Biography
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![Digital collage. Portrait of George Washington next to a map of the U, S with some eastern states shaded purple. Thought bubble reads, "I'm the president and I set lots of precedents!" Caption. As our first president, he established many precedents.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11550_1.jpg)
60-Second Presidents
Episode 1
1 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
![Color illustration. Girl dressed in blue with red ringlets, holding a doll. Caption. When Esther was 8, she watched her mother.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/9706_1.jpg)
17 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
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![Watercolor illustration of a man with a red bandana covering the bottom half of his face. Shadowy gray background. Caption. He wore a red handkerchief.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/12989_1.jpg)
1 hours 20 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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![Illustration of a child playing on a city street, imagining that he is flying the rocket in his hand. Caption: His imagination took him out of his neighborhood.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/9681_1.jpg)
10 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
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![Person against a backdrop of the moon, earth, and an American flag. Caption: (female narrator) Alan Shephard, the first American in space,](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11517_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 26
5 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Painting of explorer Amerigo Vespucci holding a large golden drawing compass on a map on a wood table. An illustration of a ship with a dark sky and a compass rose are in the background. Caption. Securing a position as a mapmaker and astronomer.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11482_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 8
4 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Painting of Christopher Columbus wearing a triangle hat and a large, dark cloak on the left. He is superimposed over a map of the globe drawn in maroon. Caption. Many Americans honor the feats of Christopher Columbus.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11480_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 7
4 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Sepia-tone sketch of white-haired Daniel Boone holding a shotgun on his left while looking right, superimposed over a photo of tree-covered hills on a foggy day. Caption. Known as 'The Great Pathfinder.'](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11502_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 18
4 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Dark gray statues of vikings, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson, superimposed over a parchment-colored old-style map of Western Europe, Iceland, and Greenland. Caption. Erik the Red and his son, Leif Erikson.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11470_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 2
4 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Illustration of explorer Ferdinand Magellan leaning over a desk writing in a large book with his right hand. He is looking at a golden ball that he's holding up with his left hand. Caption. Magellan was born to a noble Portuguese family around 1480.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11490_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 12
5 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Color illustration of Sir Francis Drake with a large ruffled collar and black cloak next to a globe on a table. An illustration of many large ships with sailboats is in the background. Caption. Drake successfully raided Spanish ships and harbors.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11496_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 15
4 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Sepia-tone sketch of the upper half of explore Francisco Pizarro with a long beard. He's wearing a metal helmet with several large feathers and a cloak looking at a trunk of a tree. Caption. The Pizarros overthrew the Inca Empire.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11492_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 13
5 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Color illustration of explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado wearing a big golden helmet and white ruffled collar. A map is in the background, along with a gold city outline. Caption. Seeking fabled golden cities.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11494_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 14
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Sepia-tone image of explorer Gertrude Bell superimposed on the left side of a faint image of a sandstone ruin amongst sand dunes. Caption. Explored the desert lands of sultans and sheikhs.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11513_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 24
4 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
![Simple map showing northwestern Europe, Iceland, and Greenland in tan, the Atlantic Ocean in light blue, and a red line depicting a sailing route out of London going north. Caption. Hudson sailed northward, toward Greenland.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11500_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 17
4 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Illustration of explorer Hernando de Soto in silver armor superimposed over an old-style map of Florida and other Caribbean islands. Caption. Hernando de Soto explored, conquered.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11488_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 11
4 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Painting of a man with a dark mustache and forked beard wearing a gray turban and red and gold tunic sitting cross-legged. Images of animals on circles form a floating circle around him. Caption. Battuta would travel to even more distant lands.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11468_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 1
4 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
![Sepia-tone sketch of explorer John Cabot with Shakespeare-era hat and forked white beard. He is superimposed over an old-style map of the globe. Caption. Caboto decided to also try to find a westerly route to Asia.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11476_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 5
4 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Sepia-tone sketch of explorer John Smith with a fluffy beard, big white collar, and leather coat, superimposed over a red and tan map of the Northeast United States. Caption. He explored and mapped the Chesapeake Bay.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11506_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 20
4 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Ruins of a building made of limestone bricks with greenery in the front. The left of the building has a arch with a cross and 4 small windows with iron bells. Caption. Serra founded 9 missions to convert Native Americans.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11509_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 22
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Sepia-tone map with a label in Gothic-style text that reads, "A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track," with other illegible text underneath. Caption. Mapping the territory and discovering its resources.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11511_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 23
6 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Color illustration of a lazy river between rolling hills covered in trees in reds, yellow, and oranges. Caption. Marquette had heard about the great river.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11519_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 27
3 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
![Illustration of Marco Polo wearing red coat and furry cap holding a sword and bow and arrow. His image is superimposed over a color map with a compass rose and Gothic-style text, enclosed by elaborate patterned border. Caption. Marco Polo returned with amazing tales.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11472_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 3
5 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Black and white closeup image of explorers Matthew Henson on the left and Robert Peary on the right. Both are wearing fur-lined hoods and furry coats. Caption. Became the first 2 people to reach the top of the world.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11515_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 25
5 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
![Person in a space suit with the helmet removed, the moon in the background. Caption: Neil Alden Armstrong commanded a mission to the moon](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11521_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 28
5 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Sepia-tone sketch of 3 conquistadors in armor carrying a wounded soldier over a dead soldier. 2 wooden gun stocks are on each side of the screen. Caption. Ponce de León was wounded in the battle.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11484_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 9
4 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Sepia-tone sketch of explorer Robert de La Salle in a colonial-style uniform taking a fur from a Native American while 2 other colonists smoke pipes and watch. Caption. La Salle established himself as a fur trader in Montréal.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11508_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 21
4 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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![Brown and tan map of the Northeast United States, including the Great Lakes, with a portion highlighted in blue and labeled, "New France." Caption. Samuel de Champlain secured France's piece of the New World.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11504_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 19
4 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
![Black and white sketch of 3 conquistadors in uniform looking at a man in wide-brimmed hat and fancy coat gesturing toward a sign that reads, "Croatoan." Caption. To this day, their disappearance remains a mystery.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11498_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 16
5 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
![Painting of a man wearing a dark velvet hat and a red velvet vest over a jacket with puffy sleeves. An old-style map of western Africa is under yellow text on the screen and reads, "Vasco da Gama." Caption. Was the first person to sail from Europe to India.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11478_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 6
4 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
![Computer rendering of explorer Zheng He wearing a black bonnet-style hat and red cloak. He is superimposed over a colorful map with Chinese writing. Caption. Assembled the largest fleet of ships ever seen.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/11474_1.jpg)
World Explorers
Episode 4
4 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8