Instructional DVDs

In the summer of 1919, sweet-but-dull Bernice (Shelley Duvall) is transformed into a smooth-talking flirt by her vampish cousin. Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

This video story not only traces the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Maya, but also follows the journeys, in 1839, of New York explorer John L. Stephens to these strange and wonderful cities. Using computer graphic reconstruction, animated maps, classic art, reenactment and beautiful on-location cinematography, the viewer sees Teotihuacan, Cholula, Monte Alban, Chichen Itza, Tenochtitlian, Tikal, Copan, Uxmal, and Palenque as they might have looked 1000 years ago.

As teen pregnancy rates rise in the U.S., this ABC News program follows four families coping with the day-to-day realities of the issue. Case studies come from Massachusetts, where a teen couple tries to raise their six-month-old son together; from Kentucky, where a 14-year-old girl attends a school designed for pregnant teens; from Washington State, where a senior quarterback has impregnated his school's homecoming queen, subsequently ignoring her; and from Texas, where a young mother in labor cries out for her own mom when her contractions intensify.

This documentary explains our psychological responses to food, shares new scientific knowledge about hunger, eating, and human metabolic operation. Shows how external pressures such as oversized restaurant portions and the unending barrage of food advertisements make fighting fat so difficult.

When single mom and filmmaker Yuka Sekiguchi, overweight at nearly 200 pounds and fast approaching fifty, determines to lose weight in hopes of becoming healthier and happier, she decides to film her struggle, figuring that public humiliation will be a strong incentive to succeed. FAT CHANCE, by turns serious and humorous, chronicles her six-month effort.

Explores the fascinating features of fishes. Special attention is paid to the major groups of fishes and their unique features. Includes extras: glossary, slides, and an instructor's manual in PDF format.

An eye-opening examination of food marketing, advertising, and the tactics the food industry uses to push high-calorie processed junk foods that are undermining the health of Americans.

British subjects convinced that Great Britain is trying to take away their freedoms fight the Revolutionary War. America founded on the belief that all persons might be free, with a glaring contradiction. The conflict with slavery led to the Civil War.

"Packed with advice from experienced entrepreneurs, this video highlights smart ways to generate recognition for a start-up business. Topics include the need for targeted messaging that connects with the customer base, effective website building and development, networking through community involvement, business referral or liaising with other firms, and small-scale advertising based on repetition rather than splash."

Tells the true story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs in Africa and the global south in the 1990s, leading to the preventable deaths of at least ten million people, and how a remarkable coalition of people came together to stop them.

Describes the safe work practices employees should follow to reduce the risk of industrial fires, addressing housekeeping, hazardous materials, and static electricity. Reviews what to do if a fire should break out, covering evacuation procedures and fire extinguishers.

Searching for answers, go on a journey of discovery to a remote mountain region of China to explore the fascination with flowers and the puzzle of how they began.

New parents learn how to help their infants reach their full potential.

American philosopher Elbert Hubbard was fond of quoting his father on friendship, "When you die, if you've got five real friends, you had a great life". Five Friends is the story of how one man sought to live that life. The film follows a 65-year-old man and his five closest friends as they navigate and reflect on success, conflict, marriage, divorce, fatherhood, children, and dying.

Five dramatic renditions of Kate Chopin's "Story of an hour" which scandalized American readers in the late 19th century by questioning the social mores of her time. The story examines the behavior and feelings of a woman on the day she is informed of her husband's death.

Provides a biographical sketch of O'Connor and examines the absurdity of the human condition and incendiary social issues. Readings from "Wise Blood," "The Displaced Person," "The River," "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," and "Revelation" are included.

Inspired by former U.S. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's acknowledgment that he'd found a flaw in his model of how the world worked, 'The flaw' attempts to explain the underlying causes of the financial crisis in more depth than any documentary to date. The film tells the story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash, and presents an original and compelling account of the toxic combination of forces that nearly destroyed the world economy.

Social and developmental psychologist and author Lynn Phillips explores the line between consent and coercion in this ... look at popular culture and the way real girls and women navigate their heterosexual relationships and hookups.

