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Asia

Within Geography
Group of young boys and girls standing together and looking at camera. Some of the boys are not wearing any clothes.
55 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Asian people in lab coats, helmets, and suits stand in front of backdrop illustrated with lab equipment, technological devices, and financial symbols.
All About the Holidays
Episode 57
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person wearing khaki hat and shirt holding a tool. Low building and vehicle in background. Caption: this is where Thao works -- clearing land mines.
The Soul Of Southeast Asia
Episode 5
49 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
A C, G, I rendering of a large red wooden barge with no sails, 3 stories, and lots of oars.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 4 / Ep 5
45 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Ancient, decrepit white stone building covered in moss with the roots of a large tree coming down over 1 of the walls. Caption. "Angkor Wat is a legacy of the mighty King Suryavarman the Second."
Around the World
Episode 3
2 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Palms tree, grass, and other greenery surrounds a large, multi-story building with a gray pitched roof and many windows. The sky is blue with lots of clouds. Caption. "Sabah was known as British North Borneo."
Around the World
Episode 12
4 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Around the World
Episode 9
2 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Small statue in a pond in a park with a many modern skyscrapers in the background. Caption. "K, L considers itself a very forward-thinking."
Around the World
Episode 26
4 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Elaborate casket draped in gold and jewels is on display against a red curtain backdrop. Caption. "The casket holding the tooth is a bell-shaped stupa."
Around the World
Episode 43
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
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Around the World
Episode 13
2 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of 2 orange and black striped tigers lying on the snow. Caption. Asia has the largest variety of animals in the world.
Continents Of The World
Episode 4
19 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Many small fires in the darkness appear before a large lit screen with Korean writing projected on it. The silhouettes of many heads are slightly visible. Caption. "I'm here to celebrate the Jeju Fire Festival."
Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi
Season 1 / Ep 3
26 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
4 women in traditional Malaysian clothing gather around a crowned woman wearing a red tunic. Caption. Depicting stories of either myth or of a time long-past.
Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi
Season 1 / Ep 9
26 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman with crossed hands at her chest speaks to 2 women dressed in red and gold costumes who gesture back. Caption. Thank you so much for letting me dance with you.
Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi
Season 1 / Ep 10
26 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing hat and casual jacket crouches down. Caption. That has reflected them in manner and style.
24 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
2 yoked yaks plowing a field. Caption. The mild tempered ox-like creatures.
24 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
A construction sight beside a water body. Caption: In an attempt to save the threatened Aral Sea.
Butterfly Effect
Season 2 / Ep 13
25 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Animation of a silhouetted man on horseback with bow and spear watching a distant village burn, billows of smoke floating up into the night sky. Caption. The Mongols are feared everywhere.
Butterfly Effect
Season 1 / Ep 7
25 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A white church with bell tower in foreground. A gray building with blue minarets appears behind church. Caption. Can be seen in Kyrgyzstan as well.
22 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 10
3 Russian children, 2 boys and a girl, sit at their desks in a classroom, crossing arms and smiling up at the camera.
33 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Inchon." North Korea and South Korea are labeled and shaded in red and the tip of South Korea is beige. A blue dot on the map is labeled, "Seoul."
Command Decisions
Episode 1
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Tet Offensive." Closeup of southeast Asia with China, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam shaded in red. A yellow star appears on North Vietnam. To the west, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Burma are shaded in beige.
Command Decisions
Episode 16
21 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
People stand on and around a large pile of cut grass with an unmotorized vehicle next to it. Caption: In China, young Mekong is called Lancang.
The Soul Of Southeast Asia
Episode 1
49 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Thousands of North Korean soldiers standing in formation in perfectly straight lines. Caption. Narrator. In the late 1990s, a series of unprecedented floods.
51 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Interior, pale green unlit hallway in an Asian temple. Caption. Some of the temples are still visited.
28 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Sculpture of a dragon made from stone inlaid on a flat surface. Caption: It can create life, but it can also destroy it,
The Soul Of Southeast Asia
Episode 4
49 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Young girl talks to a man on the sidewalk of a busy urban street. Behind them, teenagers in the bed of a truck and buildings with Thai writing. Caption. In Chiang Mai, Sita is playing Songkran with the grown-ups.
Early Life
Episode 1
24 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Senior man wearing glasses faces camera, surrounded by models of human skulls and full skeleton in background. Title card below reads, "Milford Wolpoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor". Caption. A new species, a new line.
10 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Small boats with people on the water at sunset. Caption: This way of life has been around for a long time.
The Soul Of Southeast Asia
Episode 2
49 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Close up of a group of 5 Indonesian girls with white head scarves.
21 minutes
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Aerial shot of an urban city street in Indonesia with bumper to bumper traffic and dilapidated buildings. Caption. In stark contrast to Indonesia's wilderness areas.
17 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Painting of an Iranian restaurant with opulent decor, musicians on stage in the background. Caption. Restaurants like the Ali Qapu are still the exception.
49 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Cartoon of a woman in dark clothing looking away. A man wearing a red tunic with white flowers looks toward her. There's a thick white line in the background between them.
Monstrum
Season 2 / Ep 7
9 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person walking carries large baskets tied together with rope. 3 baskets are stacked and strapped onto the top of a pack on the person's back.
Children Of The World
Episode 3
14 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Landscape of New Zealand shows boats on the water with a densely forested island in the distance. Caption. There are 144 islands in the area.
