History

Grandfather's Journey

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Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in the United States and Japan, Allen Say poignantly recounts his family's journey to America.

Author:

Allen Say

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

0:10

A Wooden Bucket: The White Cooper's Craft in 1850 (2004)

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This film is about the Cooper's Craft and making a wooden bucket from start to finish in 1850, filmed in Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island, New York.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:23

A Wooden Bucket: The White Cooper's Craft in 1850

A Primary Source History of the Colony of Delaware (Unabridged)

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The earliest settlers in this region were confronted by food shortages, conflicts with native tribes, and the difficulties of settling a new land with little support.

Author:

Aaron Raymond

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

01:10

A Primary Source History of the Colony of Delaware (Unabridged)

Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (2012)

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Twenty-five years ago, renowned scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a series of interviews that became one of the most enduringly popular programs ever aired on PBS.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

05:44

Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers

Mythos I: The Shaping of our Mythic Tradition (1996)

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"The material of myth is the material of our life, the material of our body, and the material of our environment. A living, vital mythology deals with these." - Joseph Campbell

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

04:40

Mythos I: The Shaping of our Mythic Tradition

Nelson Mandela

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This is the story of a young boy who grew up to become president of South Africa. His lifelong quest was to establish equality for people of all colors.

Author:

Kadir Nelson

Grade Level:

Elementary

Length:

00:10

Journey of a Man (2003)

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Journey of a Man answers the question, "Where do we all come from?" Today, some six billion people are spread across the planet. But there was a time-not so long ago-when the human species numbered only a few thousand and their world was a single continent: Africa.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

2:00

John Deere, That's Who!

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Copies: 6

Back in the 1830s, who was a young blacksmith from Vermont, about to make his mark on American history? John Deere, that’s who!

Who moved to Illinois, where farmers were struggling to plow through the thick, rich soil they called gumbo? Who tinkered and tweaked and tested until he invented a steel plow that sliced into the prairie easy as you please?

Long before the first tractor, who changed farming forever? John Deere, that’s who!

Beautiful illustrations―including spectacular landscapes―reflect the time period and bring John Deere's remarkable story to life.

Author:

Tracy Nelson Maurer

Lexile:

860L

Higher Steeper Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies

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Copies: 6

Discover the daring aviation pioneers who made the dream of powered flight a reality, forever changing the course of history.

Aviator Lincoln Beachey broke countless records: he looped-the-loop, flew upside down and in corkscrews, and was the first to pull his aircraft out of what was a typically fatal tailspin. As Beachey and other aviators took to the skies in death-defying acts in the early twentieth century, these innovative daredevils not only wowed crowds, but also redefined the frontiers of powered flight.

Author:

Lawrence Goldstone

Lexile:

1150L

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Grandfather's Journey

A Wooden Bucket: The White Cooper's Craft in 1850 (2004)

A Primary Source History of the Colony of Delaware (Unabridged)

Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (2012)

Mythos I: The Shaping of our Mythic Tradition (1996)

Nelson Mandela

Journey of a Man (2003)

John Deere, That's Who!

Higher Steeper Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies