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AMERICAN HISTORY

AMERICAN HISTORY


HISTORY OF JEWISH AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT, A

Actress Mare Winningham narrates this chronicle of extraordinary Jewish American achievement. It is a saga that in the 21st century has seen the achievements of Jewish Americans blossom in fields as diverse as the Internet to government. The recent successes of these extraordinary Americans are built upon the shoulders of giants who for more than three centuries have contributed amazing achievements to the story of America - so many that the list would be endless. It is a unique history of greatness, service to country, humanitarianism, and love of education.

Program 1: The Jewish Settlers Come to America
Program 2: Jewish Americans Spread Out Across the Country
Program 3: Jewish Americans Succeed in All Walks of American Life
Program 4: A Golden Age for Jewish Americans
Program 5: Jewish Americans and World War II
Program 6: The Flowering of Jewish Americans
Program 7: Jewish Americans Enter Mainstream American Culture
Program 8: The New Jewish American

Item no.: ZH05450053
Format: 4 DVDs (Closed Captioned, With English, Spanish Subtitles)
Duration: 229 minutes
Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 130.00

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21ST CENTURY TURNING POINTS IN U.S. HISTORY (2000 - 2009)

21st Century Turning Points in U.S. History (2000-2009) examines the most significant events in America since the turn of the century: our nation under attack on her own soil, a natural disaster destroying one of her major cities, Americans facing the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the nation's infrastructure - roads, water systems and electrical grids - deteriorating. It is also a decade of hope. The country elected its first African American President, the Internet connected people in ways unimaginable just ten years ago, and mapping the human genome gives the promise of a brighter, healthier future.

Program 1: 2000 - 2001
The first two years of the decade brought about the George W. Bush presidency, a presidency that was defined by September 11th 2001, the first attack on American soil since the War of 1812. 2001 was also the year that began the second digital revolution.
  • 2000 - America Has a Contested Presidency
  • 2001 - 9/11
  • 2001 - Apple Computer Debuts the iPod

    Program 2: 2002 - 2004
    The years between 2002 and 2004 ushered in America's first pre-emptive war, saw the human genome project jump start the biotech revolution and Google monetize the Internet.
  • 2003 - Gulf War II
  • 2003 - Human Genome Project Completed
  • 2004 - Google Redefines the Internet

    Program 3: 2005 - 2007
    The middle years of the first decade of the 21st century were a time of great social change, as America's failing infrastructure was exposed, performance enhancing drugs damaged sports; illegal immigrants made up as much as a tenth of the population; and the Internet redefined how people connect with each other.
  • 2005 - Hurricane Katrina Exposes America's Failing Infrastructure
  • 2005 - Congress Investigates Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports
  • 2005 - Blogging and YouTube Challenge Traditional Media
  • 2006 - Virtual Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace and Twitter
  • 2007 - Illegal Immigration Hits 11 Million

    Program 4: 2007 - 2009
    The end of the decade of the 21st century was the best of times and the worst of times. Finally, America understood the consequences of global warming; a sea change occurred when it elected a Black president, but in the end, it faced disaster when the subprime mortgage debacle almost brought the financial system to its knees.
  • 2007 - Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Work on Climate Change
  • 2008 - Barack Obama Wins Presidency
  • 2009 - America Responds to a Deep Recession

    Item no.: WF05450044
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned, With Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 109 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2009
    Price: USD 120.00

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    HISTORY OF CHINESE AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT, A

    Join host Archie Kao as he shares the incredible story of Chinese American Achievement, from the first wave of immigrants in California's gold fields to the entrepreneurs of the 21st century's Information Age. It is a spellbinding account of accomplishment ... Jerry Yang and the creation of Yahoo ... Amy Tan's fascinating novels of Chinese American life ... I.M Pei and his magnificent architecture ... Michelle Kwan, the darling of American figure skaters ... Yo Yo Ma's acclaimed cello performances ... The legendary Bruce Lee and his extraordinary martial arts ... And over 40 more stories of Chinese American achievers who have helped shaped America into its leadership role in the 21st century..

    Program 1: The Chinese Find a New Homeland
    Program 2: Exclusion and Acceptance
    Program 3: Chinese Americans Spread Their Wings
    Program 4: A New Chinese American Identity Emerges
    Program 5: Chinese Americans Enter Mainstream Culture
    Program 6: The Chinese American Super Achievers
    Program 7: America Embraces Chinese Culture
    Program 8: The Modern Chinese American

    Item no.: ZG05450047
    Format: 4 DVDs (Closed Captioned, With Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 240 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2009
    Price: USD 130.00

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    HISTORY OF AMERICAN INDIAN ACHIEVEMENT, A

    Join host Tyler Christopher, a 21st Century American Indian, as he brings a new vision to a remarkable journey.

