Summary: Whether it's special foods, certain games, or favorite entertainment, most families have specific activities that help create family closeness and togetherness. We watch different families create their own method of bonding and discover why it's so important for every family to make special time for one another.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: According to The National Education Association, 160,000 children won't go to school on any given day for fear of being bullied-a figure that represents nothing less than an epidemic. Whether a student is overweight, openly gay, perceived as promiscuous, or just plain different, more and more young people are tragically choosing to take their own lives because they can't take it anymore. Are...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In this program, the need for personal space is explored through the avoidance behaviors people employ to maintain a perceived distance from others, such as falling into a "middle-distance stare" in a crowded subway; the use of a proxy, like a jacket on a barstool, to reserve a place; the attitudes of drivers towards other cars on the road, which can lead to road rage; and the unconscious...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: With the majority of nurses getting uncomfortably close to retirement, it is urgent that a new generation enter the ranks of the profession. This program looks at how nurses and other members of the healthcare industry are trying to attract more young women and men to the field, as well as at initiatives to restore respect for nursing as a career choice. Turning the nursing profession around...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: It can affect anyone, from night clerk to Nobel laureate. Physicians have identified more than 70 potential causes of irreversible mental deficiency, or dementia-which most often takes the form of Alzheimer's disease-and worldwide data indicate that its occurrence is on an upward trend. This program spotlights promising medical trials aimed at halting the mental and physiological tragedy of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Where would we be without friends? In this Telly Award-winning video, comedian Wes Halula and some students use humor to talk about a seriously important topic: friendships. It covers how to make them, how to nurture them, and, if the time should ever come, how to end them—in a positive way. Correlates to all applicable National and State Educational Standards including the NCLB Act.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The life of a high school student can be quite adventurous, whether it's happening in the hallways, on the school grounds, or in the classroom. What helps make the adventure of high school smooth and pleasant? Respectful manners. In this video, good manners guide students through the maze of classroom expectations, hallway behavior, lunchroom etiquette, bully prevention methods, and peer...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Good communication skills are often forgotten when the person one is talking with is too young to respond equally, frequently resulting in frustration on both sides of the conversation. This program presents specific techniques to improve communication skills with preschool children. Parents share what works for them and what does not, while experts in early childhood development offer insights...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program documents a visit by Brazilian government officials to the Korubo people, hunter/gatherers of the Javari River Valley. Transcending a history of mutual distrust and violence with other groups, especially Caucasians, the Korubo warm to the camera team after receiving medical help for their malaria-stricken leader. The team's unprecedented access leads to breathtaking, revelatory...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program explores the different ways that disabilities can impact a teen's life and how the general student population can support people with disabilities. Subjects covered include what a disability is; how to understand a disabled student; why those with disabilities are called "special"; showing respect and helping people with disabilities; and special education. Correlates to all...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In a dramatic reversal of policy since apartheid, South Africa has become a model of water fulfillment. Despite being one of the driest regions on Earth, India's Rajasthan is an oasis due to the revival of a system of ancient rain basins. This program looks at these encouraging examples to show how sustainable solutions to long-term water management can be achieved, while a visit to Sertao in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: And they lived happily ever after. Most couples expect their wedding day to end like a fairy tale. However, statistics show that almost half of all marriages end in divorce. Most newlyweds are not as prepared for married life as they are for their wedding day. This program explores the steps that cultivate strong marriages: choosing the right partner, moving from "me" to "we" thinking,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Throughout early childhood, the ritual of bathing is an important opportunity for children to develop an objective understanding of the body. In this program, mental health specialists and others immerse themselves in the subject of bathing, examining how it bonds parents with their babies and helps shape a child's self-perception. Footage of parents and their children offers additional...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this program, Dennis Wholey begins a dialogue on the role of religion and faith in contemporary American culture with spokespeople from the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington; Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good; the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship; the Islamic Society of North America; the Agudas Achim Conservative Jewish Congregation of Alexandria, Virginia; and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Drawing upon his own past as well as the history of Latin America, Chilean novelist and journalist Jorge Edwards shares unique perspectives forged at the crossroads of literature and social commentary. Edwards describes his secretive and book-filled childhood, his overbearing father, his admiration for the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno, and his equal reverence for Pablo Neruda-while...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Drawing upon his own past as well as the history of Latin America, Chilean novelist and journalist Jorge Edwards shares unique perspectives forged at the crossroads of literature and social commentary. Edwards describes his secretive and book-filled childhood, his overbearing father, his admiration for the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno, and his equal reverence for Pablo Neruda-while...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The works of Leslie Marmon Silko are strongly rooted in her own matrilineal tribal background. Like all writing of lasting value, they use particular experiences and places to reveal universal truths. Here, Silko discusses her own background and the interrelationship between her smaller, immediate Native American world and the larger, brutal surrounding world.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Unbending regulations, excruciating physical demands, and relentless academic requirements: this is everyday life at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Since 1802, this revered institution has accepted only the most promising of men-and, beginning with legislation signed into law in 1975, the most promising of women, as well. This episode from the classic Surviving West Point...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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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.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Funerals are the most common death rituals in the world, but there are other ceremonies that involve the dead, often with very different purposes. For the Aghori mystics of India, the corpse isn't something to be avoided, but rather embraced. This program examines the ways in which cultures both foreign and familiar confront the ultimate taboo. From the practice of exhuming the bones of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Presidents, U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and five-star military officers; astronauts and explorers; major figures in literature and medicine; Medal of Honor recipients from World War II and ordinary foot soldiers of the Civil War: all told, more than 230,000 Americans have found their final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery. On the 140th anniversary of the first burial at Arlington...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Although facial and body hair are the most visible signs of male puberty, the process of becoming a man actually involves major organs like the heart and lungs. No one demonstrates that better than 14-year-old Jesse, whose physique is developing rapidly-while Mark, at almost the same age, poignantly awaits even the first hint of change. Meanwhile, 12-year-old choir member Dominic struggles to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Scientist, cartographer, and ecological pioneer, Alexander von Humboldt set himself a vast goal: "to find out how the forces of nature interact upon one another." This program follows the first two years of Humboldt and Bonpland's explorations as they charted rivers, gathered samples, and documented thousands of species of fauna and flora in Colombia, Cuba, and the Andes. Along with striking...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program documents the exploits of John Wesley Powell, a professor who led a three-month exploration of the Colorado River in 1869 to document the area's rocks, plants, and animals.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011