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Safety in the Woodshop (2007)

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Safety in the Woodshop, from TMW Media Group's Workshop Safety Series, is a necessary addition to any school wood shop. Designed for students who have little experience handling wood-working equipment, this DVD teaches students the importance of safe work practices, in order to prevent injury or even death.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:13

Romero

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"If they kill me, I shall rise in the Salvadoran people." ROMERO is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his country.

This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.

Director:

John Duigan

Grade Level:

High

Length:

01:45

The White Dragon: Dragonriders of Pern (Unabridged)

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When Jaxom, a rebellious youth, and Ruth, his white dragon, fly into another time to retrieve the queen's stolen egg and avert a dragonrider war, they find their planet threatened once again by a Threadfall.

Author:

Anne McCaffrey

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

920L

Length:

14:40

The White Dragon: Dragonriders of Pern (Unabridged)

Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance With Death (Unabridged)

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Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.

Author:

Kurt Vonnegut

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

850L

Length:

06:01

Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance With Death (Unabridged)

The Renegades of Pern: Dragonriders of Pern (Unabridged)

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The inhabitants of Pern are threatened by a band of renegades that attempts to expose them to deadly airborne spores in the atmosphere.

Author:

Anne McCaffrey

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1010L

Length:

13:27

The Renegades of Pern: Dragonriders of Pern (Unabridged)

The Metamorphosis

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"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis.

Author:

Franz Kafka

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1320L

Length:

02:15

The Masterharper of Pern (Unabridged)

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The deadly Threads have not rained on Pern for centuries, and people are beginning to say they no longer need dragonriders or harpers. In particular, the despot Fax would like to be rid of talented masterharper, Robinton.

Author:

Anne McCaffrey

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

980L

Length:

14:40

The Kill Order: Maze Runner Prequel (Unabridged)

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Before Wicked was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth and mankind fell to disease. Mark and Trina were there when it happened, and they survived. But surviving the sun flares was easy compared to what came next.

Author:

James Dashner

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Lexile:

HL810L

Length:

10:00

The Kill Order: Maze Runner Prequel (Unabridged)

Insurgent: Divergent, Book 2 (Unabridged)

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Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable — and even more powerful.

Author:

Veronica Roth

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

HL710L

Length:

11:23

Insurgent: Divergent, Book 2 (Unabridged)

Dragonseye: Dragonriders of Pern, Book 4 (Unabridged)

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It's been two-hundred years since the deadly Thread fell like rain upon Pern, devouring everything in its path. No one alive remembers that first horrific onslaught and no one believes in its return--except for the dragonriders. For two centuries they have been practicing and training, passing down from generation to generation the formidable Threadfighting techniques.

Author:

Anne McCaffrey

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

980L

Length:

11:06

Dragonseye: Dragonriders of Pern, Book 4 (Unabridged)

High

Safety in the Woodshop (2007)

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