Elementary

Follow the Drinking Gourd (1992)

Icon:

Based on the traditional American folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one family's escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad. This touching story captures all the drama of a perilous flight to freedom.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:26

Flatland: A Journey of Many Dimensions (2007)

Icon:

"FLATLAND" is based on Edwin A. Abbott's classic novel, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Flatland is a world that exists entirely on a two-dimensional plane. All different kinds of shapes live, work and play in this world. The story follows Arthur Square (MARTIN SHEEN) and his curious granddaughter Hex (KRISTEN BELL).

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:35

All About Electricity (2000, 2004)

Icon:

Understanding the world around us can be a real adventure! That's the message in this 11-part series for children in grades K-4. Kids travel along as our young host explores the world of physical science and how it can be seen, touched and understood in everyday life.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Trash and the Environment (1998)

Icon:

Take a trip to a recycling center, a landfill, and a town dump to understand what happens to trash after it is thrown away. Focus on the environmental problems created by solid waste and discover ways to alleviate the problem. Learn that through daily conservation methods, people can control the amount of waste they produce.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:12

Trade Routes and Transportation (2005)

Icon:

For the Sumerians, the Tigris River served as an important early trade route. They used it to obtain scarce commodities, such as metal and wood, in exchange for their grain. See how they traveled by river and over land to trade with India and Egypt. Then examine how technological advances, such as the cart, facilitated transporting people and goods.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:20

The Development of Written Language (2005)

Icon:

In the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Sumerians developed a written language. Examine how they carved cuneiform characters into clay tablets. Then explore Sumerian folktales.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:20

From Nomads to Farmers (2005)

Icon:

Explore the agricultural practices and technological devices that led to the rise of civilization in Mesopotamia. Meet the nomadic people who became farmers, and see how they established city-states, developed specialized work skills, and advanced organized religion.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:20

The World in Spatial Terms (2006)

Icon:

In this program, students will learn about cartography and technologies such as GIS, GPS and databases that geographers use to help us see the regular and recurring patterns in Earth's physical and human systems. These tools not only help us see and understand the world's patterns, but also help to make our planet a more comprehensible and fascinating place.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

00:23

Places & Regions (2006)

Icon:

Earth is a vast, diverse and complicated place, but breaking it down into regions allows us to simplify the whole. In Places & Regions, students will understand the physical and human characteristics that combine to form the areas we create to interpret our planet's complexity.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

00:23

Human Systems (2006)

Icon:

Why do people settle where they do? Why do populations move from one place to another? In Human Systems, students will appreciate the role that the physical characteristics of Earth have played in determining where and how people live, and explore the notion that where and how we live has a huge impact on our planet.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

00:23

Elementary

Follow the Drinking Gourd (1992)

Flatland: A Journey of Many Dimensions (2007)

All About Electricity (2000, 2004)

Trash and the Environment (1998)

Trade Routes and Transportation (2005)

The Development of Written Language (2005)

From Nomads to Farmers (2005)

The World in Spatial Terms (2006)

Places & Regions (2006)

Human Systems (2006)

Pages