Title
Call No.
Time
Subject
Abstract
Abusive Relationships:
Get Help, Get Out
DVD
302.3
ABU
27 min.
Col.
Health
Social
Studies
English
"Many teens think an abusive relationship is
usually a guy hitting a girl and just beating her,c
observes one of the teens in this program about
abuse in adolescent relationships. What this young
woman already knows, and viewers will soon
discover, is that abuse comes in many different
forms, and it can be hard to recognize at first.
Teenagers of diverse backgrounds, speak frankly
about their experiences with dating violence. What
makes this program particularly unique are the
stories from a male victim as well as siblings and
friends. The program is organized into sections that
first raise awareness about how to identify abuse
and then answers important questions: What
happens next? Why not leave? When did you
realize? How do you get out? Who can help?
Where do you go from here? What would you tell
others? This program also raises awareness about
the various resources available for teachers,
counselors, friends, parents and how to encourage
bystanders to speak out.
Advertising and the
end of the world
DVD
659.1
ADV
40 min.
Col.
Health
Discusses consumerism and its impact on the
Earth's future. Extensively illustrated with
graphics and examples from commercial
imagery
Amistad
DVD
FIC
AMI
155 min.
Col.
Social
Studies
Ammo for the InfoWarrior
DVD
305
AMM
55 min.
Col.
English
Social
Studies
Science
English
Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board a slave ship
bound for America. Much of the story involves the
court-room drama about the slave who led the
revolt.
A collection of nine news videos created by
Guerilla News Network (GNN), an independent
news organization devoted to exposing young
people to global news and information. The videos
cover a range of stories, from the diamond trade in
Sierra Leone to the public relations industry
practices to spoken word poetry about the business
of hip-hop.
An evening with
O’Henry
DVD
813.52
OHE
30 min.
color
English /
Biographical
pieces of
O’Henry
Includes information on: The Gift of the
Magi, A life in Stories and The Last Leaf
Atomic Structure &
the Periodic Table
DVD
546.8
ATO
#1
23 min.
color
Science
Examines the relationship between atomic
structure and the properties of matter. Each
title includes a closer look at some of the
many patterns found in periods and groups
of elements that combine to create world
around us. Story of a man torn between his
joyless marriage to one woman and his lustful
desire for another.
Beyond Good and
Evil: Children, Media
and Violent Times
Video Cassette
302.23
BEY
37 min.
Col.
English
Bohr’s Model of the
Atom
DVD
539.7
BOH
26 min.
Col
Science
Bohr’s Model of the
Atom (continued)
DVD
539.7
BOH
DVD
FIC
POE
. 26 min.
Col.
20 min.
Col.
English
Faithful rendition of Edgar Allan Poe's chilling
story of a murderous trap irresistibly baited with
fine wine and flattery
Cells – The Inside and
Out: Keeping it
Together: Cell
Membranes
DVD
574.8
KEE
33 min.
Col.
Science
Constructing Public
Opinion: how
politicians and the
media misrepresent the
public
DVD
302.23
CON
31 min.
Col.
Social
Studies
Examines the structure and function of cell
membrances, including compartmentalization,
intercellular interaction, regulation of the
movement of materials, and as a location for
biochemical activities.
The media regularly use public opinion polls in
their reporting of important news stories. But how
exactly do they report them and to what end? In
this interview, Professor Justin Lewis demonstrates
the way in which polling data are themselves used
by media to not just reflect what Americans think
but instead to construct public opinion itself.
Addressing issues such as the role the media play
in "manufacturing consent" for political elites, what
polls really tell us about public opinion, and what
Americans actually think about politics, the
program provides a new way to think about the
relationship between politics, media and the public.
Cask of Amotillado
Social
Studies
Science
Media
English
Consuming Kids:
the
commercialization
of Childhood
DVD
659.15
CON
DVD
659.15
CON
72 min.
Col.
Health
Science
72 min.
Col.
"This video examines how the "good and evil"
rhetoric, in both the entertainment and the news
media, has helped children to dehumanize the
enemies, justify their killing and treat the suffering
of innocent civilians as necessary sacrifice"-This program focuses on Niels Bohr, who
worked with some of the best physicists of
the 20th century to devise his atomic model.
Students will gain an understanding of the
historical developments in atomic theories up
to Bohr, a brief outline of Bohr's life. Bohr's
first and second postulates, and his influence
on contemporary society.
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed
light on the practices of a relentless multibillion dollar marketing machine that now
sells kids and their parents everything from
junk food and violent video games to bogus
educational products and the family car.
Drawing on the insights of health care
professionals, children's advocates, and
industry insiders, the film focuses on the
explosive growth of child marketing in the
wake of deregulation, showing how youth
marketers have used the latest advances in
psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience
to transform American children into one of
the most powerful and profitable consumer
demographics in the world. Consuming Kids
pushes back against the wholesale
commercialization of childhood, raising
urgent questions about the ethics of
children's marketing and its impact on the
health and well-being of kids."
The Devil’s Arithmetic
DVD
FIC
YOL
97 min.
