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101. Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Teachers model practices that engage students in problem solving, critical thinking and other activities that make subject matter meaningful and promote self-directed, reflective learning for all students.

102. Effective Learning Environments
Create a physical environment that engages all students and establish a climate that promotes fairness, respect, social development and group responsibility. Teachers discuss the planning and implementing of classroom procedures and routines that support student learning and maintain standards for student behavior.

103. Organizing Subject Matter for Optimum Learning
Teachers must demonstrate knowledge of subject matter content and student development. This program explores the organization of curriculum to support student understanding of subject matter as well as interrelated ideas and information within and across subject matter areas. Teachers model the use of materials, resources and technologies to make subject matter accessible to students.

104. Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Educators draw upon and value students' backgrounds, interests and developmental learning needs. This program looks at establishing and articulating goals for student learning through the development and sequencing of instructional activities and materials for student learning.

105. Assessing Learning
Once learning goals are established and communicated, assessment begins. This process involves educators, students and others through the collection and use of multiple sources of information. Students assess their own learning and educators use the results to guide further instruction and communicate with students, families and others about student progress.

106. Developing as a Professional Educator
Professional educators reflect on their teaching practice, plan professional development, establish goals, pursue opportunities to grow, and work with communities and colleagues to improve professional practice.

101. Dating for Real: What Do You Want? [22:00]
The program illustrates how gender stereotypes, reinforced in the media, get in the way of true intimacy and connection. It captures student attention by showing a horror movie parody called, "What They Gave For Love," which focuses on the body parts (such as brains!) girls have to give up to get a boyfriend. Through interviews with youth, the video emphasizes the importance of being true to oneself to best connect with others.

102. Dating for Real: Let’s Talk About Sex [19:44]
Young people discuss their values and attitudes about intimacy, sex and dating violence. They explain that communication is vital to building trust and intimacy. The pressure to have sex is discussed in candid exchanges with youth along with the importance of setting limits and communicating honestly.

103. Dating for Real: Putting It Together [24:00]
This program emphasizes that love alone does not make a relationship work. A humorous vignette called "Jamal's Blind Date," reveals that a young man's dream date is really a robot who agrees with everything he says. Young people discuss the importance of working out anger and conflict in everyday situations. They also discuss their experiences with jealousy and conflict and how important establishing trust is.

104. When Relationships Break [29:19]
This video features stories about breaking up from real teens in candid and sometimes heartbreaking interviews. A clinical psychologist helps your students understand what these feelings are all about and identifies some of the common stages that teens go through when they break up. Reassuring and comforting, the video and teacher’s guide will aid teens in handling the normal but often disruptive issues of romantic breakups.

105. Dangerous Relationships [29:26]
Young people need clear, self-affirming guidelines to understand their choices when a relationship turns unhealthy or destructive. Through dramatizations, viewers see a “blueprint” of a young couple’s unhealthy relationship as it grows more intense. Topics include early danger signs such as irrational jealousy, violent outbursts, emotional manipulation, physical intimidation, and physical abuse.

106. Rape: Get the Facts [22:24]
This documentary-style program presents the legal, medical, psychological and sociological facts about rape. Doctors, judges, social workers, detectives, victims’ rights advocates, self-esteem experts, and rape survivors all contribute information, perspective, and analysis of this crime. This video explains that “date rape” is just as much a crime as other sexual assaults. Information is provided about the links between drugs, alcohol, and rape. Specific, practical guidelines for how to protect against rape and date rape are presented.

107. Dealing with Teen Dating Abuse: Matters of Choice [18:00]
The program chronicles the story of Megan, a high school freshman and her boyfriend Matthew. As their romance deepens, Matthew monopolizes Megan’s life, isolates her from her friends and activities, controls her clothing choices, criticizes her intelligence and eventually physically abuses her. At the same time, he repeatedly apologizes and proclaims his love. The viewer sees the story from three perspectives: Megan’s, Matthew’s, and also from the point of view of Megan’s best friend, Ana.

