Social Studies

Frontline World: Stories from a Small Planet (2008)

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FRONTLINE/World's special Social Entrepreneurs Series features the stories of people whose ideas and organizations create new and sustainable markets and services that benefit underserved communities across the developing world.Disc 1 contains four featured profiles that show a range of creative solutions and services developed by social entrepreneurs, as well as a classroom guide to support ed

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Frontline World: Stories from a Small Planet

Frontline: Cyber War! (2004)

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The Slammer hit on Super Bowl Sunday. Nimda struck one week after 9/11. Code Red had ripped through the system that summer. Moonlight Maze moved from the Russian Academy of Science and into the U.S. Department of Defense. A new form of warfare has broken out and the battleground is cyberspace.

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Frontline: The Torture Question (2005)

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The program traces how decisions made in Washington, D.C. in the immediate aftermath of September 11th led to a robust interrogation policy that laid the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq.

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The Founding of America (2008)

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The inspiring early days of America – the personalities, the battles, the bravery, the losses, and even the romance – spring to life in spellbinding detail in this sweeping 14-DVD set from A&E Home Video.

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The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)

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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA is a six-episode series produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan and written by Dayton Duncan.

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DNA: Secret of Photo 51 (2003)

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On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published their groundbreaking discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule essential for passing on our genes and the ''secret of life.'' But their crucial breakthrough depended on the pioneering work of another biologist–Rosalind Franklin.

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America: The Story of Us (2010)

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A riveting adventure of how America was invented, AMERICA The Story of Us focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of American history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by HISTORY.

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Calvin Klein: A Stylish Obsession (1997)

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His name adorns everything from underwear to perfume. His stylish designs and business acumen built a fashion empire. When Brooke Shields went on national TV and cooed "nothing comes between me and my Calvins," a young designer from New York became a fashion icon. Calvin Klein went from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology to stardom in a few short years.

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Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King (1998)

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Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King. Here's your chance to know the real Colonel Harlan Sanders. He spent most of his life bouncing from job to job and collected his first Social Security check before becoming a success. He also never made it past private in the Army. But his chicken recipe hit it big after he was 65.

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Ray Kroc: Fast Food Millionaire (1998)

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U.S. restaurateur, a pioneer of the fast-food industry. He was working as a blender salesman when he discovered a restaurant in San Bernardino, Calif., owned by Maurice and Richard McDonald, who used an assembly-line format to prepare and sell a large volume of hamburgers, french fries, and milk shakes.

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Social Studies

Frontline World: Stories from a Small Planet (2008)

Frontline: Cyber War! (2004)

Frontline: The Torture Question (2005)

The Founding of America (2008)

The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)

DNA: Secret of Photo 51 (2003)

America: The Story of Us (2010)

Calvin Klein: A Stylish Obsession (1997)

Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King (1998)

Ray Kroc: Fast Food Millionaire (1998)

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