Col.
Energy :
Understanding
Science with Dr.
Science
DVD
530
ENE
43 min.
Col.
Ethan Frome
DVD
FIC
ETH
99 min.
Col.
English
Story of a man torn between his joyless marriage to
one woman and his lustful desire for another.
Fast Food Survival
DVD
641.1
FAS
22 min.
Health
Shows that fast food offers some value to
modern society. This guide examines the role
and teachers the informed consumer how to
live with it.
The gift of the Magi
DVD
813.52
OHE
20 min.
color
English
Based on the short story by O. Henry. A
husband and wife sacrifice treasured
possessions in order to buy each other
Christmas presents.
Glory
DVD
973.7
GLO
2
videodisc
s 124
min. CC,
color
Social
Studies /
English
Based on the true story of the first black
regiment to fight for the North in the Civil
War. Robert Gould Shaw and Cabot Forbes
are two idealistic young Bostonians that lead
the regiment; Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins is the
inspiration who unites the troops ; Pvt. Trip
is a runaway slave who joins the regiment.
Hartford : as strong
as its people
DVD
974.62
HAR
Color
25 min.
Social
Studies
Spotlights the Rising Star Theme of the City
of Hartford, especially those who live, work
and make HARTFORD
Their city.
Social
Studies/
English
General
Entertainme
nt/Learning
Movie
This is another telling of the holocaust, but this
time from the perspective of a modern teenage girl
who only grudgingly accepts the Jewish traditions,
but when she is asked to "open the front door" as
part of the Seder feast finds herself, not unlike
Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, to have entered the
1940's and has stepped into the life of a prisoner in
one of the German death camps where she
experiences all of its horrors firsthand.
One of a series of instructional videos
introducing basic scientific concepts.
Demonstrates simple science experiments
with energy.
What is energy, how matter can be changed
to energy, how does energy travel? What is
potential energy, kinetic energy, mechanical
energy and heat energy.
Christmas
Entertainm
ent
The Haunted Mansion
Video Cassette
FIC
HAU
88 min.
Col.
General
Entertainm
ent
Jim Evers is a real estate agent whose latest project
is to find a buyer for a huge but dilapidated old
house in New Orleans. However, when Evers and
his family visits the property before their family
vacation, he discovers it's already inhabited by 999
ghosts, none of whom are interested in sharing the
space. As the spirits make their displeasure known,
Evers and his family, with the help of an eccentric
medium named Madame Leota, try to get the
ghosts to leave
The history of the
Periodic Table
DVD
546.8
HIS
#2
23 min.
color
Science
Investigation of links between chemistry and
real life using most successful arrangement
of scientific data –the periodic table! This
DVD focuses on the periodic table,
arrangement of elements from ideas of
ancient Greece through modern quantum
theory.
I Have a Dream
DVD
B
KIN
23 min.
Color
Social
Studies
Documentary featuring Martin Luther King's
speech at the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963;
his speech at Brown Chapel, Selma ALA on March
8, 1963; his final speech on April 3, 1968 and the
Robert F. Kennedy eulogy on April 4, 1968.
English
Your Immune
System
DVD
616.07
YOU
28 min.
Col.
Health
The importance of
being earnest
DVD
822.8
IMP
94 mins
color
English /
Psychology
Inside Cells – Cells
and Their Organelles
DVD
574.8
INS
29 min.
Col.
Science /
Learning the Spanish
Alphabet
DVD
468
LEA
30 min.
Col.
Spanish
Science
Health
Looks at the complexities of the human
immune system, explaining how the system
normally keeps the body healthy and what
happens when it malfunctions or shuts down.
Algernon is a gentlemen from a wealthy
family. Algernon's close friend Jack, has a
ward, Cecily. Both Algernon and Jack have
created alter egos to make life more
interesting. Algernon arrives for a weekend
visit in the country posing as Earnest. Having
heard of Earnest's misadventures, Cicely has
developed an infatuation with the rogue, and
Algernon's impersonation of him works
famously on Cicely. Meanwhile, Algernon's
cousin, Gwendolyn, arrives for the weekend,
Using electron microscopic images and
entertaining graphics. This program
Gram walks viewers through the basic
components of a cell.
Learn the letters of the Spanish alphabet and hear
how they sound when they're used in words.
The Myth of the
Liberal Media
DVD
302.23
MYT
60 min.
Col.
Social
Studies/His
tory
English
Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky have
developed a comprehensive framework for
understanding how the news is produced and in
whose interests it works. They demolish one of the
central tenets of our political culture: the idea of the
"liberal media." Instead, they argue that the news
media are so subordinated to corporate and
conservative interests that their function can only
be described as that of "elite propaganda."
Natural High2 : a
substance abuse
educational film
DVD
613.8
NAT
20 min.
Col
Health
Kids connect with this video. The clear and
compelling message about joys and awards
in life when it’s free of drugs and alcohol
make students positive and confident to say
NO to drugs!
NOVA presents…
The elegant Universe
DVD
530.14
ELE
@3 Hours
On 2
DVD’s
Col.
