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Closeup of bronze medal with words National Geographic Society, 1888, appearing around a world globe. Caption. 1945-1989, The Cold War.
25 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Senior woman wearing a striped blazer sits in a chair opposite camera with eyes downcast.
57 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Teenage boy with his arm over a girl's shoulder as they walk down a school hallway. Text over the image reads, Carnel ranks in the nation's top 5% of public high schools in academics. Caption. People talking and laughing.
53 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Digital Illustration shows Chinese architecture, a bridge, and two trees against an orange background. Text reads, “All About China For Kids.”
8 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Silhouettes with gong and torch in foreground. Blue dragon, Nian, floats above mountains and buildings in background. Caption. Was frightened by loud noises, fire, and the color red.
All About the Holidays
Episode 56
1 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: All About the Holidays: Chinese New Year (Spanish)
All About the Holidays
Episode
1 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: All the Answers: The World Wide Web, the Great Wall, Horsepower
All the Answers
Episode 23
19 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
A C, G, I rendering of an ancient machine within a framed structure that includes a wheel operated by several vertical and horizontal cogs.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 3 / Ep 8
45 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Overhead view of the thousands of red clay sculptures of soldiers in China known as The Terracotta Army. Caption. "This formidable army of Terracotta Warriors."
Around the World
Episode 41
2 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of a segment of the Great Wall of China with brown foliage on either side. Caption. "Work began on the Great Wall of China around 220 B, C."
Around the World
Episode 5
2 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
People stand in lines with luggage at airport gates.
22 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 1 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 9
12 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 10
10 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 11
11 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 12
13 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Rope and pulley bridge in China above a slow moving river.
58 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Physical map of China with a blue line from southeastern China connecting to a red marker on the central coast. Caption. Shanghai is its gateway port to the sea.
19 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 10
Man in collared shirt, tie and vest sweeps ground outside a doorway. Caption. In the past, most villages were poor.
19 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman, man and two children crouch down and huddle together on the ground. Caption. Stay down, stay down.
44 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Digital illustration shows a person holding out a red book with Chinese characters on the cover. Text reads, “China’s Little Red Book: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. 1964.”
3 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Closeup of rice blades, some flowering. Caption. Rice is easily the most important crop.
13 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of a green map with 4 of China's regions outlined in white. Caption. You will find a lake over half the size of Seoul.
Children Of The World
Episode 4
12 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Exterior of 2-story buildings in a rural area. Caption. Da Meize. Southwestern China.
19 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Green fields partially flooded with water from a winding brown river. Caption: The Yangtze River rose many meters.
14 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Young boy wearing a shirt and shorts in camo print holds his arms out as a man in the foreground claps. Caption. Come here daily to consult deities and ancestors.
57 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
5 ceramic copies of a Ming Dynasty Chinese soldier standing in a walled area holding spears, dressed in long robes with wide sleeves, protective leather shoulder pads, belted chest armor, bronze helmets with a spike.
Civilization: Is the West History?
Episode 1
47 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course World History I: 2000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 7
12 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 37
11 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course World History I: The Silk Road and Ancient Trade
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 9
10 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China
Crash Course World History II
Season 2 / Ep 30
15 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
People watch a parade of green, red, and white Chinese dragon statues on a city street. Caption. The fabulous place where this celebration takes place.
Cultures & Festivals of the World
Episode 1
29 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Go Jetters: Chinese New Year, Dragon Dance Drama
Go Jetters
Season 3 / Ep 25
11 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: Go Jetters: Harbin Ice City, China
Go Jetters
Season 2 / Ep 11
11 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: Go Jetters: Terracotta Army, China
Go Jetters
Season 2 / Ep 18
11 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: Go Jetters: The Leshan Giant Buddha, China
Go Jetters
Season 2 / Ep 36
11 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: Go Jetters: Wolong Panda Reserve, China
Go Jetters
Season 2 / Ep 28
11 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Taiwan's Lunar New Year customs and traditions displayed as a large white animal sculpture with a religious figure on top. Caption. In Taiwan, having received blessings from the gods.
47 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Many tall, modern-looking skyscraper buildings in Hong Kong against a sky with fading light. Caption. "Taxes are extremely low--no higher than 15 percent."
Asia Today
Episode 2
50 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Side profile shot of Chairman Mao clapping his hands at a gathering. Caption. Chairman Mao sent a lot of the high class, advanced engineers.
21 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Monstrum: Jiangshi
Monstrum
Season 6 / Ep 9
12 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of the face and shoulders of one of the Terracotta Warriors. Parts of other Terra Cotta Warriors and one of the horses are visible in the background.
