Social Studies

Miss Susan B. Anthony Fined $100 and Costs for Illegal Voting

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Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two (Unabridged)

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Although the mission school bans all that is Navajo, Ned secretly clings to his native language and culture. Proudly joining the U.S. Marines in 1943, he becomes a top-secret Navajo Code Talker. During bloody battles for Japanese islands, Ned and his brave band of code-talking brothers save thousands of lives using Navajo encryption the enemy never cracks.

Author:

Joseph Bruchac

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

05:55

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two (Unabridged)

Return to Auschwitz (#108)

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Auschwitz was the most notorious Nazi death camp of World War II. After returning there for the first time in more than 50 years, several Holocaust survivors tell the stories of their forced incarceration and the horrors they endured.

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Middle

High

Length:

00:14

Lessons of the Holocaust (#104)

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Examines the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany and demonstrates that the ideas and opinions of that time are still prevalent in our society today.

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Middle

High

Length:

00:14

Freedom: The Underground Railroad

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Early in the history of the United States, slavery was an institution that seemed unmovable but with efforts of men and women across the country, it was toppled.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

Social Studies

Play Time:

120 min.

Nuclear Energy: The Issues (2008)

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Nuclear power produces almost a fifth of the world's electricity. Supporters say it's safe, cheap and - best of all - the answer to global warming. Critics say it's not safe or cheap, and it won't really help with the global warming problem. So who's right? This program presents the arguments for and against, with relevant background information.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

00:31

Who Was...?

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Content Area:

Social Studies

Ancient Technology Collection

Eight comprehensive books about ancient technologies.

Content Area:

Social Studies

Earthquake Collection

Books about earthquakes with a majority of them focusing on the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

Content Area:

Science

Social Studies

Liberty's Kids Disc Six (2002)

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Caught on opposite sides of the revolution, Benjamin Franklin’s teenage reporters—American colonist James and young Englishwoman Sarah—confront the real, physical dangers of combat. Forced to choose between their friendship and allegiance to their countries, the kids find that their understanding of good and evil is challenged by the moral dilemmas of war.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

02:18

Social Studies

Nuclear Energy: The Issues (2008)

Liberty's Kids Disc Six (2002)

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