29 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Camera of a woman sitting in the rear seat of a car looks at camera with a surprised expression. Caption. I feel I have to go back.
33 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Polynesian woman with native head cover and dress dances. Caption. Whether we're called "Polynesian."
30 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 10
Black and white frame of Muslim mosque minarets in Pakistan. Caption. It's one of the largest mosques in the Muslim world.
51 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Boy sits on the floor drinking from a plastic cup. 2 people sit on a hand-built, rustic platform bed behind him. 1 girl smiles and the other has a cloth covering her. Caption. Sound of baby crying.
Children Of The World
Episode 2
15 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Several women walk outside holding babies to their chests. Caption. Would have a better life in America.
56 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Korean boy sits on the ground, hands on his knees. Caption. How did I get them? They're cigarette burns.
51 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Closeup profile of a woman looking out a window at a field lined with trees. Caption. But still the basic human rights are under siege in this country.
Life On The Edge
Season 0 / Ep 23
26 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Man with dark curly hair in a blue shirt holds a bowl as a small orangutan on a wooden fence leans over and eats from it. Caption. "Are rehabilitated and returned to their natural habitat."
Asia Today
Episode 4
50 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Title card on rusty light brown background reads, "Afro-Eurasia is a term used to describe the land masses of Africa and Eurasia together with the adjacent islands as 1 continent."
Social Studies Video Vocab
Episode 7
2 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Map of the world. Africa is highlighted in orange, Asia is highlighted in purple and Europe is highlighted in green. Spanish caption. El concepto do Afro-Eurasia.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 7
2 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Man sitting on boxes in a camel drawn cart in a South Asian town. Caption. Drawing carts through traffic.
23 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Worker carries a stack of rice plants over their shoulder. Caption. For decades Thailand has been the number one exporter of rice.
25 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Still frame of a verdant courtyard with a person partially obscured behind a beige column. Caption. It looks like an uncomplicated instrument.
I Love Music!
Episode 28
7 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 7
Digital illustration of diverse people exchanging goods for money in a crowded square. Caption. That it formed a new base of power for the Roman Empire.
The Time Compass
Episode 3
19 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Color illustration of a faded battle scene with an arc of gold objects passing through it. Spanish caption. Estas tremendas guerras que comenzaron en el año 1096.
The Time Compass
Episode 4
15 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
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
Digital map of Uzbekistan amongst surrounding countries, with 3 red dots marking the cities of Bukhara, Samarkand, and Tashkent. Caption. There are other oasis towns in Uzbekistan.
World Heritage
Episode 8
24 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Cartoon map of the state of Florida and surrounding islands. Caption. With a total area of 5900 square kilometers.
World Heritage
Episode 14
24 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Simplified digital map of the city of Istanbul, Turkey on a strip of land separating the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. A larger map of Turkey and surrounding countries is darker in the background.
World Heritage
Episode 12
24 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Young Thai woman reaches out over a pile of vegetables in a market setting. She smiles and holds a plastic produce bag in her hands. Caption. Eggplant, cucumbers, squash, coriander.
There Is No Food Like My Food
Season 0 / Ep 9
13 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Low shot looking up at a person walking a tightrope line while holding a balancing pole at their chest. In the background, a multi-story building towers above. Caption. I am part of those reasons too, I guess.
This Is My World
Episode 2
56 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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
Landscape shows a rocky coastline with large boulders. Caption. Vietnam is divided into three distinct geographical regions.
21 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Aerial view of a muddy river running through a village. A barge floats on the river and smaller boats are docked. Lush green fields grow in the background.
Children Of The World
Episode 7
13 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of India and Asia to the north. A line of mountains separates the two. Caption: giving birth to the towering Himalayas.
Voyage of the Continents
Season 1 / Ep 4
51 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 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 walking in front of an oxen pulling a cart through a forest. Caption: Unwittingly, we may be consuming Borneo to death.
Wild Chronicles
Season 1 / Ep 106
5 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Silhouette of a person wearing snow gear with a backpack. They are on their hands and knees on a snowy slope angled up to the right. Caption. They will not get their ultimate view of Shangri-La.
Wild Chronicles
Season 1 / Ep 122
6 minutes
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Person in a small wooden boat with a large fish across the width of the boat. Caption: It is a beast, and has been known to weigh over 600 pounds.
Wild Chronicles
Season 1 / Ep 125
5 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Aerial view of low clouds clinging to a mountain range on the left in the glow of a red setting sun. White text in the middle of the screen reads, "Islands of the Monsoon."
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
Episode 2
52 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Silhouette of a mountain range as the sun sets behind wispy clouds. Back text in center of screen reads, "Kingdom of giants."
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
Episode 1
52 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Multiple ranges of steep green hills with low-lying clouds on a blue-sky day. White text in the center of the screen reads, "Secret worlds."
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
Episode 4
52 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Valley of green trees between light brown hills with sparse green bushes partially shaded by fully white clouds. White text in the bottom center of the screen reads, "Dragons' Domain."
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
Episode 5
52 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Silhouette of the cone of a volcano in the distance with billowing clouds around in the red light of a sunset. White text in the center of the screen reads, "Volcano Nation."
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
Episode 3
52 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Indian woman wearing a bright pink sari surrounded by a group of children in a town setting. Caption. Within 40 years, that number could double.
27 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
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