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Flags of Our Fathers

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In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.

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Length: 
13:19
Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

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In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.

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Flags of Our Fathers

Nuclear Meltdown Disaster (2015)

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NOVA reveals the minute-by-minute story of the Fukushima nuclear crisis—the one you know about, and the one you likely don't; the perilously close call at the other Fukushima nuclear power plant a few miles away from the meltdowns.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:00
Nuclear Meltdown Disaster

The Bomb (2015)

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The Bomb tells the story of the most powerful and destructive device ever invented. Learn how humans harnessed this incredible power and what challenges we have faced living with it since 1945.

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High
Length: 
02:00
The Bomb

Rise Up: The Game of People & Power

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Lead a march of thousands of people. Write a protest song that goes viral. Fight for what you believe in. Rise Up is a cooperative board game about building people power and taking on oppressive systems to create change.

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Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Family/Consumer Science
Play Time: 
60 min.
Rise Up: The Game of People & Power

League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis (2013)

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The National Football League, a multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America's indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football's connection to long-term brain injuries.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
02:00
League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis

This War of Mine

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This War Of Mine: The Board Game is the tabletop adaptation of the award-winning video game that pictures the drama of civilians trapped in a war-torn city.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
90 min.
This War of Mine

The 46ers: Can You Hear Them Calling (2015)

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In August of 2012, Director Blake Cortright summited Mount Marcy (New York's tallest peak) for the first time. The view from the mountaintop captivated his imagination, inspiring him to create a film about the Adirondack High Peaks.

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Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
1:05
The 46ers: Can You Hear Them Calling

Breakout Edu Kit

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The Breakout EDU kit includes everything you need to play over 350 games created for the classroom environment. The kit includes access to the new BreakoutEdu Platform to be used while using the kit.

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Primary
Elementary
Middle
High
Professional
Content Area: 
ELA
Math
Social Studies
Science
Fine Arts
Health/Phys. Ed.
LOTE
Computer Science
Special Education
Family/Consumer Science
Business/Technology
ELL
Library
Other
Play Time: 
30 min.
Breakout Edu Kit

The 46ers: Can You Hear Them Calling? (2017)

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The 46ers is a one-hour documentary feature about the men and women who hike all 46 High Peaks (the peaks over 4,000 feet in elevation) in the Adirondack Mounts of upstate New York.

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Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
0:55
The 46ers: Can You Hear Them Calling?

A Distant Plain

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A Distant Plain is a 1- to 4-player board game depicting insurgent and counterinsurgent (COIN) conflict in modern Afghanistan.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
180 min.
A Distant Plain

Churchill

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The players in the game take on the roles of Churchill, Roosevelt, or Stalin as they maneuver against each over the course of 10 Conferences that determine who will lead the Allied forces, where those forces will be deployed, and how the Axis will be defeated.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
180 min.
Churchill

Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection

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In Liberty or Death, one to four players take the roles of one or more Factions in North America: the British attempt to sup- press a distant insurrection throughout a massive region and across the sea; the Patriots try to incite rebellion through the population while fighting the British on thei

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
180 min.
Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection

History of the World

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Take a ride through humankind's history with History of the World, a game of conquest and cunning for three to six players. Expand your empire as you command mighty empires at the height of their power from the dawn of civilization to the twentieth century.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
120 min.
History of the World

High Treason!

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Canada’s westward expansion was very different than that of the United States. In the U.S., conflict in the westward movement was between the White Man and the Native Indian, and a common language united U.S. settlers.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
40 min.
High Treason!

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