This program helps young adults make healthy nutrition choices and offers guidelines on how to live more active lives.

This program explores a glaring paradox in Canada's food-obsessed culture: that knowledge of nutrition has never been better while the collective wisdom has never been worse. Profiles several families showing the real-world challenges of healthy eating. TV chef Michael Bonacini, historian Harvey Levenstein, and Foodshare director Debbie Field add commentary.

History of four critical crime-fighting techniques: ballistics, trace evidence, polygraph tests and criminal profiling. Told through the use of still photographs and dramatic reenactments.

Historical overview of crime science and how forensic science is used in criminal investigations in preparing for court testimony.

An exploration of Alzheimer's, taking both a sweeping and intimate look at how this cruel disease affects nearly five million Americans and their loved ones.

A man suffers a minor car accident, and a week later constructs a new identity, claiming he can't "remember" being a father. Nearly twenty years later, his amnesia persists, yet no brain damage or physical cause are ever found. Enthralling and thought-provoking, "Forgetting Dad" offers an award-winning case study of dissociation, parental abandonment, and family enmeshment in mental illness.

In the era before antibiotics, tens of thousands of immigrant patients were separated from family, detained in the hospital on Ellis Island, and healed from illness before becoming citizens. 350 babies were born, and ten times that many immigrants died on Ellis Island and were buried in pauper's graves around New York City.

This documentary tells the stories of five Christian families coming to terms with their gay and lesbian children, in an America where thanks to social forces clashing, the very atmosphere seems filled with hatred, old-fashioned prejudice, and fear of the other.

Uses interviews and archival footage to tell the story of the melodramatic life and stunning architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Bonus features include Ken Burns: Making history, a conversation with Ken Burns, Charlie Rose interview with producers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and PC web link to the Frank Lloyd Wright Web site.

Discusses what went into the making of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. Includes elements such as her feminist mother and father, society's growing sense that human beings were equal, the prevalence of storms in her life, and her marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley.

This program examines the life of the renowned psychiatrist, Viktor Emil Frankl, his contributions to science and philosophy, and the application of his theories, particularly in the area of palliative care.

Based on the book series: A History of US by Joy Hakim, published by Oxford University Press.

A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives. This eventually bonds them together and pushes racial rivalries aside.

... encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization ... vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands ...

This documentary film profiles the farmers, business executives and community organizers who are reinventing our food system. Fresh focuses on the people who are making a difference. It's character-driven, says producer Ana Joanes. The experts are secondary.

This highly original program uncovers Freud's ideas in exactly the way Freud himself uncovered them: through his own dream analysis. Through an analysis of Freud, we learn about his theories on psychoanalysis, the Oedipus complex, the unconscious, infantile sexuality, and the ego torn between the greedy id and the rigid superego.

Featuring Todd R. Risley, Sharon Landesman Ramey, and Julie Washington discussing research-based strategies for developing language and pre-reading skills in young children.

From the miracle of conception to the wonder of birth, this is an inside view of our most fascinating journey. The development of a human life within a woman's body is revealed from the incredible first moments of cell division through the baby's growth over the next nine months.

Examines how children ages 4-8 years develop the ability to read and write. Beginning with drawing as a start in understanding symbolic meaning, children acquire literacy from exposure to words in context as much as from learning letters and sounds.

To most Americans, the word "frontier" conjures up the sagebrush sagas of the Wild West. But before the young nation got that far, the Mississippi was the border of the great unknown, and the frontier was the Great Lakes area of the Midwest. Frontier: Legends of the Old Northwest tells the oft-overlooked tales of adventurers, warriors and conflicts that shaped the nation in the late 18th century.

A documentary film about the experimental college based in North Carolina from 1933-1957 and its enormous influence on community, collaboration, and American modern art. The film looks at the unique educational style and long term significance of Black Mountain College through interviews with students, teachers, historians, and current artists.

Documents the trend of unlabeled genetically-modified foods which have become increasingly prevalent in grocery stores. Unravels the complex web of market and political forces that are changing the nature of what we eat. Explores organic and sustainable agriculture as alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture.