates that took...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This program covers the important and timely issues involved in managing multicultural and sexual diversity in the workplace. Topics covered include "Why Value Diversity?," "Understanding Our Biases and Assumptions," "Sexual Harassment," "Recruiting and Interviewing a Diverse Workforce," "Making New Employees Feel Valued," and "Managing Diversity: Meeting the Challenge.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Orr, Tamra
Summary: "Somali Heritage in the Celebrating Diversity in My Classroom series explores the geography, languages, religions, food, and culture of Somalia in a fun age-appropriate way. Students with Somali heritage are a significant and important part of the fabric of America and this book helps foster empathy in all students and a multicultural community in the classroom. Glossary, index, and additional...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around OrrSummary: Reflecting the diverse nature of today’s society, a health care worker must adapt his or her practices to the cultural, ethnic, and religious needs of patients. In fact, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations states that all industry workers must familiarize themselves with the significance of cultural differences. This program provides nurses and other health...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: This program is devoted to the ways in which the demands of a diverse work force can best be met: how schools can help prepare students, how businesses can help build bridges, how all Americans can-and must-learn to value, respect, and benefit from diversity in society and in the workplace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This program discusses reproduction and motherhood in the hyper-patriarchal societies of Latin America. Women on different economic and social levels discuss such topics as working mothers, and how the extended family contributes to child-rearing; the sterilization movement; abortion; gay parenting; manipulation of women's reproductive rights by governments; and how access to medical services...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: More than just a manufacturer of goods, the craftsperson is an artist who draws on a bountiful lineage to create objects that are as beautiful as they are useful. This three-section program profiles a variety of craft artists to explore the origins, techniques, and significance of that process. 'Memory' provides a historical overview, and then introduces craftspeople whose work is informed by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Harris, Duchess
Summary: June 18, 1969. A police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a popular gathering place for LGBTQ individuals in New York City, turned into a riot. Drag queens and trans women of color were the first to fight back. Violence continued for the next six days. This is recognized as the beginning of the LGBTQ rights movement. Harris and Lundin examine how social movements have made an impact at local, state,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 323.3 HARRichards, Marlee.
Summary: Discusses the political, economic, social, cultural, and technology landscape of the United States in the eighth decade of the 20th century.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.924 RICBrill, Marlene Targ.
Summary: Explores the political, social, cultural and economic developments that shaped America during the 1980s and highlights the people, inventions, innovations and landmark events that defined the decade.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.927 BRILevy, Janey
Summary: "It's something many Americans are certain is a solid fact: Columbus discovered America. But it's not true. First, Columbus never landed on the North American mainland. And second, how can someone "discover" a place that's already home to millions of people? In this lively and engaging book, readers will uncover the truth behind many myths about explorers in the Americas. Accessible text...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.01 LEVBrill, Marlene Targ.
Summary: Looks at life in the United States in the 1990s, discussing notable people, events and developments in politics, society, the economy, culture and technology.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.928 BRISummary: Where do craft practices come from? How are they preserved? And how do today's artists acquire the skills to carry on the handmade tradition? This two-section program visits instructors, apprentices, and the self-taught to survey both the roots and the flourishing branches of American craft. The artists featured in 'Origins' honor African, Native American, and European sources as they pass...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Lindop, Edmund.
Summary: Presents the social, political, economic, and technological changes in the United States during the nineteen sixties, including the civil rights movement, the popularization of rock music, and the expedition to the Moon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.923 LINLindop, Edmund.
Summary: Provides accounts of key events that occurred during the 1950s in the areas of science, technology, transportation, the economy, society, literature, art and architecture, fashion, stage and screen, music, sports and recreation, and war, and includes photographs and primary sources.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.921 LINBlack Crowes (Musical group)
Contents: Gone -- A conspiracy -- High head blues -- Cursed diamond -- Nonfiction -- She gave good sunflower -- P. -- 25 London -- Ballad in urgency -- Wiser time -- Downtown money waster -- Descending.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: American Recordings 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BLACKLindop, Edmund.
Summary: Looks at life in the United States in the 1930s, discussing notable people, events and developments in politics, society, the economy, culture and technology.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.916 LINAmerica (Musical group)
Contents: CD 1: Riverside. -- Horse with no name. -- I need you. -- Rainy day.-- Here. -- Three roses. -- Sandman. -- Everyone I meet is from California. -- Ventura highway. -- To each his own. -- Don't cross the river. -- Cornwall blank. -- Only in your heart. -- Saturn nights. -- Hat trick. -- Molten love. -- It's life. -- Submarine ladies (unedited, alternate mix).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros./Rhino 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK AME1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC CD POP/ROCK AME
Lindop, Edmund.
Summary: Discusses the political, economic, social, cultural, and technology landscape of the United States in the fifth decade of the 20th century.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.917 LINHawke, David Freeman.
Summary: Describes seventeenth century American farms, houses, health care, manners, crimes and punishments, warfare, and superstition.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 HawSummary: The final hour of God in America brings the series into the present day, exploring the religious and political aspirations of conservative evangelicals’ moral crusade over divisive social issues like abortion and gay marriage. Their embrace of presidential politics would end in disappointment in the 2008 election, and questions about the mixing of religion and politics. New waves of immigrants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Hour five explores the post-World War II era, when rising evangelist Billy Graham tried to inspire a religious revival that fused faith with patriotism in a Cold War battle with “godless communism.” As Americans flocked in record numbers to houses of worship, non-believers and religious minorities appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of religious expression in public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Richards, Marlee.
Summary: Looks at life in the United States in the 1910s, discussing notable people, events and developments in politics, society, the economy, culture and technology.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.912 RICSummary: Hour two considers the origins of America’s experiment in religious liberty, examining how the unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures such as Thomas Jefferson forged a new concept of religious freedom. In the competitive religious marketplace unleashed by this freedom, upstart denominations raced ahead of traditional faiths and a new wave of religious revivals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010