    The journey is one that tells three stories: one of remarkable civilizations creating architecture, technology and art that matched the greatest success of any ancient culture. The second story is one of survival: overcoming attempts at extermination by the dominant culture. The final story is one of accomplishment.

    Tyler chronicles the survival of the American Indian in spite of oppressive wars and destruction that attempted, but did not succeed, in removing the American Indians from their culture and their future. These programs bring little known American Indian accomplishments to the viewer in this enlightening tribute to the American Indian.

    Program 1: American Indians Populate the North American Continent
    Program 2: The Golden Age of Ancient American Indians
    Program 3: The Great Transition
    Program 4: Resistance and Acceptance
    Program 5: The New Indian Leaders
    Program 6: Plains Indians War
    Program 7: The Emergence of the American Indian Hero
    Program 8: American Indian Renaissance

    Item no.: TK01090046
    Format: 4 DVDs (Closed Captioned, With Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 240 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2008
    Price: USD 130.00

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    ANCIENT HISTORY: AMERICA'S PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATIONS - THE MOUND BUILDERS

    Had they been made of stone, they would have been among the greatest wonders of the ancient world. These were the pyramids and effigy earthen works by the Mound Building Cultures of the eastern half of the United States. This is the story of the 3000 year Native American tradition that culminated with the construction of cities rivaling any on the planet when Columbus landed in the New World. Globe Trekker's Zay Harding hosts this new look at America's Prehistoric Civilization: The Mound Builders

    Item no.: WW05450038
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned, With Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 30 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2007
    Price: USD 70.00

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    ANCIENT HISTORY: ANCIENT PUEBLO PEOPLE - THE ANASAZI

    They stand today much as their builders left them 500 years ago. These are the cities of the Anasazi, the ancient Pueblo people of the four corners region of the western United States. Their history is the history how a civilization, against all odds, became so successful at agriculture they were able to produce a leisure society capable of not only building these incredible cities, but also producing some of the greatest pottery, rock art and trading networks the world has ever seen. How the Anasazi did this with a social organization not governed by kings or queens or other hierarchical rulers is one of the great mysteries of ancient history. Hosted by Globe Trekker's Zay Harding.

    Item no.: NL01090039
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned, With Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 30 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2007
    Price: USD 70.00

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    HISTORY OF HISPANIC ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICA, A

    "A History of Hispanic Achievement in America" is a rich history that started 500 years ago when Christopher Columbus stepped ashore in the new world. It is a history of unsurpassed achievements . . . of heroic exploits . . . of unflagging courage . . . and remarkable exploration. The contributions of Hispanics to the development and success of America are woven into many segments of the nation's history. To envision America untouched by Hispanics is to imagine a country without much of its folklore and many of its achievements.

    From the American Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf War, Hispanic Americans have proudly served this country in the Armed Forces. And throughout U.S. history, Hispanics have contributed in building the West; in medicine and science; in entertainment, journalism, business, education, civil rights, politics, in sports and more.

    Join Patricia Lopez, as she takes you through history on this 500 year odyssey of Hispanic Achievement in American History.

    Program 1 Spain Comes to the New World
  • 1492 ¡V Christopher Columbus Arrives in the New World
  • 1513 ¡V Ponce de Leon Discovers Florida
  • 1514 - Bartolome de las Casas Establishes Anti-Racism Policy in Spanish Colonies
  • 1519 ¡V Hernan Cortes Brings Horses from Spain to the Americas

    Program 2 Spanish American Exploration and Colonization
  • 1539 ¡V Hernando De Soto Explores Southern U.S.
  • 1540 ¡V Francisco Vasques de Coronado Maps America's Southwest
  • 1565 - Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles Founds Florida's St. Augustine
  • 1608 ¡V Juan De Onate Expedition Establishes Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1711 ¡V Gallegos Family, Pioneers of the Desert Southwest

    Program 3: Spanish Americans Move Toward Independence
  • 1720 ¡V Father Antonio Margil de Jesus Helps Found San Antonio, Texas
  • 1740 - Governor Manuel de Montiano Defends St. Augustine Against English Attack
  • 1769 - Junipero Serra Founds a Mission in San Diego
  • 1779 ¡V Bernardo de Galvez Leads Spanish Forces Against Britain In America's Fight For Freedom
  • 1810 ¡V Spain's North American Colonists Begin Forging an American Hispanic Identity

