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Image of women in colorful attire working and walking in an African village courtyard. They're surrounded by mudbrick buildings. Caption. People said that he was looking for a second wife.
The Call Of Africa
Episode 1
56 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Large tent with open sides covering people seated and standing around tables holding gear and other items. Two people carefully placing bones in the outline of a body. Caption: for what early bipeds looked like.
4 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A man and a woman sitting on the ground with tools beside them. Caption: We have part of a leg bone, the shin.
9 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A seated man with skulls and other items on shelves in the background. Caption: We found one band at about 5.2 million years--
6 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala surrounded by trees. Caption. Father Junipero Serra.
The Missions Of California
Episode 5
8 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala overlaid with a map of California. Gold crosses mark locations along the coast of the map. Spanish caption. La misión San Diego.
The Missions Of California
Episode 4
8 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: Are Museum Collections Ethical?
Origin of Everything
Season 3 / Ep 1
12 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: How Columbus Invented Cannibals
Origin of Everything
Season 1 / Ep 5
6 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?
Origin of Everything
Season 1 / Ep 38
7 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Abstract drawing of a white and a yellow skulls with block teeth surrounded by Aztec designs. The yellow skull's mouth is open. Caption. The alliance destroyed the Aztec empire.
Out of the Past
Season 0 / Ep 8
57 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Computer graphic of a large, ancient palace and its courtyards. The palace is made of multiple cascading levels and is surrounded by courtyards and other similar, but smaller buildings. Caption. The palaces and temples of the royal family.
Out of the Past
Season 0 / Ep 5
57 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Archaeological dig of ancient stone buildings surrounded by historical city buildings and streets. A large dome is visible in the distance. Caption. Eventually led to the discovery of a large complex of buildings.
Out of the Past
Season 0 / Ep 6
57 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Brown computer graphic of a star made of 4 intersecting lines. Text on screen reads, "'an' or heaven." Caption. A star shape, to represent god or heaven.
Out of the Past
Season 0 / Ep 4
57 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of a statue of a man's face with curly hair and a medium length curly beard. It is made of dark stone. Caption. And king of all gods, Jupiter Optimus Maximus.
Out of the Past
Season 0 / Ep 7
57 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Native American man in a head dress and traditional clothing gesturing with his hands. Come straight, buffalo! Caption: This extraordinary film from 1930 shows "Plains indian sign language," or "Hand talk."
Science Nation
Episode 163
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: SciShow: 3 Great Discoveries of 2013
SciShow
Season 2013 / Ep 196
5 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Men in yarmulkes and hoiche hats approach the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Caption. It could go back hundreds of thousands of years.
Speaking In Tongues: The History Of Language
Episode 1
46 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Man stands in profile with a police man next to him. Caption. Such introduced severe Islamic penalties.
58 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
People sitting and standing in front of a grass hut. Caption. They, too, have to be held accountable.
58 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of walking woman wearing a scarf and carrying a container on her head. Caption. Between the rich and the poor.
58 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Wide shot of a crowd standing around a building, and pouring out of a balcony and stairs. Caption. We do not talk of tribes in the N, P, N.
58 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man in military dress uniform seated before a microphone. Caption. Victory for the unity of this country.
58 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Sign with Afrikaans words, Interdit, venteet consomation de boissons alcoolisees. Caption. Amadou Bamba, in a vision, first received his calling.
58 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Nomadic farmers walking with animals. Caption. Africa's animals were about to lose their souls.
58 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Wide shot of low skyscrapers. Caption. In what continent am I, Africa or Europe?
58 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person gesturing towards spear-like weapons used to hunt shark. Caption: and they have multiple rows of teeth on them.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 24
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
2 women in glasses speak to one another as they sit across from each another at a table. One holds a black boot. Caption. Why would somebody be walking on coral reefs?
The Brain Scoop
Episode 44
10 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
People wrapped in cloth holding walking sticks, herding a large herd of bovine. Caption: people started domesticating animals for food,
The Making Of The Fittest
Episode 5
14 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: This Is How the River Sounds: Crystals Part 2 (Spanish)
This Is How The River Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
26 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: This Is How the River Sounds: Finca el Sonoro, Cascada del Indio and 7 Machos (Spanish)
This Is How The River Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
24 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: This Is How the River Sounds: La Macarena Urban Center (Spanish)
This Is How The River Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
25 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: This is How the River Sounds: Mitos y Leyendas (Spanish)
This Is How The River Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
26 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: This Is How the River Sounds: Raudal de Angosturas (Spanish)
This Is How The River Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
24 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: This Is How the River Sounds: San Juan de Lozada (Spanish)
This Is How The River Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
23 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: This Is How the River Sounds: The Silence (Spanish)
This Is How The River Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
24 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: This Is How the River Sounds: Yarumales (Spanish)
This Is How The River Sounds (Spanish)
Episode
23 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Partially exposed fossil in rocks and sand. Caption: We may not have that in any other specimens.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 326
4 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Person carefully handling a very small humanoid skull. Caption: that researchers dubbed "the hobbit."
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 319
3 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Bones of a skeleton laid out in relation to each other. Caption: In 1974 scientists found Lucy -- a hominid species
Wild Chronicles
Season 2 / Ep 203
6 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Person kneeling on the ground and reaching for an object. Caption: It's the ancient graveyard of a lost civilization.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 332
6 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Rocky hillside with a few small plants. Caption: this barren desert was covered by a vast inland sea.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 340
5 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Overhead closeup of a mummified head with dark hair laying on tan and white clothes. 2 gloved hands with tan sleeves use tools on the mummy. Caption. Researchers have opened a well-preserved mummy in Peru.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 327
2 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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