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5 Essentials of Successful Parenting, The

This fascinating video showcases the 5 essentials every child needs during the critical early years to lay the foundation for a happy and healthy life....

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A Brief History of Slang

In this program, slang expert Jonathan Green explores the history of English slang and its use around the world. Wittingly revealed are the derivatives and...

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Abigail Adams

(1744-1818) Abigail Adams, wife of one American president and the mother of another, witnessed firsthand many important events that shaped our young nation...

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Abran Paso A Los Patitos (Make Way For Ducklings)

Described as "one of the merriest picture books ever" (The New York Times), this Caldecott award-winning tale of the famous Mallard ducks of Boston has bee...

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Alistair's Time Machine

Alistair's entry in a science competition takes him to many places and time periods but unfortunately he can't prove this to the judges. LeVar takes viewe...

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All About Animals

Includes three Animal videos: Animals in the Wild, Animal Adaptations, and Animal Instincts....

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All About the Planets

What is a planet? We live on one, but there are others. Are they all like Earth? Is there life on other planets? All About the Planets takes childre...

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Always A Bridesmaid

On the eve of her 30th birthday, Nina Davenport, Harvard graduate, attractive, accomplished filmmaker, has become obsessed with the institution of marriage...

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Amelia Earhart

(1897-Disappeared 1937) Amelia Earhart was one of the most famous female aviators in history and the first to fly the Atlantic Ocean solo. Her spectacular ...

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Ancient Athens, Revised

The Golden Age of Athenian Greece is re-created, showing daily life and customs. The evolution of the Acropolis, and monuments such as the Parthenon and t...

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Animals of the Rainforest

The exotic sights and sounds of the many insects, reptiles, birds and other animals thriving in the tropical rainforest are explored in this program. It pr...

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Animals without Backbones: The Invertebrate Story

Come along on an expedition with Dr. Brian Jerome as he visits such exciting locations as the Everglades, coral reefs, Okeefenokee Swamp, Atlantic beaches,...

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Anorexia and Bulimia: The Truth about Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are destroying the lives of many young people who are willing to resort to extremely self-destructive behaviors for the sake of being thin...

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Apache, The

This Telly Award-winning program dismantles the popular misconception of the "mean" Apache. A highly spiritual, nomadic tribe who lived across a wid...

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Art: Who Needs It?

What is art? Can we distinguish between good and bad art? Does society need artists? How does an artist work? These and other open-ended questions form...

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Athens & Ancient Greece

What was it like to be a citizen of 5th Century B.C. Athens? Find out with the help of modern computer graphics, archival film and classic art. Learn about...

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Atmosphere, Climate, and Weather

People everywhere are interested in the weather, but how does it all work? Beginning with Earth's atmosphere-its evolution, its gaseous composition, and it...

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Australia's Aborigines   -  Discontinued

In a beautiful and remote corner of northern Australia, a handful of people are living in the twilight of their culture. After 40,000 years, the Gagudju ab...

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Battle for Vietnam

Walter Cronkite and the media question a victory and the war in Vietnam is lost. During the Tet truce for Chinese New Year, January 31st 1968, the Vietcong...

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Be A Friend

composed and written by Leotha Stanley illustrated by Henry Hawkins Someone once said that trying to fully appreciate music by just reading about it is as...

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Bellas Hijas De Mufaro (Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters)

This book and accompanying cassette tape is a Spanish version of the award-winning tale in which an African king must choose between two daughters of oppos...

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Breath of Life

This program explains why the body needs regular supplies of air and how it gets them. The camera follows the process of breathing through the ultra-thin m...

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Can You Afford to Retire?

The baby boomer generation is facing a retirement shock: long life expectancy but short income. The pillars of retirement income for Americans, Social Secu...

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Candy-Coated World of Calculus, The - Program 5: Finding Derivatives   -  Discontinued

The Standard Deviants give you a few more rules to help you survive, thrive, and derive in the jungles of calculus. The product rule, quotient rule, and ch...

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Cheyenne, The

The Cheyenne were agricultural villagers who moved from the Great Lakes region to the north and central American plains. A deeply religious people, they we...

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Childbirth: From the Inside Out - Part 1 (Delivery & Postnatal)

This two-part series presents comprehensive, medically sound information that deals simply and honestly with the many aspects of childbirth. Part II of thi...

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Childbirth: From the Inside Out - Part 2 (Pregnancy & Prenatal)

This two-part series presents comprehensive, medically sound information that deals simply and honestly with the many aspects of childbirth. Part I of this...

