White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: Before His Time: Dr. Alfred E. Waddell
Alfred Waddell was a Trinidadian who emigrated to New York in 1963. Wanting to become a doctor, he enrolled at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Facing prejudice, success in private practice there came slowly. But he won respect by giving...
White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: Wrestling With the Spirit: A Doukhobor Story
This site describes the experiences of a Doukhobor family, the Perverseffs, who settled in Saskatchewan after coming to Canada in 1899. It provides background to a television documentary about them.
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White Pine Pictures: Breaking the Ice: The Mary Ann Shadd Story
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: Black Battalion
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...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Great War (World War I Lesson Plans)
Eight lesson plans for exploring aspects of World War I, also known as the Great War, with instructions for introducing middle-school learners to the causes of the conflict; to the great symbol of the war's stalemate--the trenches; to...
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Pbs: Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations
Using excerpts from Ken Burns' fabulous jazz series documentary, jazz rhythm is explored. This is a well designed lesson plan!
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Pbs: Immigration Myths and Realities Quiz
Using information provided by the Urban Institute, the National Immigration Forum, the U.S. Committee for Refugees, and the U.S. Census Bureau, the creators of "The New Americans" challenge you to find out what you know and don't know...
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Pbs Learning Media: Building Video Literacy: Types of Shots [Pdf]
This chart containing film shots from a Wide Angle documentary will help students understand how analyzing video and the use of shots is similar to analyzing texts.
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Pbs: American Experience: American Fight for the Philippines
Read this account of the Philippine-American War, as told by a Cornell historian for a PBS documentary.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Sangha Photodocumentary
This color photo documentary by Friedrich Reg presents Buddhist monks in the spirit of Sangha, which means literally "community."
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Pbs: American Experience: Monkey Trial
A companion site to the PBS documentary on the John T. Scopes trial, recounting the battle between creationism and evolution.
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Pbs: American Experience: Public Enemy #1
Companion website for the PBS documentary on the crime spree of John Dillinger, an infamous gangster. Included are a transcript of the film, biographies of people in the film, pictures of gangsters of the era, and a teacher's guide for...
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Pbs: American Experience: Rescue at Sea
Companion website to the PBS documentary on the collision of two ships in 1909 and the reliance on the newly invented telegraph for rescue.
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Pbs: American Experience: Rockefeller on Trial
As part of an American Experience documentary on the Rockefellers, this article describes the investigations and lawsuits against John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company because of the oil monopoly he formed.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: How Are Funding Decisions Made?
Based on Avi's book, Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel, young scholars will recognize that different schools, businesses, organizations, etc. have varying methods to allocate funds within the group. After completing research...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: I Forgot My Phone
Are we living in a world forever transformed by our use of smartphones? Before you make a decision, take a look at this documentary by Charlene deGuzman and see if this is similar to your daily experiences. [2:11]
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