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Regional Tall Tales (2006)

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From sea to shining sea, the United States is a country full of tall tales! Take the story of Mike Fink and Annie Christmas, legendary keel boat captains who battle with strength and skill on the waters of the mighty Mississippi River.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Davy Crockett (2006)

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Meet Davy Crockett -- a legendary hunter, politician and avid storyteller who tames the wild frontier with sharpshooting, cleverness and plenty of humor. Battling bears and panthers, dislodging the sun from between two icebergs and whipping a destructive comet back into space are all in a day's work for Davy.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Johnny Appleseed (2006)

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Meet John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Living in harmony with nature, he fulfills his dream of traveling west to plant apple orchards across the frontier to aid pioneers on their arduous journeys.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Pecos Bill (2006)

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Meet Pecos Bill. Raised by coyotes in dusty Texas, he grew up to be the roughest, toughest cowboy who ever lived. Whether riding a tornado, inventing the original cowboy song or conquering a gang of outlaw cowboys, Pecos Bill is a man of many talents.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Paul Bunyan (2006)

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Meet Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack taller than the highest Minnesota pines, who is strong enough to fell ten trees with a single swing of his axe and has the ingenuity to conquer a swarm of beesquitoes.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:23

Creating a Tall Tale (2006)

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What are the ingredients of a tall tale? Like any story, a tall tale includes characters, a setting, a problem and a solution. But in a tall tale, ordinary characters -- whether fictional or based on real people or occupations -- may face extraordinary challenges and prevail with outlandish solutions, or may conquer ordinary problems in inventive ways.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Andy Warhol (2004)

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This program presents a biography plus images of Warhol's greatest works. In the early 1960s, Warhol's first Pop paintings -- many of which remain icons of 20th-century art such as the Campbell's Soup Cans and Marilyn Monroe screenprints -- catapulted him to fame.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:50

Marcel Duchamp (2004)

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This program presents a biography plus images of Duchamp's greatest works. Born in 1887 in France, Marcel Duchamp -- painter, sculptor and author -- was associated with Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism, though he avoided any strict alliances. Duchamp's early works were post-Impressionist in style, though he eventually turned toward the avant-garde.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:50

Francis Bacon (2004)

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Irish-born to English parents, Francis Bacon originally settled in London to build a name for himself as a furniture designer. Quickly turning away from this path, he switched to painting and almost immediately began getting recognition for his new interest.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:50

Piet Mondrian (2004)

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This program presents a biography and visual analysis of Piet Mondrian's major works. Piet Mondrian tested the limits of abstraction in his art. By radically simplifying composition and color, Mondrian sought to express only the universal absolutes that underlie reality, rather than reproducing images of real objects.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:50

English

Regional Tall Tales (2006)

Davy Crockett (2006)

Johnny Appleseed (2006)

Pecos Bill (2006)

Paul Bunyan (2006)

Creating a Tall Tale (2006)

Andy Warhol (2004)

Marcel Duchamp (2004)

Francis Bacon (2004)

Piet Mondrian (2004)

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