Asia's Monarchies are all unique, but there is one thing they all share in common - all are at a fascinating point in their various histories. In this five-part series we journey to the heart of these beautiful lands to understand the relationship between the people and their monarchs. To many, their monarchy is an anachronism, an institution that hampers progression. To others, it is the heart and soul of their nation, part of their shared history and a guard against the dangers of modernity. What does the future hold for these monarchies? What is clear is that Asia's monarchies are at a tipping-point and that what happens to each of them will bring about a whole new era that will affect not only the East but the whole world.
Brunei may be one of the richest nations in the world, but financial problems have beset even their royal house. The sultan has recently made moves towards some form of partial democracy. However, it is up to him whether or not he introduces it. Why did he make a move to do so, and then let it drop?
Explores the mythology, legends and history found in the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2005) This 6-part series offers young learners a wonderful and fascinating look at the unique aspects of living in the heart of a bustling city, out in the burbs or in the wide-open spaces found in the country. Closely aligned to the Social Studies curriculum, viewers will also benefit from a cross-curriculum approach that includes important standards for the Language Arts & Science curriculums. When these key concepts are combined, My Neighborhood, My Community, offers children a comprehensive picture of today's great variety of modern living. Learning about key concepts of location, resource allocation, and physical development combined with adaptation and the natural world, will help children better visualize the significance of their neighborhoods & communities while experiencing the vast variety of lifestyles enjoyed by people from varied locations.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Explores the world of the Persian Empire. Opens with the city of Persepolis and its bas-reliefs portraying different nations. Describes the extent of the Persian Empire and the cuneiform inscriptions that were deciphered by Henry Rawlinson. Visits the ancient capital of Pasargadae. Introduces Cyrus the Great and the practice of ecumenism. Discusses the Persian religion that did not require the use of temples. Visits Susa, once a palatial city that grew in splendor under Darius I. Revisits Persepolis with its court palaces, inscriptions and bas-reliefs. Shows that archaeologists were able to identify each emperor involved with the site. Highlights the royal palace of Persepolis with the apadana, hall of the hundred columns, trypylon and bas-reliefs. Explains that Aramaic was used as the common language. Uses three dimensional graphics to illustrate the royal palace at Persepolis.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) In the conflict between Carthage and Rome, Hannibal decided to surprise the Romans with a land attack. He got elephants across the Rhone, went through the Alps, conquered Roman cities and reached the south of Rome. Addresses the cross pollinization of cultures that took place. Uses three dimensional graphics to illustrate what the buildings would have looked like in Rome. Describes the walls of Rome, Hannibal's retreat and Scipio Africanus' victory at Carthage. Details archaeologists' search for and success in finding a Punic settlement, "Hannibal's quarters" at the bottom of Bursa.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Explores ancient cities in Tripolitania located on Africa's north shore. Explains that three cities were founded by the Phoenicians to provide safe landing places for sailors. Shows the tomb at Sabratha that confirms the Phoenician presence and the Phoenician artifacts housed at the museum at Leptis Magna. Focuses on Leptis Magna, the first port. Details the changes that the Romans made. Shows the epigraph mentioning Annobal Tapapius Rufus and other places where the name Tapapius appears. Highlights the bazaar, amphitheater, problems with the port, the baths of Hadrian, arch of Septimius Severus and forum. Discusses the various architectural periods of the city. Explores the villas with their mosaics near Leptis Magna. Shows the theater at Sabratha. Uses three dimensional graphics to illustrate the temple and basilica at Leptis Magna.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Sicily, once a stopping place for the Phoenicians, became home to Greeks and at one time had more Greeks and Greek temples than Greece itself. Highlights the theater in Syracuse where Aeschylus' play "The Persians" opened. Visits the Villa del Casale and Villa Filosofiana both with typical Roman mosaics and Agrigento with its numerous temples possibly built by Theron's slaves. Uses three dimensional graphics to illustrate Syracuse's theater, the Temple of Concordia at Agrigento and the temples at Selinus.
Travels throughout Greece, describing the landscape, history and culture of this ancient country. Tours the city of Athens, exploring historical sites, Greek architecture, and Greek antiquities, including the Acropolis, Parthenon and Meteora Monasteries. Visits Hydra Island, Peloponnesus, and the ruins of the extinct city, Epidaurus. Travels to the ancient cities of Olympia and Corinth and features the art, theater, philosophy, and legends depicting Greek civilization.
Highlights the scenic landscape and natural history of the Aegean Islands. Travels to the islands of Cyclades, Mykonos, Lesbos, and Melos, exploring the history, geography and antiquities of these ancient Greek islands. Visits a number of historical sites that feature the architecture, ruins and fortifications of ancient Greek civilization. Features a hike through the Samaria Gorge and tours the restored Palace of Knossos, discussing the Greek gods and Greek mythology.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces Nikos, a twelve-years-old boy in Athens, Greece. Joins Nikos as he rehearses on his clarino for a concert to be performed on his name day, which, in his country, is as important as a birthday.
The lands and islands of the Mediterranean played host to some the most extraordinary sieges in European history, including the island of Malta as well as the commercial superpower of the 16th century, Venice. The love/hate relationship between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire exploded into an all out war for control of the Mediterranean.
Audience: General, Grades 4-12. Subjects: Social Studies. 1979: The Islamic Revolution: Khomeini's Return To Iran, 1970's (2010)
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures (2002) Explains that little of ancient Egyptian cities survived even though there are many pyramids and temples. Discusses the importance of scribes and how knowledge of Egyptian cities is gained through their writings. Visits the remnants of Memphis, the first capital of the pharaohs. Describes the various activities, buildings, life styles and customs that existed at that time. Covers the invention of writing. Travels to Luxor, site of the ancient city of Thebes. Shows that ancient structures can still be found within the modern city. Features the temple of Amon. Explores Karnak, site of the complex dedicated to the gods Amon, Montu and Mut. Passes through Cairo with its Copt quarter, famous Christian church and and Emperor Trajan's fortress. Visits Alexandria, the last capital of Egypt and home to Cleopatra. Illustrates Memphis, the Temple of Amon (Thebes), the complex at Karnak and the Lighthouse of Pharos.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Features Cleopatra and various moments in her life. Explores Alexandria, the capital of the Egyptian empire during Cleopatra's time. Features what once was the Lighthouse of Pharos, a seven wonder. Reviews the seven wonders of the world. Uses the smaller lighthouse of Abu Sir as an example of what the lighthouse would have looked like. Follows Cleopatra, as she should have traveled up the Nile, passing the Pyramids of Giza, Dendera and its Temple of Hathor and the sanctuary at Philae. Details how the temples were moved from Philae to another island. Mentions Cleopatra's visit to Rome and the Roman interest in Egyptian architecture. Discusses the transportation of Egyptian obelisks, sculptures and the temple at Campus Martius to Rome. Concludes with the theory that the Esquiline Venus at the Capitoline Museum might be Cleopatra. Illustrates Alexandria, the Lighthouse of Pharos and the temple at Campus Martius.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2019) In this episode: Painted ladies, reading between the lines, doggie diabetes, 4 Awesome Discoveries, robotic fish, Kate the Chemist, and much more!
Quick, how to you spell sweetpotato? If you think we just did it wrong, think again ? that's the scientific way. And if you grow sweetpotatoes in North Carolina, that matters. And what North Carolina sweetpotato growers think matters because they grow more than two-thirds of the U.S. sweetpotato crop! How did one state become so dominant in a single industry? Believe it or not, tobacco played a role...
Tobacco was the crop that built not just North Carolina agriculture, but the entire state. It supported universities, hospitals and created opportunities for growth that have made North Carolina one of the fasted growing states in the nation. But as word spread about tobacco, that market went into a steep decline. Amazingly, sweetpotatoes like the same land, the same equipment, the same workers ? it was a natural transition. So much so that today North Carolina grows over two-thirds of the U.S. sweetpotato crop!
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick explains that plants create green environments and that we need to keep our life-support system growing. Understanding what a plant needs helps us to preserve the green environment. Plants are solar powered and do their growing at night. Then chlorophyl turns sunlight into energy to keep our plants growing and give energy to us. Nick shows how celery absorbs water, and warns that we must all learn the conditions that plants need to grow. With his young visitors he plants wheat grass, provides the right environment, and watches the plants grow.
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick explains that fruit are full of vitamins and minerals and that they keep us healthy. He even shows a pawpaw that is full of seeds, the kind of seeds that birds love to transport to other new locations. Nick explains that a flower is food-making factory that eventually ends up inside a fruit. That's why any vegetables with seeds are really a kind of fruit. Nuts are fruit as well because they contain seeds. Certain fruits like banannas and oranges only grow in tropical fruits. There are even cannonball fruit, dragon fruit, chocolate pudding fruits, buddha's hand fruit and finger limes. Nick believes that citrus fruits are some of the healthiest fruits on earth. With his young friends, he shows how to make lemonade.
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick explains that human beings are dependent on plants to survive. Shows how trees are turned into lumber and fuel; how cotton is produced and where wool comes from. Even explains that oil and gas come from dead plants. Introduces medicinal plants, vegetables and fruits. The activity is decorating wrapping paper with leaves and petals.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) Hidden in the back of Manoa Valley, the Lyon Arboretum is a historic site that serves as a botanical garden, an educational institution, and a research facility. The documentary tells the history of the arboretum and the vital role it played in preserving our watershed. The many present-day activities of the arboretum are also featured including its work in preserving and exhibiting Native Hawaiian and exotic plants, its role as an educational institution and its role as a research facility.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) This documentary covers the activities of the Hawaiian Rare Plant Program at the Lyon Arboretum, a program that seeks to propagate and preserve the most endangered plant species in our islands. The documentary explores the program's three main components: a seed bank, a micro-propagation laboratory, and its greenhouse facilities. The processes of seed storage and micro-propagation are explained, and several rarely seen endangered plants are featured.