    Program 4: A New Hispanic Identity Emerges
  • 1819 ¡V Luis de Onis Prevents a War Between Spain and the United States
  • 1821 ¡V Don Facundo Melgares Inaugurates Trade on the Santa Fe Trail
  • 1836 - Jose Antonio Navarro and Lorenzo de Zavala, Founding Fathers of the Texas Republic
  • 1836 - Juan Seguin Stands with Americans at the Battle of the Alamo
  • 1836 - Juana Briones Establishes San Francisco

    Program 5 Hispanics Become United States Citizens
  • 1848 - The Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo Cedes Mexican Southwest to the United States
  • 1853 ¡V Joaquin Murieta Becomes the Inspiration for the Cisco Kid and Zorro
  • 1855 ¡V Francisco Ramirez Founds the First Spanish Language Newspaper in Los Angeles
  • 1862 ¡V Indian Fighter Rafael Chacon and Kit Carson Defeat the Navajo
  • 1863 - Hispanics Distinguish Themselves in the American Civil War
  • 1866 ¡V David Farragut Becomes the First Admiral in the U.S. Navy
  • 1866 - Mexican Vaqueros Begin the American Cowboy Tradition

    Program 6 Hispanics Become an American Minority
  • 1898 - Spanish American War
  • 1905 ¡V Noted Philosopher George Santayana Publishes The Life of Reason
  • 1929 ¡V United States Begins Its Mexican American Repatriation Campaign
  • 1936 ¡V Dennis Chavez is First Hispanic Elected to the U.S. Senate
  • 1944 ¡V Luis Walter Alvarez Helps Develop Atomic Bomb
  • 1949 ¡VPancho Gonzales Becomes First Hispanic American Superstar

    Program 7 Emergence of a Unique Hispanic Culture
  • 1959 - Ritchie Valens Initates Hispanic/Latin Renaissance in American Culture
  • 1961 - Emilio Azcarraga Brings Hispanic Television to the United States
  • 1963 ¡V Poet William Carlos Williams Wins the Pulitzer Prize.
  • 1963 ¡V Joan Baez Sings at Civil Rights March on Washington D.C
  • 1965 ¡V Cesar Chavez Founds the United Farm Workers of America

    Program 8 Era of the Hispanic American Hero Begins
  • 1969 - Judy Baca Brings the Hispanic Muralist Movement to the United States
  • 1973 ¡V Roberto Clemente is the First Hispanic Elected into Baseball's Hall of Fame
  • 1978 - Hispanic Golfer Nancy Lopez Wins Her First LPGA Championship
  • 1980 ¡V Walter Alvarez Proposes Dinosaur Extinction Caused by Asteroid Impact
  • 1986 - Franklin Chang-Diaz Becomes the First Hispanic American in Space
  • 1990 ¡V Dr. Antonia Novello, First Hispanic Surgeon General
  • 2001 ¡V Linda Alvarado Wins Horatio Alger Award

    Review
  • "This eight-part series (30 minutes each) provides a sweeping look at the role and contributions of Hispanics in American history. Patricia Lopez hosts the programs, beginning with Spain Comes to the New World, in which she reminds viewers that 90 Hispanic sailors helped ensure Columbus' success and introduces the role of Bartolome de las Casas, a Catholic priest who established an antiracism policy in the Spanish colonies, among other historical information¡K The dramatic narration is supported by crisp, colorful reenactment footage, art prints, vintage visuals, and movie clips. Suggested for school and public libraries looking for Hispanic history material." - Booklist December 2006

    Item no.: MJ01090025
    Format: 4 DVDs (Closed Captioned, With Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 216 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2006
    Price: USD 130.00

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    HISTORY OF WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICA, A

    The unique and independent American woman: adventurer... pioneer... poet... mother... educator... artist... freedom fighter. A History of Women's Achievement in America examines the 400-year history of American women's inspiring accomplishments and victories.

    Without the American woman's pioneering fortitude, the early colonies at Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation, would not have survived. From then on, millions of American pioneer women would push the frontier ever forward. Destined to play an essential role in the shaping of the United States; American women forged an identity unlike any other in the world. That identity found a voice as they created great literature and science.

    American women, led the fight to end slavery, limit corporate power, provide education for all . . . and to protect the poor, the disenfranchised, the immigrants and the insane.

