Summary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995

Copies Available at Woodmere

4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 WOR
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 1
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 2
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 3

Summary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 EAR
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 1
Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 2
Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 3

Summary: From Henry Ford's Model "T" to the classics of the 1930s and 40s, this video "treats viewers to a memorable look at the times, the cars, and the roads that transformed America."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Delaney Communications 1994

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD ROA

Mancall, Peter C.

Summary: Presents a comprehensive of the American Revolution, from the early settlement of the continent, through the crises of the 1760's and 1770's, to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and finally to the election of 1800. Also examines the role played by African Americans and Native Americans.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006

Copies Available at Kingsley

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 Man
Call number: DVD 973.3 Man

Summary: Cadfael, a Benedictine monk at an abbey in Middle Ages Shrewsbury, solves crimes and murders.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Video 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CAD