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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
Man holding a microphone lays on his side on a stage looking towards camera. Behind him, a few men play musical instruments.
57 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame shows a man holding the shoulders of a young woman looking back up at him into his eyes. Caption. I was waiting for you.
1 hours 50 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Silhouette of a large stone statue of a man wearing armor and a helmet on a rearing horse against a cloudy sky backdrop. Caption with male narrator, "St. Petersburg was the vision of one man."
Around the World
Episode 39
2 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Animation of an area near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Leafless trees, homes, and power lines beneath an overcast sky. Caption. Everything is polluted and highly radioactive.
Butterfly Effect
Season 1 / Ep 8
25 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Animation of World War 2 Soviet commanders speaking in front of a battlefield map to a crowded room of officers. Caption. To fortify the Kursk region and to wait.
Butterfly Effect
Season 3 / Ep 13
26 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Cold War Gadgets
3 minutes
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Stalingrad." Germany and its occupied territories are green with red swastikas. The U, S, S, R is yellow with 2 red stars with yellow arrows pointing towards Germany's eastern fronts.
Command Decisions
Episode 10
20 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white family photo of Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and 4 daughters. Caption. Thus ends 300 years of czarist rule.
10 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Still image from: De-Stalinization: The Secret Speech
4 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Young man stands and looks down at a food scale resting on the counter of a grocery store. Caption. In Russia, we use the metric system.
Families Of The World
Episode 3
28 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 7
Still image from: Gulags
2 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Woman holds an object and touches a paintbrush to its surface, with glue, pencils, and a craft board in front of her. Caption. And I'm going to paint the top white.
24 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Black and white photo of a woman playing the piano while looking at sheet music. A man stands by watching her play. Caption. Though he declared she delighted in tormenting him.
39 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Joseph Stalin: Leader of the Soviet Union (1878-1953)
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Black and white closeup of Tolstoy hunched over a table, writing. Caption. Tolstoy spent the last few years of his life in Yasnaya Polyana.
25 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Woman faces camera and parts her lips as if speaking in front of a muted woodland backdrop.
Monstrum
Season 2 / Ep 1
9 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Computer graphic of a map of Europe, with the country of Russia in deep red, surrounding countries in light gray, and the ocean in black. The words "Imperio Ruso" are on screen. Spanish caption. Y el Imperio ruso está comprometido.
Revolutions (Spanish)
Season 0 / Ep 5
13 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Frame looking down a Russian city street with parked cars and multi-story buildings on both sides. Caption. The biggest advances economically.
27 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Split screen. On left a patriotic poster is superimposed over an American flag above text that reads, "United States." On right is a patriotic poster against a red Soviet flag above text that reads, "Soviet Union." Caption. We are considered superpowers.
Social Studies Video Vocab
Episode 11
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Black and white closeup of an astronaut in a space suit hovering above cratered terrain. Spanish caption. La carrera espacial llevó a los Estados Unidos.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 11
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Still image from: Spetsnaz: Soviet Afghanistan War (1979-1989)
11 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Ballerina performing on stage stands on the ball of 1 foot as she raises her other leg slightly off the ground. Her arms are straight and extended down and slightly back. A male dancer stands behind her and in position, ready to lift her.
Strictly Bolshoi
Episode 1
27 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
2 men sit in front of barres and mirrors in a ballet studio. They are turned towards each other smiling, laughing, and speaking. Caption. And best friends with Chris since he choreographed with us.
Strictly Bolshoi
Episode 2
49 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: The 6-Year-Old Red Army Lieutenant of WW2 (Youngest Soldier of the War)
8 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Senior woman smiles at a woman wearing a plaid shirt and walking down the hall.
1 hours 11 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Still image from: The Russian Revolution (1917)
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: The Space Race
4 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: The Warsaw Pact: Formation of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
2 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: The Young Pioneers: 1922 to 1991--The Soviet Union
6 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: U-2 Incident: The Cold War (May 1, 1960)
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: What Was "The Thing"? (The Cold War)
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: Yuri Gargarin: First Man in Space (April 12, 1961)
3 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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