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Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo (the Fifth of May) is the celebration of Mexico's military victory over the French in 1862. This program highlights the history, preparations...

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Civil Action, A

In 1982, a case was filed in Massachusetts district court which would become one of the most complicated and controversial in American legal history. But t...

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Clara Barton

(1821-1912) Named "the angel of the battlefield" by thankful surgeons, Clara Barton claimed a place in history by going to battlefields to nurse wounded Un...

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Comanche, The

Widely known as the "Lords of the Southern Plains," the Comanche lived in arbors and tipis, in bands comprised of several extended families. They used natu...

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Communication: Between People and Communities

This video introduces children to the many modes of communication -- talking, telephones, cellular phones, e-mail, internet, newspapers, magazines, books, ...

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Congress - What is the Constitution?

An innovative video format for the study of our most important law. Designed to introduce the study of the U.S. Constitution. Each program begins with an i...

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Creek, The

The Creek, whose ancestors lived in the central Mississippi Valley for more than 2,500 years, lived in well-organized tribal towns made up of strong family...

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Crow, The

Reputed to be fierce warriors, the Crow were in reality a mobile group of hunters who had developed a strict code of conduct, a deeply spiritual religion a...

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D. H. Lawrence: "The Rocking Horse Winner"

This story of innocent imagination destroyed by greed is a school classic. With John Mills and Valerie Hobson. (90 minutes, b&w)...

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Dealing with Peer Pressure

Most teens find themselves subjected to peer pressure from time to time. This no-nonsense video will tell you how to differentiate between positive and ne...

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Decimals: To Be Exact - Set

This two tape series clearly presents the concept of decimal numbers. Through many real-life examples, the viewer will discover that decimals help people c...

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Defenders, The

More than 80 percent of felony defendants in America receive a free, publicly funded defense. "How can you defend those people?" is a question that attorn...

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Developing Good Study Skills

This program includes two video's and a print component designed to instruct students on tried and true methods that will help them to study more effective...

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Digestive System

Dr. Know delves into the mysteries of the digestive system. Can you really eat so much your stomach will burst? How do you know if you're expelling more ga...

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Digestive Systems of Livestock: A Basic Look

Explore the digestive systems of monogastric animals (e.g., horses, pigs and chickens) and ruminants (e.g. cattle, sheep, goats). Watch as a professor of a...

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Disciplining Kids (Without Screaming And Scolding)

"Stop it you little brats or I'll flush YOU down the toilet." At a support group one mom remembers wryly, "I wasn't hitting them-- just threatening to drow...

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Doctor, The

There was a time when some bacon fat and flour were thought to heal a bad bruise, and internal bleeding was remedied by wearing a dried toad around one's n...

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Etruscan Art

Journey with students to Tuscany to explore the tombs of Etruscan aristocrats. This exciting program investigates the mysterious pre-Roman civilization thr...

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Exploring Plane Geometry - Part 2: Symmetry, Triangles and Polygons

The journey of World of Geometry continues as plane geometry is explored in detail using examples from the real world and the same unique blend of computer...

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Exploring Solid Geomety - Part 3: Regular Polyhedrons and Non-Euclidean Geometry

The journey started in World of Geometry concludes with a complete exploration of solid geometry. Once again, real world examples showing solid geometry pr...

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Fantasy Literature Module 2: Heroes and Hocus Pocus   -  Discontinued

The Standard Deviants examine the heroes and hocus-pocus of fantasy literature. First, Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings, then how fantasy makes use...

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro has survived U.S. hostility, an invasion, several CIA assassination attempts and an economic embargo. His face has become an iconic image worl...

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Flaky, Pastry World of French Program 5: Talking about Yourself   -  Discontinued

The Standard Deviants start you out with some handy verbs and adjectives that you can use to describe yourself. Then we're headed to the mall to do some sh...

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Food Chains

Begin with Photosynthesis In this episode, a single algae cell is rescued, and its green secrets are revealed through experiments performed on board the Cy...

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Fossils: Windows Into The Past   -  Discontinued

The diversity of life is incredible; yet what we see today is only a tiny view of all the different kinds of life that existed in the past. Fossils, the re...

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Galileo's Battle for the Heavens

At a time when heretics were burned alive for dissent, scientist Galileo Galilei risked his life to advance his revolutionary concepts of the universe. Br...

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Genes & Heredity

Did you know that a combination of about 30,000 genes is what makes you the person you are? In Genes & Heredity, students will learn that genes are ...

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Genres: An Introduction

Introduce basic genres and show how they provide contexts for characters in fiction. Through insightful vignettes, students will learn ways to identify t...

