Bhutan's governing party pledged recently to follow the policies of the absolute monarchy it is replacing, after it won a landslide in the country?s first parliamentary elections. This remote, beautiful country truly is in the throes of a noble experiment. What makes this experiment unique is that this move towards democracy has been initiated by the ruling monarch himself.
Audience: General, Grades 4-12. Subjects: Social Studies. 1945: The Capitulation, 1940's (2010)
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1974 - Miriam Lee Fights to Legalize Traditional Chinese Medicine in America 1975 -Kingston, Hwang, and Chang the New Wave of Chinese American Writers 1982 - Maya Ying Lin Designs the Vietnam War Memorial 1983 - Andrew and Peggy Cherng Found Panda Express
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1985 - Yo -Yo Ma Wins First Grammy 1989 - Amy Tan Writes The Joy Luck Club 1989 - Chinese Americans Excel at Sports 1991 - John Sie Founds Cable Powerhouse Starz Encore 1994 - Jerry Yang Co-founds Yahoo! 1996 - Time Magazine's Man of the Year is AIDS Researcher David Ho 2006 - Astronau
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Investigates the geography of China and its neighbors, including details of language and population. Examines the major religions of the country including Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and traditional beliefs concerning the yin and yang, feng shui, tai chi, the Eight Trigrams, and the I Ching.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Examines life in China's ancient capital cities of Xian and Beijing including investigations of city defenses, towers, neighborhoods, traditional foods and markets, the emperors of China and The Forbidden City.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Investigates the significance of the Silk Road, the Great Wall, Chinese dynasties, British colonialism and the move to a Communist government in China.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces Rebecca, a citizen of Hong Kong who plays the butterfly harp. Rebecca and her family share an informal musical improvisation evening with friends, playing traditional instruments.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: History. (2003) Discusses the discovery of the Peking man and describes Chinese civilization during the neolithic period. Covers the Shang dynasty, during which silk was first produced; the Zhou Dynasty, during which Confucianism and ancestor worship were first practiced; the Chin Dynasty, during which Qin Shihuangdi standardized the Chinese language, created laws, built the Great Wall, and assembled the terracotta army for his tomb; and the Han Dynasty, during which the traders traveled on the Silk Road and Buddhism was introduced. Tells the story of the Three Kingdoms following the Han Dynasty and discusses the emergence of the Sui Dynasty.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: History. (2003) Chronicles the history of China from the Song Dynasty through today. Covers the Sui Dynasty, during which the Grand Canal was built; the Northern Song Dynasty, during which paper currency and gunpowder were created; the Southern Song Dynasty, which established a new Chinese navy and the Southern Song school of landscape painting; the Yuan Dynasty, during which China was opened to foreigners; the Ming Dynasty, which established the Forbidden City and encouraged the arts; and the Qing Dynasty, during which the Opium Wars were fought. Discusses the Civil War of 1911, the People's Republic of China, the Tiananmen Square Incident, the Great Wall, the Terracotta Army, and the Grand Canal.
Millions of Chinese protested for freedom in Tiananmen Square and around the country. A new generation wanted greater democratic rights. Martial law was declared and the government crushed the decent. Tiananmen remains a reminder that political freedom is not allowed.
A sunny day in paradise turned into one of the deadliest, most catastrophic natural disasters ever. An earthquake deep in the Indian ocean caused tsunamis that battered countries from Southeast Asia all the way to Africa. Hundreds of thousands of people died. Millions were left without food and shelter. Whole cites were wiped out not unlike from a nuclear explosion. The only solace is the creation of an early warning system that has already proven its worth.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Duquan lives in Harlem where he sings gospel music every Sunday in his parish church and dreams of becoming a rap star someday.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Culture series on what makes Hawaii's local "mixing bowl" of ethnic backgrounds. From the arrivals of the first immigrants to today's social and cultural organizations and associations. This episode on Chinese Americans in Hawaii features archival footage of the early Honolulu Harbor and Chinatown fires. Interviews include the Chinese Lion Dance Association, Dr. Franklin Ng (professor at California State University at Fresno Department of Ethnic Studies), and James G.Y. Ho (Hawaiian Chinese Multicultural Museum & Archives).
Constantinople, the gateway between East and West was the former epicentre of the Eastern Christian Empire of Byzantium. The Ottoman Empires momentous conquest of these lands began the accelerated rise of one of the greatest Empire's the world has ever known. Under the direction of the Sultan Suleiman the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire begins.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) This program explores the interesting and fun process of weighing common objects. Concepts and terminology: matter, mass, weight, scale, and metric system. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfdktnalJvOFhOT1k&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: World Cultures. (2015) The Caste System Despite being outlawed, the caste system in India still adheres to the ancient Hindu-based hierarchy. Here, in the holy city of Varanasi, it remains an obstacle to full democracy.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces Itamar, who lives in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Itamar explains that all the members of his family play a musical instrument and his specialty is the violin. Itamar and his family perform at his birthday concert.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Twelve-year-old Safi lives in the Galilee and plays the traditional Arab drum known as a darbuka. Safi and his friends have organized a band, but his debut as a musician comes when he plays his darbuka with his father's band.
Snow has trapped the people inside, so Frog tells the story of when the Great Spirit sent Raven to free the Musicians of the Sun to bring light and music into the world.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) A watercolor artist illustrates the traditional tale of the Three Little Pigs. Max wants to play ball with his father, but his father has to finish his work first. To teach Max that he should never put off until tomorrow what he can do today, he tells him the classic story of the Three Little Pigs, who leave home in search of adventure. They each build a house, but only the house of the eldest brother, the hardest worker, resists the attack of the big bad wolf.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) An artist uses mixed media, including drawing and cutouts, to illustrate the traditional Cinderella story.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) A chalk artist draws the story of the brave little tailor who could kill seven (flies) with a stroke. The brave little tailor is so clever that he outwits the king, winning half the kingdom and the king's daughter's hand in marriage. He also proves that to become a king it is more important to be smart than strong.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) A watercolor artist tells a tale based on Aesop's popular fable The Tortoise and the Hare. Pepa the turtle, annoyed by the mocking tone of the ill-mannered hare, challenges her to a race. The hare keels over in laughter but agrees. In the end the arrogant hare pays for the mistake of being overly confident and loses the race.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Changes With School Upon leaving Elementary School most everything in a students life is going to change while they transition to Middle School. Students will be starting over again...beginning at the bottom grade level. They'll have more teachers and more classes. Extra-curricular events will take more of their time. They'll need to be better organized and learn techniques for staying on top of all that schoolwork. The social dynamics with other classmates will become more sophisticated. Middle School is a period of tremendous growth and enormous change for any student. Helping them understand how to deal with the changes can only lighten the process.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Changes With Family As youngsters mature, one thing is for sure, the relationship with the family is going to change. The Middle School years are a time when young people want to learn and decide more things for themselves. Even so, it's not a good idea to disregard the assistance of others, like adults. Of course with more independence comes more responsibility. They will be expected to contribute more at home, at school and in other parts of their lives. It won't necessarily be easy but knowing the changes coming can help them meet the challenges ahead.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Social Changes As part of the maturation process, young people will likely request more privacy in their personal life, which is perfectly acceptable. However, they shouldn't close the door on family or important others. What's the purpose of a secret life anyway? In social settings they will begin to take an interest in others who didn't seem so interesting previously. In general girls will be more interested in boys and boys will be more interested in girls. This is also a time of tremendous peer pressure so they need to be very choosy about who they select for friends and what groups they may consider to join.
