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New York Times: Audio: A Lot of Love There

For Students 9th - 10th
Robert Wright,15, star of documentary film "Stagedoor" talks about attending theater camp. Perfect for any student wanting to go into acting.
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Gala Film: Battle of Queenston Heights

For Students 9th - 10th
Begin on this page, the overview, then check out each link to get a full picture of the events surrounding the Battle of Queenston Heights and the American surrender there. This is part of a documentary on the War of 1812.
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Pbs Learning Media: Ken Burns in the Classroom: Collection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ken Burns and his collaborators have been creating historical documentary films for more than forty years. Known for a signature style that brings primary source documents, images, and archival video footage to life on screen, these...
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Pbs: American Experience: Amelia Earhart

For Students 9th - 10th
This documentary film traces the life of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, the first woman to attempt to fly solo across the Atlantic. A preview and other information about the film project are available here.
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Pbs: American Experience: The Crash of 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is the online home of a PBS documentary film that traces the prosperity of the 1920s which ended with the stock market crash of 1929.
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California Newsreel: Videos on African American Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This company claims to be the "oldest and most notable non-profit documentary production and distribution center in the nation." It offers a rich collection of videos on all aspects of African American life and history: e.g., Academy...
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Pbs: Independent Lens: A Village Called Versailles

For Students 9th - 10th
A Village Called Versailles is a film documenting the strength and determination of a small Louisiana Vietnamese American community. Devastated first by Hurricane Katrina, then facing massive rebuilding. Followed by another challenge -...
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Pbs: Independent Lens: Refugee

For Students 9th - 10th
Documentary film about three Cambodian Americans who, on a voyage of discovery, return to Cambodia after living as refugees in the United States for twenty years. The film explores the ways in which their personal stories reflect...
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Pbs: Prohibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for the three-part documentary film series covering the rise, rule, and fall of Prohibition. Extensive coverage of the consequences and people of the area with links to a plethora of first-hand photos. Readers are given the...
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Pbs: Independent Lens: Garbage Dreams

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Garbage Dreams is a documentary film that follows the lives of the Zabbaleen, people in Cairo who have been collecting garbage for a hundred years. But garbage collection has been contracted out to companies who do a poor job of...
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Pbs American Experience: Remember the Alamo

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS companion site to the documentary film "Remember the Alamo," with much detailed information, interviews, survivor stories, maps, a timeline and reviews of historical facts and events.
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Pbs: Archive of Thomas Jefferson's Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
A PBS website that contains Jefferson's views on political, religious, social, personal, and intellectual freedoms in the form of his original documents. Contains the Louisiana Purchase agreement. Tied to a larger site on a Jefferson...
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Pbs: Roots in the Sand

For Students 9th - 10th
Online companion to a documentary film about Punjabi-Mexican immigrants who settled in California.
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Pbs: Nature: Crash: A Tale of Two Species

For Students 9th - 10th
A documentary film about the horseshoe crab and its importance to a tiny shorebird known as the red knot bird. Human threats to the crab will directly threaten both the crab and the little bird who depends on it. Links to related topics...
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Caterpillar: Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of lesson plans was developed to accompany Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future, a documentary film created by Caterpillar and Science North. They introduce students to the various phases involved in mining,...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Great Depression: Creating Narrative Through Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
This video [4:15] segment from the American Masters film Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning provides a documentary photographer's perspective of the severe economic despair and difficult living conditions that characterized the...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 7: Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
In this seventh and final unit of a course on Art Appreciation, students learn about photography and significant photographers. This is followed by a discussion of television and film. Students will learn terminology used, technical...
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Pbs Learning Media: Documenting the Dust Bowl

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dust Bowl and resulting western migration that occurred in the 1930s is explored in this video [5:44] segment from the American Masters film Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning. The agricultural devastation and ensuing migration...
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Pbs: Independent Lens: Project Kashmir

For Students 9th - 10th
PROJECT KASHMIR attempts 'to navigate the treacherous maze of occupation, insurgency, unrest, censorship, and religious animosity'. The beauty of Kashmir is captured as India and Pakistan continually fight over Kashmir making daily life...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Find Connections Across Texts Including Other Media

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
The subject of this lesson is the role that various media play in focusing attention on events and issues and how they seek to influence the opinions of their audiences. SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate sources
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Internet Movie Database: Black October (2000) (Tv)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet Movie Database entry for the Canadian documentary film "Black October". Accessible is a movie trailer for the film, a plot summary, and full credits. "Black October" is a film about the 1970 October Crisis.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: Breaking the Ice: The Mary Ann Shadd Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Ann Shadd was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1823. She emigrated to Windsor, Upper Canada and was a leader in advocating for integrated schools at a time when most Canadians believed segregated schools should predominate. This web...
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: Black Battalion

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, support material for a documentary film, outlines the history of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, a non-combatant Black battalion established in 1916. It was created to permit Blacks to participate in the war effort. This new...
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Project Rebirth

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch the trailer for the documentary film Rebirth, which, as a tribute to the victims and first responders, chronicles the experiences of a small group of people who lost friends, family, and coworkers in the attack on the World Trade...

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