Museum Access
Season 1 / Ep 8
25 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Museum Access: The Best of World History
Museum Access
Season 5 / Ep 7
28 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: Zhang Heng and the Incredible Earthquake Detector
11 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Still image from: Reggie in China (Episode 1)
Reggie in China
Episode 1
49 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Reggie in China (Episode 2)
Reggie in China
Episode 2
47 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Reggie in China (Episode 3)
Reggie in China
Episode 3
49 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Cartoon of a crowd of people yelling and raising their fists against a background with strips of yellow and shades of orange. Spanish caption. Frente el abuso imperialista y a la ineficiencia de los manchú.
Revolutions (Spanish)
Season 0 / Ep 7
14 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Smoggy city street crowded with vehicles. Caption: China is the 2nd largest energy consumer in the world,
Science Nation
Episode 182
5 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2201)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2201
20 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo of a man on a boat holding a baby panda bear. Caption: Her export papers read, "One dog. Fee: $20."
The Brain Scoop
Episode 46
9 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Group of Chinese people viewing the terracotta army under a wooden pavilion. Caption. It would have to be a grave unlike any other.
39 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Billboard with smiling men and women at work stands above a field where thin men and women wearing tattered clothes take a rest. Text reads, "The Great Leap Forward, 1958 to 1962."
8 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
More than a dozen women, wearing flowing yellow pants and sparkling tops, perform in three coordinated columns on a golden stage in front of a flame-edged arched backdrop. The women on the left perch bend to the left with their arms over their heads, while the women on the right do the same in the other direction, and the women in the middle sit up with their arms up at different angles.
The Heritage of Chinese Culture and Dance
Episode 1
12 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Dark stage with dancers dressed in lilac and blue garments in a circular formation, their long blue and lilac sleeves billowing high up in the air.
The Heritage of Chinese Culture and Dance
Episode 2
9 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Line of women wearing white collared shirts underneath black dresses that are ornately adorned with bright neon threads, streamers, pompoms, and beads, and wearing hats decorated with silver and neon baubles and feathers.
The Heritage of Chinese Culture and Dance
Episode 4
6 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Four women stand in a circle looking down to the ground at us. The women wear sloping gold helmet-crowns and festive dresses layered with shiny pink, gold, and green triangle shapes, green bodices, and gold collars.
The Heritage of Chinese Culture and Dance
Episode 3
13 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Dancer wearing a crisp green outfit waves a wide pink fan in front of her body while another dancer out-of-frame does something similar.
The Heritage of Chinese Culture and Dance
Episode 7
8 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Digital illustration of ancient artifacts from the Shang dynasty including a stone dragon and oracle bone script with early Chinese calligraphy. Caption. Because the rulers were all from the same family.
The Time Compass
Episode 1
19 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Simple map with brown edges is labeled, "Dinastía Qin." Spanish caption. Qin Shi Huang se proclamó emperador.
The Time Compass
Episode 2
17 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Chinese woman wearing a white blazer and oval glasses sits in a modern lobby. She's looking just off camera like she is in an interview. Caption. Sun Yan Yan as narrator. We provide a kind of platform-like facility.
The Ultimate Resource
Episode 4
12 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Low-angle view of the upper half of a Greek sculpture of a bearded man with his left hand outstretched in front and his right hand with palm up behind him. Caption. But the water that flowed contained salt.
World Heritage
Episode 4
26 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup view of an enormous brown tree trunk with smaller vines growing up it, with a canopy of trees visible in the background.
World Heritage
Episode 21
25 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Woman in a tan ranger's hat leaning out of a window and handing something to a person in a blue vehicle with 1 brown and 1 tan wide-brimmed hat in the dash. Caption. Made the Grand Canyon a national monument.
World Heritage
Episode 5
25 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Child sits on his knees watching a monkey who is crouching over nearby. Also in view are 2 people's legs and a collection of sundry items. Caption. I'm worried people will be afraid of him.
This Is My World
Episode 1
57 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: This Stolen Country of Mine (Spanish)
1 hours 32 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A large dam spanning across a lake. Caption: It's the world's largest hydroelectric dam.
22 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Side view of a man and woman with dark hair inside a dimly lit ornate building looking up. Several marble pillars on shiny floors are visible behind them. Caption. In June 1923, the neoclassical H, S, B, C building was completed.
Wall Street
Episode 10
28 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Large fish with a white underbelly and gray upper body. Caption: known as the underwater panda of China.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 303
5 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Person playing with pandas. Caption: China is committed to saving its best-known species.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 339
5 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Wide shot of a car passing through an intersection with traffic lights. Caption. We met with Hu Jia.
26 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12