Audience: General; Subject: Schools. (2018) See two large garden programs of the Hawaii Department of Education. First, Waikiki Elementary School's Mindful School Garden. Started on Earth Day over10 years ago, the fruit trees and farm plants are still going strong with help from students, parents, and community. Second, Makaha Elementary School's partnership with neighboring farm Hoa 'Aina O Makaha. Interviews with school garden teachers and staff.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Explores the characteristics of the Earth's biosphere by looking at ecosystems and biomes. Discusses the abiotic and biotic components of ecosystems and explains how ecosystems can change over time through the process of ecological succession. Looks at some of the different terrestrial biomes found on Earth, including the tundra, taiga, forest, grassland, and desert biomes. Also looks at aquatic biomes, including the marine and freshwater biomes. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Explores the living and non-living components of environments and the relationships between them. Identifies the major abiotic components found in ecosystems, including temperature, water, soil type, and wind. Also looks at the biotic components of ecosystems and their interactions with the physical environment. Explains how scientists categorize areas into natural communities. Explores how energy flows in ecosystems through the food web of producers, consumers and decomposers. Explains the concept of biodiversity. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Looks at the daily and yearly cycles carried out by living things, as well as the natural cycles of the environment. Explains circadian rhythms and the daily patterns of nocturnal and diurnal animals. Discusses the annual rhythms of plants and animals, including hibernation, estivation, and migration. Also explains the water cycle, the oxygen and carbon cycle, and the nitrogen cycle. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing
For centuries, loko i'a, or fishponds, were a vital part of the Native Hawaiian food system, connecting freshwater sources to the ocean, using rock-wall enclosures to raise and eventually harvest fish. In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of this indigenous way of aquafarming. Kai Piha: Na Loko I'a looks at how four fishponds on O'ahu are being restored.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces 9-year-old Marc-Andre, who lives in Quebec and is learning to play the accordion. Marc-Andre does not need a musical score as he can play by ear, reproducing what he has heard on his diatonic accordion.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Language Arts. (2006) When the kids were at the MMT clock shop, they heard about Santiago, who was supposed to have built a maze inside the building. Toby makes a deal with Rudy to clean out a bunch of junk from the Great Room, in order to get to see the maze.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Language Arts. (2006) The kids clean the Great Room and Rudy leads them to the compass room. They end up on a crazy ride that takes them to the real Museum of Time and the official Time Keeper, Meridian.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Language Arts. (2006) Meridian explained to the kids that Chrono, has kidnapped Santiago. The kids must travel down the hall of the past to get power symbols to help free Santiago from Chrono's clutches.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Language Arts. (2006) While traveling down the East wing hallway Toby is distracted and jumps into the Merlin Display and Maia jumps into the Cleopatra display.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws lasagna while demonstrating the Renaissance words foreshortening and horizon. He also reviews the painting "Venice, the Rialto" by Jackson Pollack.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws a lightbulb while demonstrating the Renaissance words foreshortening and shadow. He also reviews the stained glass work "Angel of Resurrection" by Louis Tiffany.
Explores the mythology, legends and history found in the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Daven Hee - Ceramics, Cade Roster - Multi-Media
Following the process of adapting a classic ballet into a "Hawaiianized" version that reflects the history of the Hawaiian Monarchy under the last Queen of the islands and the location of historic Washington Place by Ballet Hawaii.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2015) Washington Place tells the story of one of Honolulu's most famous landmarks, Washington Place. The documentary covers the history of the home, from the time of its construction to its present day role as a historic home museum. The documentary explores Washington Place as the home of Queen Lili'uokalani the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands.
FLASHPOINT - Brings together an accomplished group of Hawai'i based artists working under the theme of FIRE. Artworks in this exhibition depict the varied aspects of FIRE and are visual interpretations of flashpoints in time and place - in methods of fabrication and conceptual context.
Erika Karawina speaks of her preparation for working with stained glass and shares various examples of her works.
