ELA

Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 3 (2012)

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Kid's Animated History With Pipo presents The Time Compass -- showcasing significant historical events in a humorous and easy to understand style. This delightful series plays out in a book-like format, taking viewers on a journey in time. From Ancient Egypt to Classical Greece and India...

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:44
Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 3

Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 2 (2012)

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Kid's Animated History With Pipo presents The Time Compass -- showcasing significant historical events in a humorous and easy to understand style. This delightful series plays out in a book-like format, taking viewers on a journey in time. From Ancient Egypt to Classical Greece and India...

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
01:06
Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 2

Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 1 (2012)

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Kid's Animated History With Pipo presents The Time Compass -- showcasing significant historical events in a humorous and easy to understand style. This delightful series plays out in a book-like format, taking viewers on a journey in time. From Ancient Egypt to Classical Greece and India...

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
01:06
Kid's Animated History with Pipo: Disc 1

Mystery Garden

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One player takes a card on which a picture is displayed which is also on the game board. The next player may ask one question which can only be answered with yes or no. In clockwise order the next player may ask a question and so on...

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Content Area: 
ELA
Science
Play Time: 
20 min.
Mystery Garden

The Face of a Stranger: A William Monk Novel #1 (Unabridged)

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A tragic accident leaves inspector Monk with amnesia just moments after he solves the murder of a popular Crimean war hero. Forced to redo his entire investigation, a frustrated Monk faces a desperate murderer who will do anything to keep the inspector from discovering the truth twice.

Author: 
Anne Perry
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
13:19
The Face of a Stranger: A William Monk Novel #1 (Unabridged)

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (Unabridged)

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On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood.

Author: 
Laura Hillenbrand
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
1010L
Length: 
13:57
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (Unabridged)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells, taken without her knowledge, become one of the most important tools in medicine. The first immortal human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than 60 years.

Author: 
Rebecca Skloot
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
1140L
Length: 
12:30
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Unabridged)

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Sussex, England: A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. He is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet sitting by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean), the unremembered past comes flooding back.

Author: 
Neil Gaiman
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
05:48
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Unabridged)

Profiles in Courage

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During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, and Sam Houston.

The Mighty

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Award-winning actresses Sharon Stone (Sphere, Casino, Basic Instinct) and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) star in this uplifting motion picture that's received overwhelming critical acclaim! With his loving and supportive mother (Stone), 13-year-old Kevin (Kieran Culkin) moves in next door to another teen, Max. Though both have problems that label them as outcasts, Kevin and Max discover that by proudly combining their strengths and uniting as one, they can overcome their individual limitations and triumph over any adversity!

Director: 
Peter Chelsom
Grade Level: 
Middle
Length: 
01:40
The Mighty

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