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Hidden Biodiversity Vol. 1 (2015)

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A close examination of the life within a pond or lake reveals adaptive structures and behaviors that promote survival of many species. Yet, their life cycles and body structures tell us much about the natural world and the delicate balance within it.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
00:27
Hidden Biodiversity Vol. 1

When You See Bullying Happen: What a Bystander Can Do (2005)

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Shows elementary students how to take an active role in stopping a bully. Notes that a bystander who does nothing helps the bully, not the victim. Reminds students they can tell the bully how they feel, stand up together as a group, be an ally to the victim, or tell an adult. Encourages them to be part of the solution, not a passive part of the problem.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
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00:17
When You See Bullying Happen: What a Bystander Can Do

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

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It's 1793, and there's an invisible killer roaming the streets of Philadelphia. The city's residents are fleeing in fear. This killer has a name—yellow fever—but everything else about it is a mystery. Its cause is unknown, and there is no cure.

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Christmas Sing-Along

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This is a teacher's handbook which corresponds to the music cd Christmas Sing-Along CD. Book includes sheet music for Christmas Sing-Along song.

The Santa Claus Rock!

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This is a teacher's handbook which corresponds to the music cd The Santa Claus Rock! CD. Book includes sheet music for The Santa Claus Rock! song.

Sing for the Red, White and Blue

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This is a teacher's handbook which corresponds to the music cd Sing for the Red, White and Blue CD. Book includes sheet music for the following songs:

  • There are Many Flags in Many Lands
  • America the Beautiful
  • Sing of America
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever
  • America
  • You're a Grand Old Flag
  • America, My Home
  • Yankee Doodle's Pony

Songs of Peace and Joy

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This is a teacher's handbook which corresponds to the music cd Songs of Peace and Joy CD. Book includes sheet music for the following songs:

  • Light the Candles All Around the World
  • A Time for Peace
  • Today is the Day!
  • Friends are Like Diamonds
  • This Little Light of Mine
  • Sing of Joy!
  • Where is the Peace?
  • Dona Nobis Pacem
  • An Old Irish Blessing

Get Kids Singing Old Favorites

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This is a teacher's handbook which corresponds to the music cd Get Kids Singing Old Favorites CD. Book includes sheet music for the following songs:

  • I've Been Working on the Railroad
  • Old Dan Tucker
  • A Frog Went A-Courtin'
  • I Met a Bear
  • This Old Man
  • The Ants Go Marching
  • If You're Happy and You Know It
  • Turkey in the Straw

The Graduates/Los Graduados (2013)

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The Graduates explores pressing issues in education today through the eyes of six young Latino and Latina students from across the United States. More than a survey of contemporary policy debates, viewers gain a first-hand perspective on the different challenges facing Latino high school students and their families, educators and community leaders.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
02:00
The Graduates/Los Graduados

Footprints: Discovering the Holocaust through Historical Artefacts (2014)

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This educational video was created for the Footprints of Hope project, a new initiative from the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme designed to involve students aged 13 years and older in the study of the Holocaust. This film is accompanied by a lesson plan and PowerPoint presentation titled “Ordinary Things? Discovering the Holocaust through Historical Artefacts”.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:08
Footprints: Discovering the Holocaust through Historical Artefacts

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