Child Abuse: We All Can Work Against It
This video speaks directly to adults and children with two helpful segments on confronting child abuse. The first emphasizes that adults in supervisory roles have clear responsibilities, not only to overcome fears of rep..
China: Heritage of the Wild Dragon
The fine loess soil of the Yellow River basin quickly established that region as the home of China’s earliest recorded dynasty. This program focuses primarily on Bronze Age China and the contributions of the Yin (or Sh..
Chore Wars
Should you tell your partner "I love you" by sending flowers? Or by doing the dishes! As dual incomes become necessary to meet today's family's expenses, increasingly more women continue to enter the work force. With bo..
Christianity and Judaism
Because we are removed from spirituality today, Smith believes we find it difficult to understand the true meaning of Christianity. Smith explains that Christianity wouldn’t have existed if its “spirit had not been r..
Civilization to Colonization: Language Takes Written Form
Writing is a relative latecomer to the history of language. This program tracks its emergence in Mesopotamia, China, and Mesoamerica and its spread down through the millennia via conquest—usually violent, sometimes ben..
Classical mythology: its origins and impact
In this illuminating program, renowned classicists including Sir Hugh Lloyd Jones, of Oxford University; Mary Lefkowitz, of Wellesley College; and Gregory Nagy, of Harvard University, explore the origins of classical myt..
Cocaine and Crack
The pleasure of a cocaine high doesn’t last long, but the damage cocaine causes can last a lifetime. This video explores the history of cocaine; the effects of cocaine and crack on the body and the short- and long-term..
Cognitive development
The aim of this program is to examine Piaget's theory and to critically evaluate it in light of modern research. The study of child development in the 20th century revolved around Jean Piaget's theories, and the program ..
Color adjustment
Analyzes the evolution of television's earlier, unflattering portrayal of blacks from 1948 until 1988 where they are depicted as prosperous, having achieved the American dream, a portrayal that is inconsistent with reali..
Combating Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
This video spotlights Pennsylvania, where a regional transportation authority is using hybrid buses to reduce emission levels (Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Cluster), a legal firm is practicing environmenta..