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Exploring Communities' Rules and Laws

6 minutes 1 seconds

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Closeup of a traffic light at night with the red light illuminated. Caption. They have to follow the speed limit signs.

Tells how and why communities make and enforce laws, featuring reenactments along with maps and graphics. Reveals how rules are linked to safety and designed to support fairness and explains why there must be punishments for breaking community rules. Shows how rules of a classroom are just as important as the rules of a town. Accessibility options on the DVD are: (1) expanded description, (2) English subtitles in a black box, (3) subtitled description.

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Closeup of 2 rows of prescription pill bottles. Caption. And medicine to treat illnesses.
Exploring Communities
Episode 1
8 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Closeup of a traffic light at night with the red light illuminated. Caption. They have to follow the speed limit signs.
Exploring Communities
Episode 3
6 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Wide shot of a factory with flames and plumes of smoke emanating from the chimneys. Caption. Where many people work to make cars and trucks.
Exploring Communities
Episode 4
11 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Aerial shot of a diorama that shows ruins of several multi-level buildings. Caption. Some Native Americans who lived in the Southwest deserts.
Exploring Communities
Episode 5
9 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3