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• TwHistory

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  What is TwHistory? This short video explains what TwHistory is and how you can participate in or create virtual historical reenactments. For more information visit www.twhistory.org. (Civil War Scene…  » more info

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• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  This two-part documentary follows Jack Johnson's journey from his beginnings as the son of former slaves, to his entry into the brutal world of professional boxing, where, in turn-of-the century Jim Crow…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 2 program(s) / 109 minutes
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• Uses of the Deer--LaVan Martineau Family

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  Native American craftswoman Doreena Martineau illustrates the hair removal process in hide tanning by scraping the hair and epidermis from the leg of a deer. Propping the leg of a deer against a trailer,…  » more info

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• U.S. Mexican War

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  The U.S. Mexican War (1846-1848) tells the exciting and dramatic story of a war that transformed a continent; a war in which Mexico lost almost half of its national territory -- to the United States.…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 4 program(s) / 55 minutes
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• Utah

  
  • 9-12

  Many polygamists go underground.The Mormon Church bribes newspapers to sway public opinion.Mormon Church offices are raided and Wilford Woodruff takes over after the death of John Taylor.The 1880s.…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 55 program(s) / 11 minutes
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• Utah: A Portrait.

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  Utah: A Portrait weaves together soaring visual imagery of the state with powerful words and a dynamic original score by Utah composer Tully Cathey. In a stunning aerial collage evoking the sweep and…  » more info

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• Utah Conversations With Ted Capener

  
  • 9-12

  Chieko Okazaki, a former counselor in the LDS Church's General Relief Society presidency--author of seven books, a well-known lecturer on women's rights. She has interesting stories to tell of her childhood…  » more info

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• Utah NOW

  
  • 9-12

  In his new documentary, "SICKO," the controversial filmmaker, Michael Moore, poses an intriguing question: Why doesn't every American have access to health care? We'll look at the barriers and talk about…  » more info

  • Episodes/length: 63 program(s) / 26 minutes
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• Utah's African American Voices.

  
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  Utah's African-American voices, although few in number, have profoundly influenced the course of Utah history since the early 1800s. The program captures the African-American experience in Utah through…  » more info

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• Utah's Blackhawk War: Cultures In Conflict

  
  • 3-5
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

  As the American Civil War came to a close, the Territory of Utah erupted with violence as Ute Indians and Mormon settlers clashed over the same land. Men, women and children on both sides of the conflict…  » more info

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