Science
DVD
FIC
OF
90 min.
Col.
English
DVD
659.1
POS
24 min.
Col.
Properties of Elements
DVD
546.8
PRO
#4
23 min.
col
Science
Why are some elements highly reactive and
others stable? Why do elements in same
family have similar properties? Explores
connection between atomic structure of an
element and its properties.
Properties of
Compounds
DVD
546.8
PRO
#3
23 min.
Col
Science
The chemical bonds are the key to
understand how elements combine.
Differences between ionic and covalent bonds
clearly presented using graphics and footage.
Public Speaking
[Dynamic Delivery]:
No Brainers Guides
to Life – Classroom
Edition
DVD
808.51
PUB
26 min.
Col.
English
The Standard Deviants show how to grab an
audience's attention and bring them to their
feet.
Reach for the Stars:
DVD
BIO
MCA
75 min
Color
Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
Positioning
Science
(Physics)
Social
Studies
English
Social
Studies
Science /
Space
Exploration
Ambitious scientific movie beginning with
simple and clear explanation of major
concepts of physics-including gravity,
electromagnetism and relativity.
Two laborers work from ranch to ranch in the
Salinas Valley of the 1930s, frustrated in their hope
of having a place of their own.
Uses ideas from advertising, psychology and
mass communication to explore methods
marketers use to shape consumer
perception.
Documentary on the First Teacher in Space.
Courageous woman and passionate teacher and her
lifelong commitment to education. Explores her
loss of life when space Shuttle Challenger exploded
in January, 1986.
Recovering bodies:
Overcoming eating
Disorders
DVD
616.8
REC
@34 min.
Color
The Rosa Parks Story
DVD
B
PAR
94 min.
Col.
Health
English
Social
Studies
Stories and testimonies of students shows
the wide range of pressure on looking good
and how disorders of eating begin. Focus is
not simply on people’s problems with food
but on the renewed hope for a health life
that the process of recovery provides.
Dramatic biography of Rosa McCauley Parks, who
in 1955 created the spark that began the modern
Civil Rights Movement
English
Slim Hopes:
Advertising and the
Obsession with
Thinness
Snow Falling on
Cedars
DVD
155.2
SLI
DVD
FIC
SNO
30 min.
Col.
Health
Social
Studies
128 min.
Col.
Social
Studies
English
. "Slim Hopes offers an in-depth analysis of how
female bodies are depicted in advertising images
and the devastating effects of those images on
women's health. Addressing the relationship
between these images and the obsession of girls
and women with dieting and thinness, the program
offers a new way to think about life-threatening
eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, and
a well-documented critical perspective on the
social impact of advertising."
A murder trial has upset the quiet
community of San Piedro, and now this
tranquil village has become the center of
controversy. For a local reporter the trial
strikes home when he finds his ex-lover
is linked to the case.
Super Size Me
DVD
616.3
SUP
100 min
Health
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock
embarks on a journey to find out if
fast food is making Americans fat.
For 30 days he can't eat or drink
anything that isn't on McDonald's
menu; he must eat three square
meals a day, he must eat
everything on the menu at least
once and supersize his meal if
asked. He treks across the country
interviewing a host of experts on
fast food and a number of regular
folk while downing McDonald's to
try and find out why 37% of
American are now overweight.
Spurlock's grueling diet spirals him
into a metamorphosis that will
make you think twice about picking
up another Big Mac.
Their Eyes Were
Watching God
DVD
FIC
THE
113 min.
Col.
Social
Studies
A drama set in the 1920s, where freespirited Janie Crawford's search for
happiness leads her through several
different marriages, challenging the
mores of her small town.
English
Tsunami : the wave
that shook the
world/
DVD
551.46
WAV
Health
56 min.
Col.
Science
On 12/26/04 a series of tidal waves
killed thousands and devastated
communities around the Indian
Tsunami : the wave
that shook the
world (cont.)
The U.S. Congress
and You
The Universe in a
Nutshell
Using the Periodic
Table
What’s Science Got
To Do With It?
Ocean. With around 100 tsunamis
striking the world's coastlines each
decade, Nova investigates what
made the recent event so powerful
and catastrophic.
DVD
328.73
CON
26 min.
Col.
Social
Studies
Appearance by Representative John
Larson (CT-1). Discussion questions
included.
Audio Cassette
530.12
HAW
DVD
546.8
USI
4 hrs.
Science
Stephen Hawking talks.
23 min.
Color
Science
Chemistry
DVD
543
WHA
4 videos on
one CD –
each @ 30
min
Science
Careers in
Science
Investigation
Explores how scientists collect facts
about the universe. Is there a
relationship between exploding stars and
life on earth? Observing chemical
reactions and similarities among
chemical elements. Students see how
elements are arranged, underlying
patterns. Dynamic tour of groups that
make up table, combined with lab
footage. Chemistry in action!
Overview of how science is used in
Crime Scene investigations, Automotive
Research & Design, As a Park Ranger
and As an Architect and Engineer