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Auto Shop Safety (2007)

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Designed for high school students who have little experience working with auto equipment, this DVD teaches students the importance of safe work practices in order to prevent injury or even death. Set in actual high school shop conditions, Auto Shop clearly runs through potentially hazardous situations, and summarizes how to quickly and efficiently deal with them.

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High
Length: 
00:16
Auto Shop Safety

The Elegant Universe (2003)

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Examines one of the most revolutionary theories in physics today - String Theory. String Theory argues that fundamental elements of nature are minute strands of energy, whose different levels of vibration underlie everything in the universe. If this theory is correct, it could mean a universe with many different dimensions, ones that are unseen to our eyes.

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High
Length: 
03:00
The Elegant Universe

The Crucible

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The setting is 17th century Salem, Massachusetts. A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. But instead of love, Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder) wishes for the death of her former lover's (Daniel Day-Lewis) wife. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax!

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Nicholas Hytner
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
02:03
The Crucible

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

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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.

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Elementary
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00:16
20th Century Presidents - William J. Clinton 1993-2001

20th Century Presidents - John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 (2006)

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On November 22, 1963 - when he was hardly past his first 1,000 days in office - JFK was killed by an assassin as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. JFK was the youngest man elected to the presidency.

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Elementary
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00:22
20th Century Presidents - John F. Kennedy 1961-1963

20th Century Presidents - Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 (2005)

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Jimmy Carter aspired to make government "competent and compassionate," responsive to the American people and their expectations. His achievements were notable, but in an era of rising energy costs, mounting inflation, and continuing tensions, it was impossible for his administration to meet these high expectations.

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Elementary
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00:16
20th Century Presidents - Jimmy Carter 1977-1981

El Norte

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Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It's a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Nava's groundbreaking El Norte, the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism.

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High
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02:20
El Norte

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Gregory Peck stars as courageous Southern lawyer Atticus Finch - the Academy Award®-winning performance hailed by the American Film Institute as the Greatest Movie Hero of All Time. based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about innocence, strength and conviction and nominated for 8 Academy Awards®, this beloved classic boasts hours of unforgettable bonus features.

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Robert Mulligan
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Middle
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02:10
To Kill a Mockingbird

Gandhi

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Sir Ben Kingsley stars as Mohandas Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's riveting biography of the man who rose from simple lawyer to worldwide symbol of peace and understanding. A critical masterpiece, GANDHI is an intriguing story about activism, politics, religious tolerance and freedom. But at the center of it all is an extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence, and set an entire nation free.

Director: 
Richard Attenborough
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Middle
High
Length: 
03:11
Gandhi

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement, Vol. 7 (1990)

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The keys to the kingdom (1974-1980): Famous and lesser-known participants recount the remedies used to solve the problems of discrimination in schools and the workplace. For blacks and whites in Boston, court-ordered busing proves an unpopular means of integrating schools. Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson pursues affirmative action to help combat the city's poverty rate.

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High
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02:00
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement, Vol. 7

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