Audience: General; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Fine Arts. (2017) Following 9 Hawaii print artists as they prepare for an exhibition at The Ropewalk, UK. From The Ropewalk: I ka Piko: The center or source, connections and balance. "I ka Piko not only describes our cultural relationships but also the islands we come from, growing up from the middle of the vast oceanic floor of the Pacific. In "I ka Piko" nine Hawai'i print artists explore through their work what it means to a Kama'aina (child of this land) to be from this unique place. Featuring: Gina Bacon Kerr, Marissa Eshima, Kathy Merrill Kelley, Barbara Okamoto, Mary Philpotts McGrath, Doug Po'oloa Tolentino, David B. Smith, Nancy Vilhauer, and George Woollard
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2019) In this episode: Painted ladies, reading between the lines, doggie diabetes, 4 Awesome Discoveries, robotic fish, Kate the Chemist, and much more!
Quick, how to you spell sweetpotato? If you think we just did it wrong, think again ? that's the scientific way. And if you grow sweetpotatoes in North Carolina, that matters. And what North Carolina sweetpotato growers think matters because they grow more than two-thirds of the U.S. sweetpotato crop! How did one state become so dominant in a single industry? Believe it or not, tobacco played a role...
Tobacco was the crop that built not just North Carolina agriculture, but the entire state. It supported universities, hospitals and created opportunities for growth that have made North Carolina one of the fasted growing states in the nation. But as word spread about tobacco, that market went into a steep decline. Amazingly, sweetpotatoes like the same land, the same equipment, the same workers ? it was a natural transition. So much so that today North Carolina grows over two-thirds of the U.S. sweetpotato crop!
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick explains that plants create green environments and that we need to keep our life-support system growing. Understanding what a plant needs helps us to preserve the green environment. Plants are solar powered and do their growing at night. Then chlorophyl turns sunlight into energy to keep our plants growing and give energy to us. Nick shows how celery absorbs water, and warns that we must all learn the conditions that plants need to grow. With his young visitors he plants wheat grass, provides the right environment, and watches the plants grow.
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick explains that fruit are full of vitamins and minerals and that they keep us healthy. He even shows a pawpaw that is full of seeds, the kind of seeds that birds love to transport to other new locations. Nick explains that a flower is food-making factory that eventually ends up inside a fruit. That's why any vegetables with seeds are really a kind of fruit. Nuts are fruit as well because they contain seeds. Certain fruits like banannas and oranges only grow in tropical fruits. There are even cannonball fruit, dragon fruit, chocolate pudding fruits, buddha's hand fruit and finger limes. Nick believes that citrus fruits are some of the healthiest fruits on earth. With his young friends, he shows how to make lemonade.
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick explains that human beings are dependent on plants to survive. Shows how trees are turned into lumber and fuel; how cotton is produced and where wool comes from. Even explains that oil and gas come from dead plants. Introduces medicinal plants, vegetables and fruits. The activity is decorating wrapping paper with leaves and petals.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) Hidden in the back of Manoa Valley, the Lyon Arboretum is a historic site that serves as a botanical garden, an educational institution, and a research facility. The documentary tells the history of the arboretum and the vital role it played in preserving our watershed. The many present-day activities of the arboretum are also featured including its work in preserving and exhibiting Native Hawaiian and exotic plants, its role as an educational institution and its role as a research facility.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) This documentary covers the activities of the Hawaiian Rare Plant Program at the Lyon Arboretum, a program that seeks to propagate and preserve the most endangered plant species in our islands. The documentary explores the program's three main components: a seed bank, a micro-propagation laboratory, and its greenhouse facilities. The processes of seed storage and micro-propagation are explained, and several rarely seen endangered plants are featured.
Audience: General; Subject: Schools. (2018) See two large garden programs of the Hawaii Department of Education. First, Waikiki Elementary School's Mindful School Garden. Started on Earth Day over10 years ago, the fruit trees and farm plants are still going strong with help from students, parents, and community. Second, Makaha Elementary School's partnership with neighboring farm Hoa 'Aina O Makaha. Interviews with school garden teachers and staff.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Explores the characteristics of the Earth's biosphere by looking at ecosystems and biomes. Discusses the abiotic and biotic components of ecosystems and explains how ecosystems can change over time through the process of ecological succession. Looks at some of the different terrestrial biomes found on Earth, including the tundra, taiga, forest, grassland, and desert biomes. Also looks at aquatic biomes, including the marine and freshwater biomes. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Explores the living and non-living components of environments and the relationships between them. Identifies the major abiotic components found in ecosystems, including temperature, water, soil type, and wind. Also looks at the biotic components of ecosystems and their interactions with the physical environment. Explains how scientists categorize areas into natural communities. Explores how energy flows in ecosystems through the food web of producers, consumers and decomposers. Explains the concept of biodiversity. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Looks at the daily and yearly cycles carried out by living things, as well as the natural cycles of the environment. Explains circadian rhythms and the daily patterns of nocturnal and diurnal animals. Discusses the annual rhythms of plants and animals, including hibernation, estivation, and migration. Also explains the water cycle, the oxygen and carbon cycle, and the nitrogen cycle. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing