ELA

China From the Inside (2006)

Icon:

China is rapidly becoming a world power, but much of the country and its people remain hidden to those outside its borders. CHINA FROM THE INSIDE includes visits to temples in Tibet, border areas of Muslim Xinjiang, Communist Party meetings, a village election, court rooms, newspaper offices, a women's labor camp, and a country wedding.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

04:00

God Grew Tired of Us (2006)

Icon:

An award-winning, critically acclaimed documentary, narrated by Nicole Kidman, GOD GREW TIRED OF US explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their homeland due to a tumultuous civil war.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

01:30

Time of Fear (2004)

Icon:

In World War II more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and relocate to military camps dotted across the western United States. TIME OF FEAR tells the story of the 16,000 men, women, and children who were sent to two relocation camps in southeast Arkansas--one of the poorest and most racially segregated places in America.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

01:00

Liberty! The American Revolution (1997)

Icon:

LIBERTY! is an exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. This critically acclaimed six-hour series chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war, and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today.

Grade Level:

Middle

Length:

06:00

Civil Rights (2005)

Icon:

Standard Deviants School is an educational and entertaining, lesson-based learning supplement developed from the award-winning Standard Deviants teaching style. Written to meet state educational standards, each module is clearly organized by lesson topic and includes full classroom performance rights.

Grade Level:

Middle

Length:

00:26

TED Talks: Charles Moore: Seas of Plastic

Icon:

Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.

Kuruwitu: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (2011)

Icon:

A traditional fishing community on Kenya's coast declares a no-fishing zone along their stretch of coastline in an effort to halt the total destruction of their marine resources, to bolster fish numbers and to create opportunities for marine tourism.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

01:00

Kuruwitu: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Vegucated (2010)

Icon:

Three People. Six Weeks. One Challenge.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

01:17

The Future of Food (2004)

Icon:

There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers and in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

01:30

The End of the Line: Where have all the fish gone? (2009)

Icon:

Humans have long regarded the world's oceans as vast and inexhaustible. Now, we have learned otherwise.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

2009

The End of the Line: Where have all the fish gone?

ELA

China From the Inside (2006)

God Grew Tired of Us (2006)

Time of Fear (2004)

Liberty! The American Revolution (1997)

Civil Rights (2005)

TED Talks: Charles Moore: Seas of Plastic

Kuruwitu: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (2011)

Vegucated (2010)

The Future of Food (2004)

The End of the Line: Where have all the fish gone? (2009)

Pages