High

Social Studies (X) - High (X)

20th Century Presidents - William J. Clinton 1993-2001 (2005)

Icon: 
DVD icon

During the administration of Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic wellbeing than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since FDR to win a second term in office.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
00:16
20th Century Presidents - William J. Clinton 1993-2001

The Devil's Arithmetic

Icon: 
DVD icon

Sixteen year old Hanna Stern was a typical American teenager who ignored her family's heritage until a mystical Passover seder takes her back in time to German-occupied Poland on an emotional journey of life, death and survival. Special Features: Filmographies, Photo Gallery, Spanish Language Track, Closed Captioned, Weblink.

Director: 
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:37
The Devil's Arithmetic

2 Million Minutes (2008)

Icon: 
DVD icon

Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, they have just TWO MILLION MINUTES to prepare for college and ultimately a career.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
2 Million Minutes

2 Million Minutes in China (2008)

Icon: 
DVD icon

In 2007 the provocative documentary film 2 Million Minutes: A Global Examination premiered. Comparing and contrasting the two million minutes of high school in India, China and the U.S., the film raised awareness and rattled cages from Harvard to the halls of power.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:10
2 Million Minutes in China

2 Million Minutes in India (2008)

Icon: 
DVD icon

In 2007 the provocative documentary film Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination premiered. Comparing and contrasting the two million minutes of high school in India, China and the U.S., the film raised awareness and rattled cages from Harvard to the halls of power.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:10
2 Million Minutes in India

2 Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution (2009)

Icon: 
DVD icon

Executive Producer Robert A. Compton has searched the world for the best high schools in the hopes of discovering a solution to America's education crisis. Then, in one of the poorest areas of America, Compton discovered a school that teaches ordinary U.S. children at an extraordinarily high academic level.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:50
2 Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution

Shackleton

Icon: 
DVD icon

Based on the detailed diaries of expedition members, this program starring Kenneth Branagh tells the story of endurance. The 27 men who joined Ernest Shakelton in his dream to become the first man to cross Antarctica became stranded in one of the most hostile environments on Earth. This is the story of their rescue. Bonus features with this program include the 2 hr. History Channel program "Antacrtica: A Frozen History."

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
03:20
Shackleton

The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet (2004)

Icon: 
DVD icon

"We can choose to live on a depleted planet or we can choose to live on a rich, biologically diverse, more stable planet' proposes Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint. He suggests that an essential step in avoiding depletion is to track ecological assets, allowing us to make more informed choices.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
00:31
The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet

Timeline: Diversity

Icon: 
game icon

Timeline: Diversity is a card game played using 110 cards. Each card depicts a historical event on both sides, with the year in which that event occurred on only one side. Players take turns placing a card from their hand in a row on the table.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
15 min.
Timeline: Diversity

Thirst (2004)

Icon: 
DVD icon

A documentary without narration that explores how water and the ownership and control of water figure into community resistance to corporations rapidly buying up local water supplies. Examines the environmental and human rights issues associated with governments and companies making the world's fresh water supply into a commodity at the expense of local communities.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:02
Thirst

Timeline: Inventions

Icon: 
game icon

Timeline: Inventions is a card game played using 109 cards. Each card depicts an invention on both sides, with the year in which that invention was created on only one side. Players take turns placing a card from their hand in a row on the table.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
15 min.
Timeline: Inventions

XXI Century (2003)

Icon: 
DVD icon

A documentary film that tries to give some perspective and context to the events that have transpired since the 2000 presidential election and 9/11. To this end the filmmakers met with intellectuals, journalists, university professors, writers, historians, civil rights workers, religious leaders, anti-war activists and others

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
06:25
XXI Century

Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous Woman in America (2004)

Icon: 
DVD icon

In 1906 in America it was first discovered that humans could transmit typhoid fever. This is a dramatization of the outbreak and a profile of Irish cook Mary Mallon, known as 'Typhoid Mary'. Quarantined against her will, the story reveals the newfound power of health officials to protect the masses, often at the expense of personal liberties

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:00
Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous Woman in America

The Long Walk to Freedom (2004)

Icon: 
DVD icon

Twelve civil rights activists share their experiences with San Francisco students. Includes brief video autobiographies of the activists and a section where students respond with questions, poetry, songs and essays.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
00:30
The Long Walk to Freedom

A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America (1998)

Icon: 
DVD icon

Seldom has society come full circle in the cycle of a disease- from illness, to epidemic, to cure. Polio is the 20th century's most notable exception. First appearing in the United States in 1916, the disease crippled tens of thousands of children every summer until it was finally eradicated by the Salk vaccine beginning in 1954.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:30
A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America

Pages