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Still image from: Awesome Adventures: Panama
Awesome Adventures
Season 0 / Ep 78
20 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital map titled "Battle of San Juan Hill." U, S, flag is on Florida's southern peninsula. Across the Straits of Florida, is the country, Cuba, with Santiago marked by a green dot.
Command Decisions
Episode 14
20 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Close up of a monkey suspended in air. Caption: in their lifestyles and what they eat,
23 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Haitian Revolutions
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 30
12 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Latin American Revolutions
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 31
13 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course World History II: War and Nation Building in Latin America
Crash Course World History II
Season 2 / Ep 25
12 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Exterior shot of an ancient stone building along a canal in Havana. Caption. Havana was plundered by pirates.
29 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: The Mayans--Ruins Among the Trees (Episode 3)
Fall of Civilizations
Episode 3
1 hours 8 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Wide shot of an exterior building with a group of children standing together under a colonnade. Caption. The native people called the island Borinquen.
Families Of The World
Episode 2
28 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Model of an ancient Guatemalan city with several large buildings and tiered temples. Caption. Guatemala was part of a culture that built great cities.
23 minutes
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: Go Jetters: Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Go Jetters
Season 3 / Ep 4
11 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
4 Guatemalan women, 1 man and 4 children form a circle, holding their hands together in prayer. Caption. We pray and leave flowers and candles.
14 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Green and black taxi on a busy city street drives alongside a horse pulling a carriage.
51 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A snake with its tongue flickering in air. Caption, Coming Up, Jack Hanna's into the wild.
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
Season 11 / Ep 2
20 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Dominican girl seated on a rocky coastline looks towards camera. She holds a pen and paper down by her side while she speaks. Spanish caption. Que el lugar donde va le va a ir excelente.
25 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
2 girls pause to look at a statue on the street. Statue features a bust of a man's head resting on top of an open book. Spanish caption. Para que ella la conociera.
25 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
3 boys, 2 wearing helmets with lights, stand in a cave and face camera. Spanish caption. Y si nos subimos por ahí?
25 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Closeup on person's hand strumming a 6-string guitar. Spanish caption. Opino que la bienvenida estuvo fabulosa.
25 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: Lab Six: Costa Rica (Spanish)
Lab Six (Spanish)
Episode 21
24 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Lab Six: Costa Rica II (Spanish)
Lab Six (Spanish)
Episode 22
23 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
World map shows the area surrounding Cuba, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.
23 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 11
Still image from: Ocean Treks With Jeff Corwin: Belize--Operation Chocolate
Ocean Treks With Jeff Corwin
Season 2 / Ep 1
20 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Black background with a few small red and gray stars and a black and white photo of Fidel Castro talking into a microphone. Spanish caption. Castro entra en Santiago de Cuba y forma un gobierno revolucionario.
Revolutions (Spanish)
Season 0 / Ep 6
14 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Nicaraguan children lean against a post, standing beneath a line of clothes in a jungle setting. Spanish caption. La mayoría de las personas mayores, no tuvimos ni escuela.
28 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Sprawling 2-story red palace with many windows and cone-shaped bushes and a green lawn in the front. Caption. Sponsored for this project was Leonardo da Vinci.
World Heritage
Episode 6
25 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map of Costa Rica and Panama next to surrounding countries. A red dot in Costa Rica marks the city of San José. Caption. Induces heavy rains to drench the extensive primeval forests.
World Heritage
Episode 2
25 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Adult primate with a baby on its back swinging from the trees. Caption: The animals depend on the plants to survive,
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 323
6 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Bird with wings spread on a nest. Caption: The parent will care for that chick up to three years.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 302
3 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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