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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.

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Allen Say
Grade Level: 
Primary
Length: 
0:10
Grandfather's Journey

Timeline: Diversity

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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.

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

Timeline: Inventions

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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.

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

Timeline: Discoveries

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Timeline: Discoveries is a card game played using 109 cards. Each card depicts an discovery on both sides, with the year in which that discovery 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: Discoveries

Timeline: Historical Events

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Timeline: Events 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: Historical Events

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.

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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)

A Short History of Human Rights

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A web site about human rights and the history of human rights.

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.

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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

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Middle
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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
Nelson Mandela

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.

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Middle
High
Length: 
2:00
Journey of a Man

Alaska

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Provides information on the history, geography, government, economy, and people of the state of Alaska. Also includes the state's symbols, a state map, the state song, a craft, and a recipe. Features color photographs, fact boxes, quotes, and sources of more information.

Alaska

Arizona

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Provides information on the history, geography, government, economy, and people of the state of Arizona. Also includes the state's symbols, a state map, the state song, a craft, and a recipe. Features color photographs, fact boxes, quotes, and sources of more information.

Arizona

California

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Surveys the history, geography, government, and economy of California as well as the diverse ways of life of its people.

California

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