nonfiction films

Presents a fun way to learn a language by learning colors, toys, clothes, furniture, and counting to 10. Six lanuages, Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, German, English are available from the main menu.

Four students present the basics of measuring math and how to measure liquid, solid and dry ingredients while making a fast, easy banana chocolate chip bread.

Groundbreaking investigation of fast fashion reveals that while the price of clothing has been decreasing for decades the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically.

Tracks the overnight celebrity of Marla Olmstead, a toddler who creates gallery-worthy paintings on the dining room table of her family home. Sales of her paintings reach $300,000. Then the bubble burst. When a 2005 profile by '60 minutes' suggests that Marla had help making her paintings, the finger is pointed at her father, an amateur artist and night manager at Frito Lay. Almost overnight, her family is ensnared in a web of accusation and denial - the burden of proof placed squarely in their lap. Is Marla a child prodigy or an innocent victim of a hoax?.

"Lavishly entombed pharaohs like King Tut have forever linked mummification with Egypt in our minds. But the Egyptians were 3,000 years behind at least one South American culture. watch archaeologists at work in Chile, unraveling the mystery of the ancient Chinchuorro's black mummy. Then, travel to Bolivia, near Lake Titicaca, where archaeologists and astronomers alike have been puzzled for centuries by the structural remains of a lost city and the strange arrangement of pillars -- possibly astrological in purpose -- nestled high in the Andes."--Container.

Employers offer insights to reinforce the importance of networking, proper attire (and attitude) for a job fair, and what to expect when applying for a job. Learn how to develop a search plan by using multiple methods to find a job in no time!.

This program examines the relationship between mass media and social constructions of race from political and economic persepctives while looking at the effects media can have on audiences--Publisher's description.

Experts and job seekers offer practical firsthand advice for before the interview (plan, prepare, practice!), during the interview (how to be clear and concise), and after the interview (there's more to it than waiting to say 'yes'). Students learn about the many types of interviews, as well as the basics of body language, appropriate attire and answering tips.

This documentary "exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production ... In the U.S. and elsewhere, the industry is dominated by dangerous uses of arsenic, antibiotics and growth hormones and also by the dumping of massive amounts of sewage in fragile waterways affecting the nearby towns and its citizens. This film documents the vast catastrophic impact on the environment and public health, as well as focuses on the individual lives damaged and destroyed"--Container.

Explores the major child development theories and how they differ from one another, reviewing the ideas of professionals such as Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, and Benjamin Spock. Includes video worksheet.