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• Surviving Columbus.

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  SURVIVING COLUMBUS chronicles the Pueblo Indians' 450 years of contact with Europeans and their long, determined struggle to preserve their culture, land and religion. Using stories of Pueblo elders,…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 114 minutes
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  • Website: https://www.uen.org/emedia
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    • UIMC
    • PBS Utah
    • UEN-TV
    • EMEDIA

• Teen Kids News

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  TEEN KIDS NEWS is a dynamic news program for teens and pre-teens by teens. The half-hour weekly program provides information and news to students in a way that's educational as well as entertaining. The…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 97 program(s) / 23 minutes
  • Usage/copying rights: Expires 9/3/2025
  • Website: http://www.teenkidsnew…
  • Availability:  
    • UIMC
    • PBS Utah
    • UEN-TV
    • EMEDIA

• Terry Sanford and the New South.

  
  • 9-12

  By February of 1960, Terry Sanford had been working for the better part of a decade to win the governorship of North Carolina. But when four young black men sat down at a Woolworth counter in the city…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 56 minutes
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• Texas Ranch House

  
  • 9-12

  A run-in with a camp of Comanche Native Americans and the spotting of several stolen horses leads to one vaquero being held captive and negotiations between Mr. Cooke and the Comanche leader. The birth…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 7 program(s) / 56 minutes
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    • UEN-TV
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• The American President

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  Get to really know 41 of our nation's greatest leaders - powerful men like Truman, Kennedy, Lincoln, and Eisenhower. Each video depicts their triumphs, travesties, and legacies and expertly portrays how…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 10 program(s) / 50 minutes
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    • EMEDIA

• The Battle for Korea.

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  BATTLE FOR KOREA takes a fresh look at the Korean conflict, often labeled "the forgotten war." Using information declassified at the end of the Cold War, the documentary looks at the military aims of…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 109 minutes
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• The Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  In the 1890s, the United States Army thought it could replace the horse with the newly developed and highly popular "safety bicycle." Testing this theory, the army sent 20 African-American soldiers on…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 56 minutes
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• The Civil War

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  Hailed as a film masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burns' epic documentary brings to life America's most destructive -- and defining -- conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 9 program(s) / 76 minutes
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    • EMEDIA

• The Congress.

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  The history and meaning of one of this country's most fundamental, yet least understood, institutions is explored in this documentary. Through the perspective of the Congress, the program details the…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 89 minutes
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• The Elegant Universe

  

  Program One, "The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream," introduces string theory and shows how modern physics being composed of two theories that are ferociously incompatible reached its schizophrenic…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 55 minutes
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    • UEN-TV
    • EMEDIA