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Ethan Frome

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Frome, a lonely, poverty-stricken, nineteenth-century New England farmer, has long and faithfully cared for his bitter, invalid wife, but when his wife's distant young cousin comes to take over as housekeeper, she and Frome succumb to forbidden passion with tragic results

Director:

John Madden

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Middle

High

Length:

01:39

An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe (2000)

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Includes a dramatization of "A Tell-Tale Heart" (25 min.); Performances of his poetry including This program from the Master Poets Collection features "To My Mother," The Conqueror Worm," "Annabel Lee," "Eldorado," "Evening Star," "To Helen," "The Haunted Palace," "Israfel," "The City in the Sea" and "The Raven"(34 min.); Stories & Tales Audio Theater (approx.116 min.) includes "The Cask of

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Middle

High

Length:

02:56

A Tale of Two Cities

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The ultimate tale of love, honor and sacrifice during the bloodstained French Revolution is movingly brought to life in this sumptuous production. The dashing Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride) stars in dual roles as the cynical lawyer Sydney Carton and the disenchanted aristocrat Charles Darnay, both in love with the same woman (Alice Krige, Silent Hill, TV's Deadwood). Also starring Peter Cushing (Star Wars), this Golden Globe-nominated version of the Charles Dickens classic thrillingly captures all the drama and emotion of one of history's most explosive eras.

Director:

Jim Goddard

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Middle

High

Length:

02:36

You've Been Sentenced!

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This sentence-building game uses unique five-sided cards with multiple conjugations of a base word. With a hand of 10 cards, players try to score the most points per round by constructing the longest, grammatically correct, and sensible sentence.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

ELA

Play Time:

30 min.

The Gift of the Magi

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Dramatization of the story by O. Henry. A romantic tale of a young married couple who have little money to buy each other a Christmas gift and the ironic sacrifice they make.

Director:

Scott Mansfield

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Middle

High

Length:

00:20

Frankenstein

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Obsessed with violating the laws of nature and life and death, Victor Frankenstein constructs a creature from the limbs of the dead. Once jolted to life, the creature proves even more human than his creator. Unable to inspire love, he chooses to inspire fear and vows to avenge the man who created and abandoned him. Directed by Kevin Connor. Stars William Hurt, Donald Sutherland, Julie Delpy, Luke Goss. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

Director:

Kevin Connor

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Middle

High

Length:

03:24

A Raisin in the Sun

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A RAISIN IN THE SUN is a groundbreaking drama celebrating the human spirit, featuring an electrifying performance by Academy Award®-winner Sidney Poitier (Best Actor, Lilies of the Field, 1963).

Director:

Daniel Petrie

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Middle

High

Length:

02:08

A Raisin in the Sun

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Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads where the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? Or even pay for medical school tuition? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.

Director:

Kenny Leon

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Middle

High

Length:

02:11

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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From the author of the phenomenal #1 NY Times best seller comes the original screen adaptation of MITCH ALBOM'S THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN. This NY Times best seller is broght to life by an award-winning cast, including Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn and Jeff Daniels. The NY Times praised it for its "genuine power to stir and comfort." Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven explores the unexpected mysteries of the afterlife by reminding us what really matters here on Earth.

Director:

Lloyd Kramer

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

02:13

Dixit Jinx

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Jinx is a new Game in the Dixit family but unlike the original game the drawings are not realistic illustrations depicting scenes but images halfway between abstraction and figuration.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Content Area:

Special Education

ELA

Fine Arts

Play Time:

15 min.

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

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Ten Sherlock Holmes adventures in which you are the hero! You are a member of the Baker Street Irregulars working to solve mysteries before the Master! You are either investigating the mysteries as an individual, or trying to win against up to 8 other investigators.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

ELA

Science

Play Time:

90 min.

Sidibaba

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In Sidibaba, players take on the role of Sidibaba and his friends who are searching for hidden treasure in a cave.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

ELA

Business/Technology

Play Time:

45 min.

I Could Do That!

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At a young age, Esther Morris began to do things that her parents and others doubted that she could do.

Author:

Linda Arms White

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:17

Rosa

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On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man, an act that ignited a movement that changed modern history.

Author:

Giovanni, Nikki

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Primary

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:14

Virginia Lee Burton: A Sense of Place

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Virginia Lee Burton was one of the most significant and groundbreaking author/illustrators of the 20th Century.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

00:30

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Dixit Jinx

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

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I Could Do That!

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