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Grade levels: Upper Elementary (4-6)

  • The Elements of Poetry

    The Elements of Poetry – Figurative language, meter and rhyme, simile, and metaphor — these are a few of the many topics explored in this lively video tour through the genre of poetry. Other elements illustrated in the program include: Oxymoron Assonance Alliteration Imagery Understatement Hyperbole and more…

  • The Emergence of Modern America – 4 Pack

    Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of the early 20th century, the Roaring Twenties, and the Great Depression

  • Inventions That Changed our Lives: Inventions & Innovations

    Narrated by Tom Baker, Inventions and Innovations features rare footage of pioneering inventors Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford. Spend time with these remarkable men who were not afraid to ask, Why? Learn how these inventors turned their theories into tangible proofs. In doing so, they changed forever the way we work and play everyday of our lives.

  • Inventions That Changed our Lives: The Technology of Warfare

    Narrated by Tom Baker, The Technology of Warfare examines how wartime inventions have also inspired and fueled space exploration. See how war-related technology influenced the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

  • Inventions That Changed our Lives: Plastic Planet

    Plastic is the 20th Century’s magical, miracle material! Plastic Planet highlights the progress of this artificial medium and how it imitates Mother Nature.

  • Inventions That Changed our Lives: Medicine

    Inventions that preserve life are the most vital of all. Inventions That Changed Our Lives: Medicine presents an astonishing review of man’s struggles against simple infections and deadly diseases, ultimately simplified by miracle medical inventions discovered to fight back and save lives!

  • Inventors That Changed America: On the Go & Medical Milestones

    Science marches forward, led by great inventors who changed America and the world. This program focuses on inventors who revolutionized transportation and those whose medical discoveries made the world healthier and safer.

  • Inventors That Changed America: Strong Connections & Brave New World

    Science marches forward, led by great inventors who changed America and the world. This program focuses on inventors who revolutionized communications and those whose brilliance gave us lasers, plastic, computers, and transistors.

  • Inventions That Changed our Lives: 6 Pack

    Inventions That Changed Our Lives, a six-volume series narrated by Tom Baker, uses modern-day technological inventions to take a fascinating peek back at early inventors and their creations. Each episode focuses on a different area of inventions, including communication and transportation, ancient inventions, medicine, plastics, warfare, and electricity. It inspires a new appreciation for inventions crucial to everyday life.

  • Inventors That Changed America: 2 Pack

    Learn about Inventors that Changed America in this 2 Pack Series. Includes: Inventors that Changed America: On the Go & Medical and Inventors that Changed America: Strong Connection.