    At the same time, these unique American women would have to fight tirelessly for their own equality in politics, education and the workplace... even the right to vote.

    This program is an effective means of promoting Women's studies and the ideal educational tool for National Women's History Month.

    Program 1: The Making of a New World
    1621 - Women Help Found the English Colonies
    1650 - Anne Hutchinson and Anne Bradstreet Use Newfound American Independence to Express Themselves
    1773 - Phillis Wheatley Becomes America's First Black Woman Poet
    1776 - Abigail Adams and the Female Patriots
    1805 - Sacagawea, Interpreter and Guide, Aids Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Program 2: The Era of Women's Firsts
    1836 - Hispanic¡VAmerican Juana Briones Establishes San Francisco
    1837 - Mary Lyon Founds Mount Holyoke, the First Women's College
    1846 - Susan Magoffin Travels the Santa Fe Trail
    1847 - Maria Mitchell is the First Scientist to Discover a Comet Using a Telescope
    1849 - Amelia Bloomer Publishes The Lily, the First National Magazine for Women
    1851 - Sojourner Truth Addresses a Women's Rights Convention in Ohio

    Program 3: Women Speak Out
    1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe Writes Uncle Tom's Cabin
    1852 - Emily Dickinson Publishes First Poem
    1856 - Harriet Tubman Becomes the Most Notorious Underground Railroad Conductor
    1868 - Louisa May Alcott Writes Little Women
    1872 - Susan B. Anthony is Arrested for Voting
    1881 - Clara Barton Founds the American Red Cross
    1885 - Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, Belle Starr and the Women of the Wild, Wild West

    Program 4: America Enters the World of Nations
    1889 - Jane Addams Founds Hull House in Chicago
    1889 - Nellie Bly Goes Around the World in 72 Days
    1891 - Mary Cassatt's First Solo Art Show in Paris
    1893 - Ida B. Wells-Barnett Crusades Against Black Lynching in America
    1904 - Gertrude Pridgett (Ma Rainey) Introduces the Blues
    1905 - Isadora Duncan Opens First School of Modern Dance
    1912 - Juliette Gordon Low Founds the Girl Scouts of America

    Program 5: Women Begin to Transform Themselves
    1916 - Jeannette Rankin Becomes the First Woman Elected to the U.S. Congress
    1920 - Edith Wharton Wins a Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Innocence
    1920 - Women Gain the Right to Vote
    1928 - Margaret Mead Publishes Coming of Age in Samoa
    1929 - Georgia O'Keeffe Visits New Mexico for the First Time
    1932 - Amelia Earhart Flies the Atlantic Ocean Solo
    1935 - Mary McLeod Bethune Founds the National Council of Negro Women

    Program 6: America Becomes a Super Power
    1936 - Eleanor Roosevelt Transforms the Role of First Lady
    1942 ¡V "Rosie the Riveter" Joins the War Effort
    1950 - Babe Didrikson Named Woman Athlete of the Half Century
    1950 - Gwendolyn Brooks Wins the Pulitzer Prize
    1950 - Margaret Chase Smith Stands Up to Joseph McCarthy withDeclaration of Conscience Speech
    1955 - Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Montgomery Bus to a White Passenger
    1956 - Tennis-Pro Althea Gibson Becomes the First African American Woman to Win Grand Slam Tourney

    Program 7: American Women Find Their Voice
    1959 - Lorraine Hansberry's Play A Raisin in the Sun is Produced
    1963 - Betty Friedan Launches the New Women's Movement
    1967 - Lynn Margulis Explains the Origin of Complex Biological Life
    1969 - Joan Ganz Cooney Launches Sesame Street
    1973 - Roe v. Wade Strikes Down Anti-Abortion Laws
    1978 ¡V Hispanic Golfer Nancy Lopez Wins Her First LPGA Championship
    1981 - Women in the Legal System and Sandra Day O'Connor

    Program 8: A New Age of Equality
    1985 - Wilma Mankiller Becomes Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
    1986 - Oprah Winfrey Initiates a New Era for Women in Television
    1989 - Asian American Amy Tan Publishes The Joy Luck Club
    1997 - Madeleine Albright Begins a New Era for Women in American Leadership
    1998 - Pleasant Rowland Sells the American Girl Company
    2001 - Linda Alvarado Wins the Horatio Alger Award

    Review
  • "Donna Mills hosts this eight-part series celebrating women's contribution to American history from the seventeenth century to present day¡KA wealth of well-chosen visuals including reenactment footage, original documents, paintings, motion picture clips, and dramatic portrayals help introduce these pioneering women, placing them within their historical time periods¡K Similar in format to A History of Black Achievement in America (2005), the programs' brief chapters and precise indexing are ideal for student accessibility. For both high school and public library collections." - Booklist

    Item no.: SC05520027
    Format: 4 DVDs (With English, Spanish Subtitles )
    Duration: 216 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2006
    Price: USD 200.00

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    HISTORY OF BLACK ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICA, A

    This original, eight-part series documents Black Achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. Presented by James Avery, the series highlights the many contributions of Black Americans that have influenced our culture, enriched our society with their achievements, and shaped the history of the United States.

