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Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Dodging Chinese bullets, Tsultim Chompel escapes Tibet to India and a life in exile. His life takes an unexpected turn when he is asked to go to the United States to teach the Dharma. It follows Venerable Geshe Tsulga through a typical day as the resident teacher at the Kurukulla Center near Boston and the amazing journey that brought him there.
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This live-action video program incorporates many research-based learning strategies proven to help young viewers learn and retain science vocabulary, utilizing video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Kids will understand the terms: "mass,"newton," "push," "pull," "load," and "friction." The program begins with a simple definition. The term is repeated numerous times by the narrator and the text shown on-screen....
Publisher
David Grubin Productions, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language? It is filmed around the world: on a remote island off the coast of Australia, where 400 Aboriginal people speak ten different languages, all at risk; in Wales, where Welsh, once in danger, is today making a comeback; and in Hawaii, where a group of Hawaiian activists are fighting to save their native tongue.
Publisher
Jumby Bay Studios
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
This interactive DVD introduces driving basics, including city and residential driving, highway driving, the driver's exam, safety tips, tips for hazardous conditions, and drug and alcohol awareness. Interactive features include quizzes, road sign tests, practice written exams, a virtual driver, and multi-angle 3D graphics. A printable teacher's guide is available when using a computer with a DVD-ROM drive.
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Series
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today?
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: What's the Point of Math? is perfect for those who need some inspiration when it comes to numbers. It combines stories from history with simple visual explanations to bring math to life. From spotting a bargain to talking to computers, from filling in a giant sinkhole to becoming a trillionaire, it shows children why core math ideas were invented and how to apply them today--in the classroom and the real world! Accompanying the...
13) Paper tigers
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Following six students over the course of a school year, we see Lincoln's staff try a new approach to discipline: one based on understanding and treatment rather than judgment and suspension. Using a combination of verite and revealing diary cam footage, a testament to what the latest development science is showing: that just one caring adult can help break the cycle of adversity in a young person's life.
15) Paper clips
Publisher
Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Students at Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee attempt to collect 6 million paper clips as part of a school project on the Holocaust.
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