A sampling of various Geometry Camp lessons that provide students with hands-on, inquiry-based learning to expose them to geometric concepts. Students are given the opportunity to practice basic concepts and functions of geometry with real world applications. Concepts introduced in Geometry Camp include the Pythagorean Theorem, shapes, patterns, area, and perimenter. General learner outcomes are embedded in this non-threatening, fun learning process.
You?ll learn that anybody can be a Biz Kid with effort and the right attitude. Biz Kids identify a need, make a plan, and take action. Join us and you?ll meet a skateboard designer, a rap music producer, a boy who started a rock-a-thon to raise money for hospital rocking chairs, and more. You?ll also discover the entrepreneur who built a wildly successful garden products business on ? worm poop. All successful. All Biz Kids.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) This beautiful program illustrates the key components of the water cycle that occurs everywhere around us. Concepts and terminology: condensation, evaporation, precipitation, cloud, rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
Audience: General; Subject: Farm to School. (2017) Behind the scenes of Hawaii Department of Education's support of the Farm to Schools pilot program by former Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui. Interviews with Kohala Elementary Principal Danny Garcia, Chef Greg, Cafeteria Manager Aunty Priscilla, and State School Food Services Supervisor Dexter Kishida.
This journey takes us on a luxurious 500 mile African train safari where we?ll be travellng on Rovos Rail?s vintage hotel train. Lovingly re-built by the Rovos family to the highest of specifications, this beautiful 14 carriage train leaves Pretoria for its three-day journey to Durban on the coast.
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. These women come from varied ethnic backgrounds and have all worked hard to contribute to the growing presence of a literary community in Hawai'i. Many of them are dedicated teachers who have mentored others to become writers, and many of them also enjoy a national reputation. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. Amalia B. Bueno's poetry and short stories have been recently published in Tinfish 20, Bamboo Ridge 98, Walang Hiya: Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice and Growing Up Filipino II. Born in Manila and raised in Honoulu, she has worked in public relations, community development, and policy research and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in English from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
This train journey across Sri Lanka is a train-lovers trip of a lifetime to Nine Arch Bridge. Traveling along on one of the world?s best-preserved Victorian-era railways we climb to over 6000 feet deep from Columbo to Ella.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Math. (2005) Dr. Rock discusses the fundamentals of measurement. Animated graphics illustrate the concept of physical dimensions, including size, height, and length and show how to measure different types of objects. Also identifies inches, feet and yards as standard units of measurement and describes how to use a ruler.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) Using modeling clay, an artist illustrates the story of the tin soldier. For Christmas Margaret's Granddad gives her the figures of a ballerina and a one-legged tin soldier joined together on a base shaped like a heart and tells her the story of how they became united forever. A little boy with lots of toys and tin soldiers didn't know that they all came to life at night. His bravest soldier, his one-legged tin soldier, falls in love with a ballerina, but one night he is accidentally blown off the window sill and sets out upon a perilous journey through gutters, sewers and the sea until he ends up in a fish's tummy. The fish is caught and sold at the market to his former owner's mother. This is how he is reunited with the ballerina. But when she is blown off the mantelpiece into the flames, he dives in after her. The slow fire melts the two figures into one and is saved in the nick of time by the boy.
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: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2000) Explores the process of photosynthesis, focusing on how the products of the process, glucose and oxygen, are vital to the survival of plants and animals. Examines the structure of leaves and their role in photosynthesis and illustrates different plant responses to certain stimuli beyond photosynthesis. Investigates different plant tropisms, including phototropism, gravitropism, and thigmotropism as well as seed structure and the process of germination. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfa2FaODVtbElIZzQ&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Language Arts. Write Right! Learning Cursive tackles the drudgery and redundant nature of learning to write in cursive handwriting for elementary age children and helps them develop good habits in order to write right! Concepts: Tall loops, letter: l
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2000) Explores the general characteristics of plants, examining the structures and functions of roots, stems, and leaves. Describes the vascular tissues of plants, which include xylem, cambium and phloem and illustrates the differences between annual, biennial, and perennial flowering plants. Describes how plant structures are useful sources of food-building materials and the role plant structures play in plant survival. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfa2FaODVtbElIZzQ&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2000) Describes how seedless and seed plants reproduce and examines the asexual and sexual forms of plant reproduction. Discusses the reproductive processes of bryophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms, outlining their reproductive structures. Illustrates seed fertilization and development and the process of germination. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfa2FaODVtbElIZzQ&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2000) Explores the diversity of the plant world and explains what makes a plant a plant. Identifies the early history and origins of plants and highlights the defining characteristics of non-vascular and vascular plants. Discusses bryophytes, spore-producing plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfa2FaODVtbElIZzQ&usp=sharing
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.
Snow has trapped the people inside, so Frog tells the story of when the Great Spirit sent Raven to free the Musicians of the Sun to bring light and music into the world.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) A watercolor artist illustrates the traditional tale of the Three Little Pigs. Max wants to play ball with his father, but his father has to finish his work first. To teach Max that he should never put off until tomorrow what he can do today, he tells him the classic story of the Three Little Pigs, who leave home in search of adventure. They each build a house, but only the house of the eldest brother, the hardest worker, resists the attack of the big bad wolf.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) An artist uses mixed media, including drawing and cutouts, to illustrate the traditional Cinderella story.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) A chalk artist draws the story of the brave little tailor who could kill seven (flies) with a stroke. The brave little tailor is so clever that he outwits the king, winning half the kingdom and the king's daughter's hand in marriage. He also proves that to become a king it is more important to be smart than strong.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) A watercolor artist tells a tale based on Aesop's popular fable The Tortoise and the Hare. Pepa the turtle, annoyed by the mocking tone of the ill-mannered hare, challenges her to a race. The hare keels over in laughter but agrees. In the end the arrogant hare pays for the mistake of being overly confident and loses the race.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Changes With School Upon leaving Elementary School most everything in a students life is going to change while they transition to Middle School. Students will be starting over again...beginning at the bottom grade level. They'll have more teachers and more classes. Extra-curricular events will take more of their time. They'll need to be better organized and learn techniques for staying on top of all that schoolwork. The social dynamics with other classmates will become more sophisticated. Middle School is a period of tremendous growth and enormous change for any student. Helping them understand how to deal with the changes can only lighten the process.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Changes With Family As youngsters mature, one thing is for sure, the relationship with the family is going to change. The Middle School years are a time when young people want to learn and decide more things for themselves. Even so, it's not a good idea to disregard the assistance of others, like adults. Of course with more independence comes more responsibility. They will be expected to contribute more at home, at school and in other parts of their lives. It won't necessarily be easy but knowing the changes coming can help them meet the challenges ahead.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Social Changes As part of the maturation process, young people will likely request more privacy in their personal life, which is perfectly acceptable. However, they shouldn't close the door on family or important others. What's the purpose of a secret life anyway? In social settings they will begin to take an interest in others who didn't seem so interesting previously. In general girls will be more interested in boys and boys will be more interested in girls. This is also a time of tremendous peer pressure so they need to be very choosy about who they select for friends and what groups they may consider to join.
A sampling of various Geometry Camp lessons that provide students with hands-on, inquiry-based learning to expose them to geometric concepts. Students are given the opportunity to practice basic concepts and functions of geometry with real world applications. Concepts introduced in Geometry Camp include the Pythagorean Theorem, shapes, patterns, area, and perimenter. General learner outcomes are embedded in this non-threatening, fun learning process.
You?ll learn that anybody can be a Biz Kid with effort and the right attitude. Biz Kids identify a need, make a plan, and take action. Join us and you?ll meet a skateboard designer, a rap music producer, a boy who started a rock-a-thon to raise money for hospital rocking chairs, and more. You?ll also discover the entrepreneur who built a wildly successful garden products business on ? worm poop. All successful. All Biz Kids.