    It's one of the least known stories in American history. It is the story of black achievement and accomplishment. Against all odds, American blacks have built their own institutions: families, schools, churches and businesses. Against all odds, American blacks have created great art and science.... Fought heroically in every American war. Against all odds, black men and women have worked endlessly to secure their own freedom and equality. The untold Story of blacks in America is a 350-year saga of incredible achievements. This is that story.

    Program One: Settling the New World and Founding the United States of America
    1619 - 1621 - Blacks Arrive at Jamestown
    1705 - The Virginia General Assembly Passes the Slave Codes
    1762 - Entrepreneur Samuel Fraunces Opens New York City's Most Cherished Revolutionary War Site: The Fraunces Tavern
    1770 - Crispus Attucks and the Black Patriots

    Program Two: Emergence of the Black Hero
    1772 - Chicago is Settled by Jean DuSable
    1776 - Lemuel Haynes Helps Lay the Foundation for Abolition
    1791 - The First Black Man of Science, Benjamin Banneker, Surveys Washington, D.C.
    1821 - African Grove Theatre Founded in New York.
    1822 - Denmark Vesey and the Slave Revolts
    1823 - Legendary Mountain Man James Beckwourth Enters the Rockies
    1849 - Harriet Tubman Uses Underground Railroad to Become Free

    Program Three: The Fight for Freedom
    1851 - Sojourner Truth Delivers Famous Ain't I a Woman?Speech
    1854 - First Black University Founded: Lincoln University
    1855 - Frederick Douglass Publishes My Bondage and My Freedom
    1857 - Dred Scott Decision Helps Trigger the Civil War
    1863 - Lincoln Signs Emancipation Proclamation
    1863 - Black Regiment Storms Fort Wagner in the Civil War
    1865 - 1869 - 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments Establish Civil Rights for All

    Program Four: Blacks Enter the Gilded Age
    1875 - Robert Smalls, Former Slave, Elected to House
    1878 - The Black Cowboy and George McJunkin
    1881 - Booker T. Washington Opens Tuskegee Institute
    1884 - T. Thomas Fortune Prophesises the Long and Bitter Struggle for Equality
    1887 - Granville T. Woods, Called the "Black Edison", Patents the Induction Telegraph System
    1893 - Ida B. Wells-Barnett Crusades Against Black Lynching in America
    1896 - Plessy v. Ferguson Case Upholds Segregation

    Program Five: The Foundation for Equality
    1904 - Scott Joplin and Ma Rainey Initiate the Merger of Two Cultures
    1909 - Matthew Henson Discovers the North Pole
    1909 - W.E.B. DuBois Founds the NAACP
    1924 - George Washington Carver Renaissance Man
    1925 - Alain Locke Leads Harlem Renaissance
    1926 - Satchel Paige Stars in the National Negro Baseball League

    Program Six: Depression and War
    1935 - Mary McLeod Bethune: American Woman of the 20th Century
    1936 - 1938 - Jesse Owens And Joe Louis Debunk Hitler's Claim of Aryan Superiority
    1939 - Hattie McDaniel Wins the Oscar
    1940 - First Black General, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., is Stepping Stone to Desegregation of U.S. Army
    1943 - Duke Ellington's Band Performs Black, Brown and Beige at Carnegie Hall

    Program Seven: Civil Rights
    1950 - Ralph Bunche Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
    1950 - Gwendolyn Brooks Becomes the First Black Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize
    1954 - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
    1955 - Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat to a White Passenger on a Montgomery Bus
    1956 - Althea Gibson, First Black Woman To Win a Tennis Grand Slam Event
    1959 - Lorraine Hansberry's Play A Raisin in the Sun is Produced
    1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers His I Have a Dream Speech

