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Teaching Systems Algebra Module 2: Functions DVD

Now in Algebra, we use a lot of variables, which we can write as letters.Our algebra mission in this module is to know these unknowns! In algebra, we don't dilly-dally or mess about - we find things out. Learn more

Teaching Systems Algebra Module 4: Linear Equations DVD

This program shows students that linear equations help explain changes in the real world. These equations can predict the future, that's right....they can tell us what's happened, what's happening, and what might happen. So get out your crystal ball, and get ready to understand the powers of linear equations. Learn more

Teaching Systems Algebra Module 5: Linear Inequalities DVD

This program is a review of Linear inequalities. That's right, not everything in this world is equal. Linear inequalities are like linear equations'except they are different and this program will tell you how and why! Learn more

American Experience: Scottsboro: An American Tragedy DVD

In March 1931, two white women stepped off a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama, with a shocking accusation of gang rape, by nine black teenagers on the train. So began the Scottsboro case, one of the 20th century's fieriest legal battles. The youths' trial generated the sharpest regional conflict since the Civil War, led to momentous Supreme Court decisions, and helped give birth to the civil rights movement. Learn more

FRONTLINE: Kill/Capture: Inside the secret campaign to take out thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters

Inside the secret campaign to take out thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters, and the strike that killed Osama bin Laden. A six-month investigation by FRONTLINE has gone inside the military’s “kill/capture” operations to discover new evidence of the program’s impact, and its costs. Learn more

FRONTLINE: Obama's War - Video on DVD

Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move in Afghanistan. FRONTLINE producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria, through interviews with the top U.S. commanders on the ground, embeds with U.S. forces, and fresh reporting from Washington, they examine U.S. counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan - a fight that promises to be longer and more costly than most Americans understand. Learn more

The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide Professional Development Training Kit: DVD Set with Facilitator's Manual

Increase your beginning teachers' chances for success with this comprehensive training package, based on Julia Thompson's bestselling book for new teachers.

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Transforming Workplace Conflict Courseware

Adult Learning Principles is a comprehensive one-day workshop for training instructors or "managers who also train" on how to use adult learning principles to make employee development a highly effective performance improvement strategy. Learn more

Improving Performance DVD

Elite Athlete Case Studies

Elite athletes employ simple strategies and techniques to improve performance. How better to gain an insight into these tried-and-tested methods, than to hear directly from the elite athletes and coaches themselves? This insightful program takes us trackside to the training grounds of eight sportspeople from around the world, who share their personal insights and stories of performance training

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Universal Rules for a Successful Interview DVD

Produced - 2011

There are some amazing jobs out there - but competition is fierce. To get your dream job, you need to succeed at the job interview. This program gives you the low down on the modern job interview, including telephone, face-to-face, panel, sequential, and group interviews.

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The Beginning Teacher DVD

The aim of this program is to provide strategies and advice to beginning teachers on how to prepare for their initial teaching appointment. All the research shows that the teacher is the most important factor in improved student learning. This program presents information and strategies to assist first time teachers upon their initial appointment Learn more

Menu Planning: Toddlers, Pregnancy and the Elderly DVD

This informative program explains the nutrients our bodies require for optimum health and how these requirements change throughout our lives. It reviews the stages of our life cycle, the basic nutritional needs at each stage, and encourages thoughtful and well informed meal planning for three important life stages: toddlers, pregnancy and the elderly. Learn more

Just the Facts: America's Documents of Freedom Super Pack DVD

This extensive series examines the historical documents that changed and shaped American history. Learn more

Dietary Supplements: Health or Hype DVD

This program is a fresh look at a modern multi-billion dollar industry, including the rules of product labeling, and the cunning marketing that leverages off well-known sporting celebrities. Learn more

e-Pirates of the Digital Age DVD

This program examines the complex world of digital piracy and the copyright of computer-related media, including software, games and music. A must see program for students of this digital age. Learn more

Business Basics Series: Supply and Demand DVD

 Copyright 2001

Supply and demand drive the free market economy. Enrich any economics or social studies class with this “demanding” video!

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Business Basics Series: Ups and Downs of Stocks DVD

Copyright 2001

Learn how stock markets work, how they promote economic growth and how investors analyze the numbers.

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Business Basics Series: Give Yourself Some Credit: Paying on Time DVD

Today's teens are spending more money that ever before and credit card debt among young adults is rising at an alarming rate! Help your students learn important life skills for establishing and maintaining good credit. This informative program teaches the ins and outs of credit management, including the use, abuse and pitfalls all consumers need to be aware of. Help your class take the proper steps into their financial future. Learn more

Business Basics Series: What's Next? DVD

 Copyright 2001

Graduation is an exciting time. There are many possibilities, and this program reviews some of the main ones including going to a university, attending a community college, joining the military, getting a job, going to a trade school, taking an internship, and traveling. Encourage students to think about their goals so that when the time comes they'll be able to make the right decision. 