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Gilberto And The Wind

The story of a small Mexican boy and his discovery of the wind. The pictures are very effective and the short text is exactly perfect to underscore the act...

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Greatness Of Africa, The   -  Discontinued

See why Africa is known as the "source of Human life!". Discover the immense impact of the Nile River to this region....

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Hanukkah/Passover

Two Jewish celebrations -- Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights and Passover, a celebration of freedom and renewal -- are presented to children through illustr...

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Happy New Year, Charlie Brown

New Year's Eve is just a few days away, and Charles Schulz's Peanuts girls are waiting for their invitations to the social event of the season - Peppermint...

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Heat

Using a bow-drill and flint stones; a glass tube filled with cotton and a piston; crushed pieces of dry ice in a vinyl pipe; liquid nitrogen and a butane l...

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Historic Sites of Canada

From its cosmopolitan cities to its rich history to its unparalleled natural beauty, students will obtain a firsthand look at the wonders of Canada. Explor...

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How to Write an Essay

From the library, the host shares a brief history of the essay, and explains narrative, descriptive, persuasive, and expository formats. He also clarifies ...

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Human Body in Action Video Series

Human Body in Action focuses on the human body from cells to systems, including the skeletal & muscular systems, the circulatory & respiratory syste...

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Huron, The

The Huron, who called themselves the "Wendat," meaning "islanders," flourished in Southern Ontario, Canada. But when French Jesuit missionaries brought dea...

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Hurricanes: Deadly Wind, Deadly Rain

They are the trouble in paradise covering up to 600 miles, bearing winds of up to 155 miles per hour and likely to spawn tornadoes. They can put islands u...

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Indians of North America Video Collection I

This fascinating study of North American Indians portrays the history and culture of American Indian communities, exploring their traditions, religions, va...

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Indians of North America Video Collection II

This fascinating, award-winning study of North American Indians portrays the history and culture of American Indian tribes, exploring their traditions, rel...

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Inside the Internet

From its simple origins to its emergence as a global nervous system, the Internet has changed the way the world works. In this fascinating overview, ARPANE...

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Jane Addams

(1860-1935) Jane Addams was born into prosperity, but dedicated her life to the millions who crowded the slums of 19th-century America. Her social programs...

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Judaism

One of the world's oldest surviving religions, Judaism is both a theology and a way of life for over 12 million followers in the world today. The first rel...

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Kid's Video Guide to "Bridge to Terabithia", A

Talk show format program about Katherine Paterson's "Bridge to Terabithia." Topics coverered include friendship, dealing with loss, "Terabithia's", and mor...

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Killing Screens, The (High School Version)

Addressing Specifically the question of violence and the media, The Killing Screens urges us to think about the effects of the media in new and complex way...

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Lenape, The

A peaceful, tolerant people known for their spirituality and fairness, the Lenape settled the Mid-Atlantic region over 5,000 years ago. Lenape clans were m...

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Leonardo Vs. Michelangelo

Leonardo had become known as Maestro when the young upstart Michelangelo began challenging him. Leonardo the Painter and Michelangelo the Sculptor were te...

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Life

Eyewitness is a compelling video series featuring wonders of nature. Viewers will journey into a three-dimensional virtual museum where live-action photogr...

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Life in the Middle Ages Video Series

What was it like to be a valiant knight, an affluent noble or a penniless serf in medieval Europe? Watch Life in the Middle Ages and find out! Thi...

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Macbeth

This savage tragedy is one of Shakespeare's most enduringly popular. Told by a trio of witches that he is fated to become King of Scotland, the warrior Mac...

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Magnetism

Most people know what magnets do. Sometimes they stick together, sometimes they push apart and sometimes they don't do anything at all. But why do magnets ...

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Magritte: An Attempt At The Impossible

The works of the Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte are unquestionably among the most recognizable images of the twentieth century. Magritte's painti...

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Make Way For Ducklings

The classic tale of the family of ducks that settled in the heart of Boston has been delighting successive generations of readers since its publication in ...

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Making Holograms-The Altman Method

Mr. Altman demonstrates how to make holograms using simple, inexpensive equipment and materials. The "Altman Method" is a very easy, cost-effective method ...

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Manifest Destiny?

American expansion into the west. Tensions between Mexico and the United States over Texas. The Mexican War and its aftermath. Discovery of gold in Cal...

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Map Skills   -  Discontinued

Covers map directions, distances, scale, plotting latitude and longitude, common map symbols and features, and more....

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Marian Anderson

(1902-1993) Marian Anderson's great voice toppled the barriers of racial prejudice, and she became an internationally renowned singer. She blazed the trail...