    Program Eight: A New Age
    1967 - Muhammad Ali Refuses Induction into the U.S. Army on Religious Grounds
    1967 - Thurgood Marshall, First Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice
    1977 - Alex Haley's Roots: The Saga of an American FamilyAppears on TV
    2001 - Colin Powell Appointed Secretary of State
    2004 - Neil deGrasse Tyson Becomes Astrophysics' Superstar

    Review
  • "A History of Black Achievement in America is an outstanding eight-part series that brings much-needed balance, highlighting the exemplary contribution of African Americans to the U.S. society and culture¡Kwith excellent narration by actor James Avery (the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air). Filling important historical gaps, the programs¡Kare organized in independent segments, making them ideal for classroom use. Highly recommended. Editor's Choice. J,H,C,P." - 4 STARS, Video Librarian May/June 2006

    Item no.: KR05520024
    Format: 4 DVDs (With English, Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 216 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2005
    Price: USD 130.00

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    20TH CENTURY TURNING POINTS IN U.S. HISTORY

    20th Century Turning Points in U.S. History is an eight-part series designed to provide a clear overview of the people and events that distinguished the 20th century at specific points in time that were significant pivotal points in history. Rare archival footage and photographs, authentic recordings, and other primary source documents bring history to life, while stunning graphics and engaging narration lend context and clarity to the subject. The series has been developed specifically for classroom use. It is organized around established standards and thoughtfully divided into chapters, with each volume functioning as either a full-length program or as focused support for specific study areas.

    Review
  • "This eight-part series, arranged in chronological fashion, highlights significant developments in science, art, politics, technology, and popular culture, providing a ¡¥clear overview of the people and events that distinguished the twentieth century.' In the sampled Program One; 19OO-1907, viewers learn how the Gold Standard Act influenced the economy and are introduced to the reforms sparked by the 1906 publication of Sinclair Lewis' The Jungle, among other topics. Straightforward narration accents the well-chosen visuals, including archival stilts, newsreel footage, political cartoons, and period movie clips. DVD chapters are clearly marked for easy access, making the series especially useful for students. Additional resources. Including maps, tests, guides, and documents, may be viewed or printed when the DVD is used in a computer." - Booklist November 2004

    Item no.: AH01090004
    Format: 4 DVDs (With English, Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 216 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2004
    Price: USD 150.00

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    18TH CENTURY TURNING POINTS IN U.S. HISTORY

    For the first time, experience a NEW Educational DVD production, filmed and edited to utilize the advantages of DVD in all those ways that educators have always dreamed of.

    As the 18th century dawned on the North American continent, four powers, the French, the Spanish, the British and the Native Americans were competing to see who would control this remarkable land. However after half a century of almost continuous wars, a new entity emerged: The Americans. It would be the Americans not the other four powers who would control what would become the United States. In the process, the Americans created, by the end of the 18th century, the greatest experiment in self-government the world has ever seen.

    Item no.: YJ01090001
    Format: 4 DVDs (With English, Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 198 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2003
    Price: USD 150.00

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    19TH CENTURY TURNING POINTS IN U.S. HISTORY

    America entered the 19th century as an agricultural nation of 16 states and 5.3 million people. By the end of the century, the nation was an industrial power of 45 states and 76 million people. This series of eight programs is chaptered into 55 stand-alone segments that highlight significant historical events, scientific milestones and cultural achievements. Historical content is delivered ¡¥on demand' with unprecedented ease, allowing teachers and students instantaneous access to specific information.

    Review
  • "DVD is an ideal format for this concise treatment of history making events during the nineteenth century. Through background period drawings, paintings, and brief reenactments, sharply focused, short segments touch on significant social and political happenings, emphasizing their lasting impact on modern society. Dramatically read journal and correspondence excerpts add variety to the straightforward voice-over narration. Topics range from wars and treaties to inventions and literary events. Each segment stands alone, and the DVD menu allows teachers and students to zero in on appropriate material. Additional resources including maps, documents, and tests are accessible when the disc is played on a computer. Recommended as a valuable overview of the time period". - Booklist

  • "Providing an overview of defining moments from the 1800s, from historical events and scientific breakthroughs to literary landmarks and technological innovations . . . As an excellent bonus, the easily navigated discs also feature a DVD-ROM accessible library of primary source documents and maps (including blank maps for testing purposes), as well as English and Spanish subtitle options. Recommended. Aud: J, H, C, P." - Video Librarian

    Item no.: WY05450002
    Format: 4 DVDs (With English, Spanish Subtitles)
    Duration: 184 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2002
    Price: USD 150.00

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