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How the States Got Their Shapes (2010)

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Every line on the U.S. map tells a story. Every border reflects our history -- our struggles for independence, our internal conflicts over states rights and slavery, our westward expansion, and the mastery of our natural resources. We are so familiar with the map of United States, but do we know why our states look the way they do? Every shape on the map tells a great story about our past.

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Middle
High
Length: 
01:40
How the States Got Their Shapes

The War: 1941-1945 (2006)

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THE WAR, a seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history.

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Middle
High
Length: 
15:00
The War: 1941-1945

The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century (2007)

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World War II, we have been told all our lives, was our greatest triumph, the moment when the forces of light—the Western democracies and the U.S.S.R.—prevailed over the forces of darkness—the Nazis and the other Axis powers. It was a conflict that began in Europe in September 1939 and ended with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945. Or did it?

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Middle
High
Length: 
03:00
The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century

Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution (2004)

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How did the universe, our planet, and life begin?

Who would have predicted that a hot spot left over from the Big Bang would eventually lead to our galaxy, the solar system, the Earth—and to us? Origins explores how the universe and our planet began amid chaos and eventually gave birth to the first stirrings of life.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
04:00
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

Your Life, Your Money (2009)

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Filled with straightforward information and practical guidance, YOUR LIFE, YOUR MONEY, empowers young adults to get their financial life on track and "give purpose to every penny."

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Middle
High
Length: 
01:00
Your Life, Your Money

Strategies for Checking for Understanding: Program 3 (2008)

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For any school or district considering or already using formative assessment, here is the ultimate tool to support teachers and help them visualize how they can succeed.

Grade Level: 
Professional
Length: 
00:30
Strategies for Checking for Understanding: Program 3

A Six-Step Process for Student Growth: Program 2 (2008)

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For any school or district considering or already using formative assessment, here is the ultimate tool to support teachers and help them visualize how they can succeed.

Grade Level: 
Professional
Length: 
00:30
A Six-Step Process for Student Growth: Program 2

Increasing Motivation and Achievement: Program 1 (2008)

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For any school or district considering or already using formative assessment, here is the ultimate tool to support teachers and help them visualize how they can succeed.

Grade Level: 
Professional
Length: 
00:30
Increasing Motivation and Achievement: Program 1

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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This joyous, heart-tickling holiday event based on Dr. Seuss' beloved book and featuring the voice of Boris Karloff has delighted viewers of all ages since its 1966 debut. The fun begins when the grumpy, grouchy, Yule-hating Grinch plots to ruin the Whos' Christmas. Can he steal their holiday spirit by stealing their holiday treats? Or does Christmas...perhaps...mean a little bit more?

Director: 
Chuck Jones
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:26
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

A Raisin in the Sun

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Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads where the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? Or even pay for medical school tuition? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.

Director: 
Kenny Leon
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
02:11
A Raisin in the Sun

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