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Martin Luther King Day

Two students from different ethnic backgrounds hear a special voice that others around them do not which ultimately brings them together as they learn abou...

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Maya

In this vivid look at the ancient civilization of the Maya people, students will explore some of their most important archaeological sites, from the sacred...

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Menominee, The

Hunters and fishermen, the Menominee were revered for their wisdom, spirituality and strong survival skills. They lived in lodges called "wigwams" along th...

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Merchant, The

Buying and selling goods to the general masses may not seem very exciting, but being a merchant in the Middle Ages ensured one a life filled with adventure...

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Mexican Americans

Four hundred years ago, Spanish explorers enslaved the Aztec, an advanced native society living in Mexico. Together, Spanish and Aztec became farmers for m...

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Miss Nelson is Back

When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in Room 207 have big plans to "really act up"....

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Modern Chemistry: An Introduction

Two-part program that gives an overview of chemistry, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Includes interviews with outstanding chemists today such as Bruce Ames...

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Monk, The

They were religious men who often lived sequestered from society in self-contained monasteries. In The Monk, students will learn about monastic life...

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Muscular System

They say you can read a lot in a person's eyes. But is it possible to tell if someone is lying just by looking at his or her facial expression? Dr. Know ge...

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Narragansett, The

Once the most populous and powerful tribe in the Northeast with ancestry dating back 10,000 years, the Narragansett lived in what is now southern Rhode Isl...

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Nervous System

Could what you had for dinner be the stuff nightmares are made of? Dr. Know tries to put a couple of myths to bed: certain foods cause bad dreams and wheth...

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New Orleans and Mardi Gras: The Experience (English)

A video of New Orleans and its famous Mardi Gras that is designed exclusively for classroom use. Students will gain an understanding of the history and tra...

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Nicotine Addiction: Tobacco Tantrums

Everyday a teenager somewhere tries nicotine, whether it is to rebel, to fit in or to look "cool." But this experimentation could have dire consequences. ...

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Nobel -- The Man

This program follows the life and work of Alfred Nobel from his birth in Sweden in 1833 to his work as a groundbreaking scientist and inventor. Best known ...

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Noble, The

They were the wealthiest members of society, a group who reported to their king and ruled over their serfs. In The Noble, students will delve into t...

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Operation Desert Storm - Set

It was the first test for the new American military, and an unqualified overall success. In large part, this due to the effective use of new battlefield te...

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Patterns of Nature-Biology

Numbers play an important part in the field of science. The role of mathematics is evident when exploring the world of biology. From how dinosaurs were abl...

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Persuaders, The

Frontline examines the "persuasion industries" -- advertising and public relations. To cut through consumers' growing resistance to their pitches, marketer...

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Pirates!   -  Discontinued

True Tales of Treachery on the High Seas. Meet some of the most treacherous outlaws who ever set sail in search of fame, fortune and adventure. Here for ...

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Potawatomi, The

Known in their own language as the "Neshnabek," the Potawatomi of the Great Lakes region became military and economic allies of the French settlers. During...

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Pow Wow

Many Native Americans from across the United States and Canada meet throughout the year at Pow Wows -- gatherings where Native American culture and life ar...

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Power of the Periodic Table

Travel to Biosphere 2, where an engaging host explains how everything in nature is made up of elements, and how scientists developed the periodic table to ...

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Pre-Algebra Companion

This companion CD-ROM is packed with robust supplementary materials: a lesson plan, viewing guides and worksheets....

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Prelude To Rebellion: Rural Unrest In Pre-Revolutionary America

This title explores the various reasons for the rural rebellions in colonial America which presaged the War of Independence, using as a special focus the R...

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Properties of Matter

Everything in the universe consists of matter. So how can the differences between various types of matter be distinguished? Besides color, shape and size, ...

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Protists

For years, many scientists classified all living things as animals, plants or fungi. Certain microorganisms, while displaying characteristics similar to a ...

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Pueblo, The

Known for their multistory dwellings, the Pueblo settled in the southwestern United States in what is now New Mexico. Ancestors of the ancient tribe called...

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Quotation Marks

Focus on skills such as distinguishing direct and indirect quotes, properly placing quotation marks with other punctuation, and altering quotations with br...

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Ramadan

Over one billion Muslim people worldwide observe Ramadan, a month-long religious observance. Children experience the beauty of the holiday as they construc...

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Rebels and Redcoats

An exploration into America's War of Independence and how it divided the nation between those who remained loyal to the Crown and those fighting for libera...

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