English

Wise Owl Says: When Telling Isn't Tattling (2006)

Icon: 
DVD icon

This engaging video or DVD combines animation and live-action segments to help young viewers understand the difference between tattling (which aims to land someone else in trouble) and telling (which aims to help someone solve a problem).

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
Wise Owl Says: When Telling Isn't Tattling

What Type of Person Am I? - Personality and Careers (2006)

Icon: 
DVD icon
Icon: 
Teacher's Guide icon

Based on research showing personality type as the key factor in successful career development, program helps young teens understand the six basic personality types as presented in the Holland Hexagon: Doer, Thinker, Creator, Helper, Persuader and Organizer.

Grade Level: 
Middle
Length: 
00:18
What Type of Person Am I? - Personality and Careers

The Choking Game (2006)

Icon: 
DVD icon

This program exposes the choking game·a shockingly foolish and deadly activity among 9-14 year olds that has resulted in the tragic deaths of children across the country.

Grade Level: 
Middle
Length: 
00:19
The Choking Game

Stash That Cash: Budgeting (Saving and Investing for Teens) (2006)

Icon: 
DVD icon

A teen with a job faces all kinds of decisions about how to use that paycheck: go out to dinner or save for a car? A new iPod or college tuition? Spring break at the beach or a long-term investment? Program introduces the concepts of money management and financial planning for the future in a fun, easy-to-understand manner.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:21
Stash That Cash: Budgeting (Saving and Investing for Teens)

Now What? Non-College Opportunities for High School Grads (2006)

Icon: 
DVD icon

College is not the only choice for students, but students who do not choose college still need to think about and plan for the future. Program provides a step-by-step approach to exploring opportunities and preparing for life after high school.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:16
Now What? Non-College Opportunities for High School Grads

Making Good Choices: Keys to Good Decisions (2006)

Icon: 
DVD icon

Kids today have a lot of important decisions to make. Should I drink alcohol or smoke pot? Should I cheat on a test? Should I inform on a friend? This program introduces students to the four hallmarks of good decision-making: does it agree with what I know inside is right, what might happen as a result, might it hurt future goals, and will it hurt me or another person.

Grade Level: 
Middle
Length: 
00:18
Making Good Choices: Keys to Good Decisions

Coping with an Emotional Crisis (2006)

Icon: 
DVD icon

Divorce, natural disasters, death of a loved one, terrorism, depression, navigating a difficult home life these and other crises have a profound impact on the mental and physical health of young teens and create emotional trauma most are not equipped to deal with.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:24
Coping with an Emotional Crisis

Connect the Dots: How School Skills Become Work Skills (2006)

Icon: 
DVD icon

Students often ask why they need to learn things that seem irrelevant to their futures in the workplace. This program helps answer that question by exploring the connection between what one learns in school and what employees do at work.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:16
Connect the Dots: How School Skills Become Work Skills

Asleep at the Wheel: The Dangers of Drowsy Driving (2006)

Icon: 
DVD icon

Sleep deprived teens today are facing serious and even fatal consequences when combining drowsiness with driving. Each year drowsy driving causes more than 100,000 car crashes and 1,500 deaths. Over 50% of the drivers involved in these crashes are teenagers and young adults in their early twenties. Real life accident victims reiterate chilling stories of the repercussions of drowsy driving.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
00:15
Asleep at the Wheel: The Dangers of Drowsy Driving

To Kill a Mockingbird

Icon: 
Compact Disc icon

Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the deep south defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl.

One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently librarians across the country gave the book the highest honors by voting it the best novel of the twentieth century.

Pages