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FANTASIA 2000

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Experience an extravaganza of sight and sound in Fantasia 2000, the triumphant classic inspired by Walt Disney's vision of Fantasia as a continuing work-in-progress. Fully immerse yourself in the wonders of this innovative blend of music and animated imagery. See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and share the excitement that is Fantasia 2000.

Director:

James Algar

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

01:15

FANTASIA The Original Classic

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Groundbreaking on several counts, not the least of which was an innovative use of animation and stereophonic sound, this ambitious Disney feature has lost nothing to time since its release in 1940. Classical music was interpreted by Disney animators, resulting in surreal fantasy and playful escapism. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra provided the music for eight segments by the composers Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Ponchielli, Bach, Dukas, and Schubert.

Director:

Norman Ferguson

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

02:05

Monster

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Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me: Monster.

Author:

Walter Dean Myers

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

670L

Length:

02:35

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two (Unabridged)

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Although the mission school bans all that is Navajo, Ned secretly clings to his native language and culture. Proudly joining the U.S. Marines in 1943, he becomes a top-secret Navajo Code Talker. During bloody battles for Japanese islands, Ned and his brave band of code-talking brothers save thousands of lives using Navajo encryption the enemy never cracks.

Author:

Joseph Bruchac

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

05:55

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two (Unabridged)

Return to Auschwitz (#108)

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Auschwitz was the most notorious Nazi death camp of World War II. After returning there for the first time in more than 50 years, several Holocaust survivors tell the stories of their forced incarceration and the horrors they endured.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:14

Lessons of the Holocaust (#104)

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Examines the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany and demonstrates that the ideas and opinions of that time are still prevalent in our society today.

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Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:14

Freedom: The Underground Railroad

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Early in the history of the United States, slavery was an institution that seemed unmovable but with efforts of men and women across the country, it was toppled.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

Social Studies

Play Time:

120 min.

Nuclear Energy: The Issues (2008)

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Nuclear power produces almost a fifth of the world's electricity. Supporters say it's safe, cheap and - best of all - the answer to global warming. Critics say it's not safe or cheap, and it won't really help with the global warming problem. So who's right? This program presents the arguments for and against, with relevant background information.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

00:31

Nuclear Energy: The Science (2008)

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This program covers a number of advanced topics. Understand the use of water to vary reactor power, as well as different methods of mining uranium, and witness a specific example of a fission reaction.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

00:27