Off to College
A mother talks to her daughter about college. She sings a song about struggles in school.
Failure of Private Colleges
The college featured in the program was shut down after the owner ran off with the money. Many graduates of China's private colleges do not find
Transgender College Student
College student Daan Erickson dreams of being a rock star. Daan identifies as male but is living in female housing. Daan's mother has been "
American Community College Education
Community colleges offer opportunities for people to improve their lives, giving people of all ages a second chance. A Japanese student in an
King's College
Rosalind Franklin meets Maurice Wilkins in the laboratory. Crick admits to be puzzled by Wilkins' work on the DNA project. Watson is fascinated by the crystalline nature of DNA.
College Success: Reading Challenges
Techniques for successful reading include reading the summary first, reviewing graphs and charts, taking note of bold and italicized words, and reading first and last sentence of each paragraph. Finally, answer questions at end of chapters.
College Success: Writing Tips
Tips for good writing include pre-writing or developing an outline, revising draft after stepping away for a time, peer editing, being careful to check spelling beyond what spell-check, and checking for grammatical mistakes.
Sisters in Cinema
Our Film Works is an Illinois corporation founded in 1997 focused on media production and consulting. Founder and CEO, Yvonne Welbon established the organization primarily to produce work that creates a stronger media presence for African American w...
Our Summer in Tehran
In 2007, Jewish-American filmmaker and former host of the travel series Globe Trekker, Justine Shapiro, takes her 6-year-old son Mateo with her to Tehran where they spend the summer with 3 families: a religious family with ties to the government; a ...
Publisher: The Cinema Guild, Inc.
Displaced: Miracle at St. Ottilien
This documentary is based on the true experiences of U.S. Army privates Edward Herman and Robert Hilliard, who were stationed in Germany at the close of WWII. They discovered the horrendous treatment of displaced Jews in St. Ottilien, a displaced pe...
Publisher: The Cinema Guild, Inc.