juvenile films

Bill Nye the Science Guy answers questions about the sun, and conducts an activity in which a thermometer is constructed with colored water.

Presents an account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the African-American community.

Profiles Takashi, a ten-year-old Japanese boy, touring his home and providing a glimpse of daily Japanese life.

Join the Little Travelers as they travel to Japan and spend three months discovering the culture, food and customs, while making many new friends along the way.

Tells the story of explorers Lewis and Clark's journey into the western United States, from 1804 to 1806, and includes a summary of their objectives and accomplishments.

Presents an explanation of how different interests in the North and South led to the Civil War in the United States, showing the events in history that contributed to the divide and includes discussion of plantation slavery, the Underground Railroad, and the actions of Abraham Lincoln.

Presents a reenactment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific and back again as experienced by Sacagawea, a Native American teenager and expectant mother who was vital to the success of the venture.

Looks at how the thirteen individual colonies came together as a unified nation in the wake of the American Revolution, discussing the Articles of Confederation, and the process by which the Constitution was forged.

Examines events that led up to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, discussing the reasons why colonists became discontented with British rule, and how they responded to what they felt was tyranny.

Introduces children to important people and events in the quest for American independence, covering the social, political, and economic conditions that led colonists to seek freedom from England's authority.