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Is It Okay? How to Stay Safe DVD

 Copyright 2006

Safety Sam the Fireman and his faithful dog Rescue, teach kids “Ten Super Safety Rules” that cover street safety, personal safety, and safety from strangers with lively songs and true-to-life situations.

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African American Lives DVD

An unprecedented four-part series, AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES uncovers a new level personal discovery. Using genealogy, oral history, family stories, and DNA analysis to trace lineages through American history and back to Africa, the series provides life-changing journeys for a diverse group of highly accomplished African Americans including Whoopi Goldberg, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Quincy Jones, Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Chris Tucker and Oprah Winfrey. Learn more

American Experience: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry DVD

The historical narratives and archival photos in this fascinating documentary reveal the real story of the heroic African American regiment dramatized in the movie Glory. When the Civil War began, black men clamored for the chance to strike a blow for the liberation of African Americans. Their desire to participate was rejected until the first officially sanctioned regiment of Northern black soldiers was formed in Boston. Learn more

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965 (Season 1) DVD

Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. Winner of numerous awards, Eyes on the Prize is the most critically acclaimed documentary on civil rights in America Learn more

American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till DVD

The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black youth who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Till's killers were apprehended, but quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury, later providing grisly details of the murder in a story to journalists. Three months after Till's body was found, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. Learn more

Teaching Systems Algebra Module 1: Foundations of Algebra DVD

Students will realize that the power of algebra can help them discover fascinating things about places and people through real-life examples. This series concentrates on the essentials of algebra plus provides a thorough breakdown of difficult concepts using step-by-step explanations and visual examples. Learn more

Teaching Systems Algebra Module 3: Algebra Mechanics DVD

In this program we are going to raise the hood and show you how algebra works! With some things in algebra, it's just a step-by-step process to get to where you want to go and that's exactly what we are going to work on today, the mechanics of algebra! Learn more

Teaching Systems Algebra Module 6: Polynomials & Factoring DVD

This program is going to hit you with some new words and definition, so get ready and take your position as we tackle key concepts and terms of algebra! Learn more

Teaching Systems Algebra Module 7: Quadratic Equations DVD

Learning about the quadratic equations is really exciting because understanding it helps you understand how all sorts of things work in the real world. Much of the way things move in space can be explained through quadratic equations and this program get you excited about the power of this equation. Learn more

Office Skills Series - Video on DVD

This series of individual programs contains material that could be applicable to the following modules: dealing with difficult customers, reception or administration work, basic communication, completing daily work, workplace safety, organize and complete work activities, working effectively with others, using business technology, maintain business technology and much more. Learn more

Race in the Classroom: The Multiplicity of Experience and Women in the Classroom: Cases for Discussion, The Derek Bok Center Series on College Teaching, Disc 2

Co-produced with the Harvard Office for Race Relations and Minority Affairs, Race in the Classroom features five vignettes that depict moments in college courses when the race or culture of participants, a race-related topic, or racial dynamics become a major factor in teaching and learning. Learn more

Multimedia Systems DVD

Produced - 2011

A practical introduction to the technologies and techniques used in multimedia today. Two interactive software developers describe the hardware and software used in multimedia projects, with basic explanations of how the technology works.

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Making a Video

This program looks at the various stages in making a video - from concept development to production and finally editing in post-production. A number of staff involved in this program provide first-hand insight into how it progressed through the various stages of the video-making process. Learn more

Writing for the Media DVD

In order to have a better understanding of the media, it is necessary to have an appreciation of the language used and familiarity with the input we can have into newspapers, radio and television. This program goes to the experts in order to discover how to write an effective press release, get a letter into the paper, prepare for radio talkback, write a news story or feature, write for the spoken word of radio and television or offer criticism to the media. Learn more

Business Basics Series: Profit and Loss Statement DVD

Copyright 2001

Math is the basis for this important accounting analysis. Students learn all about revenues, cost of goods sold, gross profit, expenses, net profit and more. Your class will really “profit” from this valuable information!

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Your Life, Your Money DVD

Told through real-life stories by a series of engaging characters, this presents a broad range of fundamental financial information from basic banking to loans and insurance. - aimed at teens/young adults. Hosted by Donald Faison (Scrubs). Learn more

Semiconductors, Diodes and Transistors DVD

This program uses succinct descriptions and dynamic graphics to demonstrate the operation of semiconductors, diodes and transistors, and explains how the invention of the integrated circuit and transistor has revolutionized electronics. Learn more

Understanding Prejudice DVD

In this intelligent and thought-provoking program we explore some of the reasons why society chooses to accept some people, but excludes and rejects others. Including a brief historical look at groups of people who have experienced prejudice, and why these views differ today, this is an excellent discussion starter for your classroom. Learn more