108. Toxic Relationships [32:00]
Physical and emotional violence learned at an early age can become domestic violence later on. In this thought-provoking program, high school students discuss their experiences with disrespect, jealousy, obsessiveness, blaming and sexual abuse, as well as what a healthy relationship looks and feels like. Concluding with the early warning signs of toxic relationships – ones that could turn dangerous – the program encourages students to look for trust, respect, and acceptance from their dating partners.

109. What Is Love? What Is Sex? [28:00]
For young adults, it is easy to fall into the trap of believing that love equals sex. At the same time that many teens are struggling to learn what it means to be in a healthy, intimate relationship, they are also bombarded by media messages implying that sex is the pinnacle of love. This program explores these issues: How does a person express love? What is a crush? What is an obsession? Is a sexual relationship a necessary part of being “in love?” How are feelings of self-worth connected to love and loss of love? By following actual teenage relationships as they develop and by interviewing a variety of young people about their feelings and experiences, your students will gain insight into the complex issues of love and sex.

101. Fears and Phobias: Understanding and Defeating Them [21:00]
This program provides information about common fears and phobias and how the brain and the body (fight-or-flight response) function when exposed to them. Typical fears and phobias are explained including fear of public speaking, social anxiety, fear of enclosed spaces, test anxiety and panic attacks. A psychologist describes both short term and long term methods for controlling and ultimately defeating these fears including deep breathing, meditation, desensitization, medication and improving one's nutrition.

102. It's Never Too Late: Stopping Teen Suicide [28:00]
Armed with the latest statistics and facts on teen suicide, this program teaches viewers how to recognize and respond to the risks of teen suicide. Students will learn how feelings of rage, isolation and depression affect suicidal behavior and will understand the differences between normal "blues" and the symptoms of severe depression. Stories of young adults who have overcome their problems through counseling help teens recognize the warning signs of suicide in their peers.

103. Stressed Out: Stress Management 101 [20:00]
This program describes different forms of stress (acute, episodic and chronic) and explains how important it is for young people to learn effective coping strategies. Special attention is given to two common complaints among teens: panic attacks and social anxiety. Also highlighted are other types of stress such as test anxiety, parental demands and peer pressure. Students are introduced to Dr. Hans Steiner at Stanford University, whose state-of-the-art stress lab focuses on the study of adolescents and their responses to common stressors. Young viewers will learn that there are easy and effective means to treat stress symptoms, including relaxation techniques, health, diet and certain medications.

104. Sad, Angry, Lonely and Scared: The Masks of Depression [29:00]
Untreated, depression is the number one cause of suicide and is the most common mental illness in the United States. Depression in teenagers is often hidden and can be manifested by anger, irrational reactions, delinquent behavior, secretiveness, and poor grades. Many teens who suffer from depression do not recognize it in themselves and feel they cannot be helped. This program gives teens the information they need to recognize the signs of depression in themselves and offers guidance for getting help.

105. Hidden Scars, Silent Wounds: Understanding Self Injury [25:00]
Self-injury refers to a pattern in which a person harms himself or herself by cutting or even burning parts of the body to relieve stress from pent-up emotions. Many people suffer from this usually secretive activity. Typically they have endured unusual and stressful events or abusive family situations, and have resorted to self-injury as an unhealthy coping mechanism. The program demystifies this often misunderstood problem by offering candid interviews with "cutters" and their families, as well as commentary by noted experts in the field.

106. When Someone Dies: Bereavement and Loss [30:00]
Dealing with the death of a family member, friend or school acquaintance can be devastating for young people. This program arms teens with information that will help them accept that death and bereavement are natural and inevitable parts of life. Teens will understand that the process of mourning is unique for all people, and should never be ignored or trivialized. Leading adolescent psychologists discuss the stages of healthy grieving and healing, and provide details on how to cope with a painful loss.

101. No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: Smoking Kills [24:50]
Hairy tongue, head and neck cancers, lung cancer, tar, phlegm, bad breath, yellow teeth, wrinkled skin, people with laryngectomies and many other sights and sounds are presented in this definitive look at the ravages of tobacco. Teen viewers discover that they are prime targets of tobacco advertisers. Viewers meet victims such as twenty-year-old Michael Carmichael who lost half of his leg due to a tobacco-related disease. The program also alerts teens to the newest tobacco dangers of herbal cigarettes and bidis.

102. How I Quit Smoking and Saved My Life [28:30]
Viewers follow Jenny, a typical teenager who is trying to quit smoking. Through Jenny's eyes we learn just how hard it is for her and other teens to break their addiction to both nicotine and the smoking culture they unwittingly adopted. Sure to encourage a lively debate in your classroom, this is not a video that turns smokers into villains; rather it offers them an encouraging message of hope when it comes to breaking the addiction. At the same time, non-smokers will learn how important their support can be to friends who are trying to quit.

103. Secondhand Smoke: A Matter of Life and Breath [11:03]
Today, secondhand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States, causing 53,000 deaths each year. Viewers learn about two different kinds of secondhand smoke: mainstream smoke, which has been inhaled and filtered by the smoker’s lungs, and sidestream smoke, which rises directly from a burning cigarette. Sidestream smoke is 20 times more toxic than mainstream smoke. Students learn that secondhand smoke can cause serious diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, heart disease, pneumonia and cancer.

104. Spit Tobacco Exposed [15:50]
This program presents a strong and memorable message that the use of “smokeless” or spit tobacco can kill and kill quickly. Using interviews with users, former users and cancer patients, the video reveals that chewing tobacco is a disgusting habit that often causes serious health problems, and puts young people at great risk to early disease and death. Stark footage shows some of the devastating damage that spit tobacco or “snuff” does to teeth, gums and mouth.

105. TARGETED! How Tobacco & Alcohol Companies Try to Get You Hooked [23:57]
By targeting young audiences, tobacco and alcohol industries hope to recruit a new generation of faithful customers, despite the potential harm that their products may cause. This program explores the phenomenon of targeting young consumers, and will surely be an eye-opener for students who may prefer to think that they’re not being manipulated by ads and media images.

106. Up in Smoke [28:30]
Young people know they shouldn’t smoke. But do they really know why? This program presents the ugly side of nicotine addiction. Powerful testimonials from laryngectomies (neck breathers) paint a terrifying portrait of what can happen to smokers.

107. Kicking Nicotine: A How-To for Students [29:23]
This program highlights a peer support group of teens who talk about the addictive power of nicotine and share their stories of trying to quit. These plain-speaking young people make it clear that kicking nicotine takes commitment, a plan, and hard work.

108. Beyond Cold Turkey: Tobacco Quitting Methods [17:55]
This program identifies the major medical methods currently available to anyone who wants to stop smoking or chewing tobacco. Two teen presenters offer an overview of nicotine and its addictive properties, as well as an explanation of the withdrawal process. The program looks at FDA approved methods that are commonly used today. Quitting “cold turkey” is also explained. Teens learn that smokers who use nicotine replacement therapy together with a behavioral change program double their chances of successfully quitting.

101. Question Man uses a thesaurus to find synonyms, while Stephen Colman illustrates the use of synonyms and antonyms in slam poetry. Laverne helps a coworker figure out how much of her pay is taken out in taxes, job seekers create dossiers to help in their job hunts, a Nashville mechanic shares his experiences, and Michael Franti of Spearhead explains how he writes songs.

102. Members of the Dallas Cowboys use football to illustrate examples of decimals and percentages; Agent Know How shows how to get a library card; poet Jimmy Santiago Baca tells how he discovered the power of language while serving time in prison, then leads a writing seminar; and Question Man explains when to use apostrophes.

103. Job seekers prepare for filling out applications by creating personal data sheets, and singer/songwriter Phoebe Snow talks about music and the composing process. A mother creates a medical "bible" in order to document and track her chronically ill child's medical history.

104. Actress Kathy Bates talks about books that have been made into movies, a woman from Pittsburgh tells how she reached her goal of becoming a travel agent, the book club reads Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate, and Malik Yoba shares tips on how to keep a journal.

105. The book club reads I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Agent Know How goes looking for information at the library, and Laverne helps a new father of triplets multiply his shopping list. The Lifelines segment shows how to prepare for a visit to the doctor.

106. Question Man shows how to take a phone message, Laverne helps shoppers get the best deals on television sets, and pop/rock band BETTY teaches about homonyms. Job seekers learn how to write résumés, and an Indiana woman talks about going back to school as an adult so she could become a nurse.

107. Olympic track star Florence Griffith Joyner introduces a segment in which skaters Tai Babalonia and Randy Gardner calculate an average. An animated segment shows how to look up a word in a dictionary, and New York artist Esperanza Cortez shares her battle with dyslexia.

108. Job seekers work on writing cover letters for applications, Laverne helps a shopper with diabetes get nutritional information from food labels, and "Dictionary Cinema" shows how to look up a word you don't know how to spell.

109. Agent Know How tries out the library computer to find a book, and a father shares tips on reading to children. The book club members read Angela's Ashes and meet author Frank McCourt.

110. A young couple gets advice on getting their finances under control from a credit counselor, and John Fugelsang hosts a look at the fine print on "too-good-to-be-true" credit card offers. The "Rip Off" segment looks critically at a TV ad, and author Studs Terkel reads from his book Working.

111. Salsa musician Rubén Blades performs some of his songs and talks about his writing process. An El Paso mother enters the Even Start program and learns ways to bring her family closer together through reading and writing. Then Question Man shares tips on taking tests.

112. Laverne helps a young man write a card to his girlfriend, parents choose a school for their child, and bluegrass singer/songwriter Hazel Dickens shares some of her music.

113. Professional women basketball players explain applications of fractions and percentages in their sport, new immigrants get advice on applying for citizenship, and Laverne helps a customer fill out an application for store credit. An Oakland woman shares how writing a letter can generate change in a community.

114. A son writes an emotional letter to his estranged father, and Dictionary Cinema shows how foreign words are listed. An adult learner talks to his boss about his continuing education. LaPhonso Ellis and Alan Henderson of the NBA demonstrate how to figure out time and distance on a map when planning a trip. Also, tips on highlighting text, a pop quiz about word origins, and an explanation of the word "reconcile."

115. Question Man goes to the library for books on parenting, and Laverne explains how to use a glossary to read a health insurance plan. Street Beat offers advice on figuring the tip in a restaurant, and a mother and daughter create a daily schedule. Poet Jimmy Santiago Baca shows a group of adult learners how to keep a journal. Other topics include energy consumption of appliances and the word "stereotype."

116. Question Man looks at the economics of rent-to-own deals, basketball pro Olympia Scott-Richardson shows how she uses her day planner to stay organized, and actor Dennis Franz gives a tip on reading the newspaper. Laverne helps a painting contractor figure the cost of a job, and singer-songwriter Toshi Reagon writes a song on the spot. Other topics include credit card debt and the word "analogy."

117. A couple of first-time home buyers learn how to read a mortgage chart, Question Man works on understanding his utility bill, and Street Beat shows how to evaluate written information. Four students from California, calling themselves the Freedom Writers, use pen and paper to fight prejudice and intolerance. Also: how to use a thesaurus, a pop quiz about volunteering, and the word "anomaly."

118. Question Man reads the newspaper, ABC News anchor Antonio Mora hosts a report on multiple intelligences, tennis pro Zina Garrison explains percentiles and rankings, and Jimmy Santiago Baca shows a group of adult learners how to summarize a poem. Street Beat covers looking up government listings in the phone book, while other segments introduce facts about the United States Census and the word "dynamics."

119. Tips on how to summarize almost anything, a pop quiz about adults in college, and the word marginalized. ABC News anchor Antonio Mora reports on different learning styles, a Maryland steel worker studies for his GED, Laverne explains how to use unit price labels on store shelves, and poet Jimmy Santiago Baca talks about how he discovered the joy of language.

120. While reading a pamphlet on breast cancer, Laverne explains the basics of probability and odds. Elizabeth Daniels Squire, a novelist who is also dyslexic, talks about her work, and Antonio Mora of ABC News reports on dyslexia. Also: different meanings for the same word, how to learn and remember new words, a quiz about water and the human body, and the word "genetics."

121. Body Works
Olympic medalist Marian Jones demonstrates the concept of rate, and two math-savvy Calculating Women take charge of an overweight friend's calorie counting. "Lifelines" explores smart ways to manage multiple medications, mind mentor Michael Gelb shares an innovative technique for brainstorming and retaining ideas, and Michael Beech of Third Watch offers tips for handling an emergency.

122. Personal Finances
Question Man gets financial advice from a millionaire, a teenage father gets help starting up a small lollipop business as he pursues his GED, the Calculating Women estimate and calculate their way to the perfect cell phone plan, and a federal official reveals the math behind common money scams.

123. The Learning Journey
Strategies for reading comprehension on the GED test, ratios in the kitchen with TV chef Curtis Aikens, the story of how one man left prison and low literacy behind, and a look at what happened when an entire Midwestern town read the same novel.

124. On the Job
Question Man figures out how to decipher legalese, an Appalachian man tells how he succeeded in changing careers after the end of his coal-mining days, and the Calculating Women explore strategies for building up retirement savings. "Math Behind the Arts" features a New York City subway tile artist.

125. Navigating the System
Tips on how to avoid credit card debt from the Calculating Women; a profile of a New York man who, despite a reading disability, teaches others how to pass written driver's license exams; and advice from Laverne on over-the-counter medicine labels and prescription dosages. Three Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate how to read a world map.

126. Family Matters
An African immigrant struggles to learn to read and raise a family in America, Laverne helps a young mother child-proof her home, and an African-American woman researches her family roots over the Internet and in the field. Hip-hop star Doug E. Fresh teaches parents and children how to rap while they read.

127. Writing
Question Man tackles sentence fragments in a grammatically correct dream, poet Jimmy Baca conducts a dynamic writing workshop with steelworkers, and Laverne helps a co-worker create an outline for a GED essay on disciplining children. A peek behind the scenes at the popular Bernie Mac Show looks in on a professional brainstorming session.

128. Express Yourself
Newly minted writer Kathi Wellington tells stories from her days as a steelworker, and origami artist June Sakamoto gives a geometry lesson. Parents and children interpret art and symbolism at the Philadelphia Museum, and Broadway performers from Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam demonstrate that writing poetry can be both literary and exuberant.

129. Math for Life
A drummer and the chorus line of Forty-Second Street demonstrate fractions in action, a carpenter shows how math is critical to her work, Mets pitcher Al Leiter illustrates the perimeter of a baseball diamond, and Laverne explains percentages and multiple markdowns for bargain hunters.

130. Media
Question Man gets the scoop from a reporter on how to read between the lines, and "Straight to the Source" looks over the shoulder of political cartoonist Don Margolies as he creates his caricatures. DC United soccer star Nick Rimando shows how he uses computers and the Internet while he's on the road, and the book club visits a special class in New York where workers learn about the history of the Depression through Dorothea Lange's celebrated photographs.

Program 101: 1900-1907
1900- The Gold Standard Act Is Ratified by Congress
1901- Dr. Walter Reed Discovers Yellow Fever Is Transmitted by Mosquitoes
1901- McKinley Is Shot and Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President
1902- 140,000 Mine Workers Go Out on Strike
1902- The Government Passes the Newlands Reclamation Act
1903- Wright Brothers Fly at Kitty Hawk
1906- Upton Sinclair's Novel “The Jungle” Is Published
1906- U.S. Takes Over Construction of the Panama Canal
1907- Frank Lloyd Wright Completes the Robie House in Chicago

Program 102: 1908–1918
1908- Ford Introduces the Model T
1909- W.E.B. Du Bois Founds the NAACP
1911- Hollywood Founded
1913- 16th Amendment Allows Progressive Income Tax
1913- 17th Amendment Caps a Period of Election Reforms
1914- Clayton Anti-Trust Act Passed
1914-17- America Prepares for World War I
1917- America Enters World War I

Program 103: 1919-1928
1919- Prohibition Begins
1920- Women Gain the Right to Vote
1923- Teapot Dome Scandal Typifies the Roaring ‘20s
1924- J. Edgar Hoover Named Head of the FBI
1925- The Scopes Monkey Trial
1926- Goddard Initiates the Space Age
1926- David Sarnoff Founds NBC
1927- Charles Lindbergh Flies Across the Atlantic

Program 104: 1929–1943
1929- “Black Tuesday” Foretells the Great Depression
1932- Amelia Earhart: Record-Breaking Woman Aviator
1933- President Roosevelt’s ‘One Hundred Days’ Begins His New Deal
1935- President Roosevelt Signs the Social Security Act
1936- Jesse Owens and Joe Louis Debunk Hitler's Claim of Aryan Superiority
1940- Ernest Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” Is Published
1941- Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

Program 105: 1944-1952
1944- D-Day “Operation Overlord”
1945- The U.S. Air Force Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
1947- The Marshall Plan for Europe
1950- President Truman Sends American Troops to the Aid of South Korea
1950-53- The Korean War
1951- Alan Freed Introduces Rock and Roll

Program 106: 1953-1963
1953- John Foster Dulles Becomes Eisenhower's Cold War Warrior
1954- Senator Joseph McCarthy Is Condemned by the Senate
1954- Brown v. Board of Education
1955- Rosa Parks Is Arrested
1960- Nixon-Kennedy Televised Debates
1962- Astronaut John Glenn Is the First American to Orbit the Earth
1962- Cuban Missile Crisis
1963- Martin Luther King's “I Have a Dream” Speech

Program 107: 1964–1973
1964- President Johnson Announces the Great Society
1964- Vietnam War: Congress Passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1965- Black Urban Riots Begin
1968- Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive
1970- First Earth Day
1972- Watergate
1973- Vietnam War: Cease-Fire Ends War

Program 108: 1973–1999
1973- Second Battle of Wounded Knee
1973- Roe v. Wade
1976- Personal Computers Herald the Post Industrial Age
1983- The Grenada Conflict
1987- Alan Greenspan Becomes Chairman of the Federal Reserve
1990- The Gulf War Demonstrates American Military Supremacy
1991- The End of the Cold War
1994- Whitewater Leads to the Impeachment of President Clinton
1999- Y2K Ends the American Century

101. Underage Drinking: Know the Facts, Know the Risks [26:53]
This program clearly spells out the dangers and the risks of underage drinking while also providing new information on how the adolescent brain can be permanently damaged by alcohol. It also explores binge drinking, which results in thousands of teens being treated in the emergency room each year for alcohol poisoning. There is also a segment on the legal and social dangers of throwing unsupervised parties in which alcohol is served to minors.

102. Dying High: Teens in the ER [25:43]
This hard hitting, reality-based program gives viewers a chance to see what goes on inside the nation’s emergency rooms as doctors treat teens for injuries such as drug overdose, alcohol poisoning, car wreck traumas and more. Dying High offers a glimpse into the nightmarish reality of what can happen when young people take risks with their health, their safety and their lives. New federal data indicates a 20% increase in drug-related ER visits for teens under the age of 17.

103. Confronting Drunk Driving [26:44]
This program features the true story of a young man who, as a result of his actions, lost his two best friends in a drunk driving accident when he was a teenager. Today, Mike Poveromo tours the nation’s high schools to share his story, and to warn students never to drink and drive. In addition to Mike’s dramatic story, viewers will also hear from law enforcement officers who explain the legal risks involved in drinking and driving, including jail sentences. Viewers also hear from emergency room physicians who describe the traumas and deaths they have seen as a result of drunk driving. The program offers tips for how to avoid being a passenger in a car driven by an intoxicated driver.

104. Bombed! [27:30]
Bombed! exposes the truth about alcohol consumption. Segments feature a spring-break crowd in Florida who suffer the consequences of binge drinking, and the emergency room treatment of a teen with alcohol poisoning whose stomach is pumped.

105. Party Smart: Avoiding Party Meltdowns [23:17]
This program profiles real kids at real parties that have spiraled out-of-control. The lethal combination of unsupervised parties, alcohol, drugs, and in some cases, weapons, too often results in injury, property damage, arrests, and lawsuits. The second half of the program teaches SMART strategies to help teens plan safe celebrations.

106. Binge Drinking: The Facts [23:49]
The trend of binge drinking--the intentional consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol--shows no decline in schools and colleges across the country. The program examines the dangers of alcohol poisoning and describes the correct life-saving procedures to follow in order to save someone.

107. What Is Alcoholism? [22:19]
This video offers a glimpse into the struggles of teen alcoholics. Viewers will meet four real teens from different ethnic backgrounds who share their stories of alcohol abuse and recovery. A psychologist who specializes in issues surrounding adolescent alcoholism, offers important information on how easily teens can become addicted to alcohol, and explains some of the unique problems faced by youth who become addicted. Advice is offered for how to seek help in overcoming alcohol addiction.

101. Cells and Molecules
Modules: A Variety of Cells, Cell Organization, Overview of Organic Molecules, Prokaryotic Cells, The Evolution of Eukaryotic Cells

102. Cell Movement and Transport
Modules: Structure and Behavior of the Plasma Membrane, Osmosis, Transport Proteins, Phagocytosis, Pinocytosis, Receptor Mediated Endocytosis, Golgi Function, Lysosomes and Hydrolytic Digestion, Microtubules, Cilia, Actin and Myosin Motor Proteins

103. Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis Modules: Chloroplast Structure, The Light Dependent Reactions of Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration Modules: Glycolysis and Fermentation, Mitochondrion Structure, Aerobic Respiration, Krebs Cycle, Electron Transport Chain and ATP Synthesis

104. DNA Replication, Mitosis and Cell Reproduction
Modules: Mitosis: Chromosome Condensation, Mitosis Stages, Cytokinesis, Meiosis, Nucleotide Structure and Bonding, Replication Enzymes, Replicating the Strands, Topoisomerase and the Twisting Problem, Proof Reading and Repair, Replication Review

105. The Genetic Code and Its Translation
Modules: The Protein Nature of Life, Protein Structure, Transcription, Translation and Protein Synthesis, Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes, Exons and Introns, Mutations, Renegade DNA--the Viruses

101. Canada: A Diverse Culture
Experience different Canadian cultures.

102. Costa Rica: Ecotourism and Economic Development
Raft through a rain forest and participate in a preservation activity.

103. Greece: Urbanization and the Environment
Explore ancient cities and see how they have been affected by the environment.

104. Italy: Natural Hazards and Disasters
Repel into the Mt. Vesuvius crater.

105. Russia: Rebuilding a Nation
Explore the impact of a Western civilization on today's Russia.

106. Kenya: National Identity and Unity
Experience contrasting cultures and study the impact of colonialism in Maasai.

107. United Arab Emirates: Oil and Water Resources
Visit oil drilling sites and survey other natural resources and how they are used.

108. India: Population and Resources
Learn how India's large population and economic development interact.

109. China: Food for a Billion Plus
Tour a mechanized and a non-mechanized farm.

110. Singapore: Industrialization and Migration
Discover how Singapore became an industrial center.

101. In this program, we meet Massimo, a young person with a bi-racial background; Jessica, a young girl with an adopted African-American brother; and Carl, a 9-year-old diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). [16:45]

102. Viewers meet twins Matthew and Justin. Justin has cerebral palsy and gets lots of special care from his family members. Next, we meet Melissa, a young girl who lost her hearing as a baby. Finally, we meet Yanili, a girl who moved to America from a Spanish-speaking nation. [17:27]

103. First, we hear the story of Alice, whose grandmother was raised in China during a time when men controlled everything. The second story features Anthony, a boy who is teased because of his clothing. Finally, we are introduced to Nicole, an 11-year-old girl who describes her reaction to a hate crime in her town. [18:05]

401. Living with Us
Monkeying around at a Florida primate sanctuary. Preserving the peace in Spain’s pastures. Exploring the miniature world of harvester ants. A 24-hour dash to identify plants and animals in California.

101. A Tail In Twain, Part 1
The kids have an end of summer adventure in Jackson Park and learn about the power of stories. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Tom Sawyer, has an adventure with Huck Finn in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

102. A Tail in Twain, Part 2
Joe, Samantha and David spy a strange man digging around the "No Name Grave."

103. Twisted Tail
The kids are swept up in a crime wave that hits the neighborhood and causes them to choose their friends more carefully. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as the orphan Oliver Twist in Charles Dickens' novel, is trapped by a web of crime in London.

104. Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
Faulty communication separates Wishbone and Samantha from a beagle they both love. Meanwhile, the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets keeps Wishbone, as Romeo, from Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

105. Homer Sweet Homer
The kids refuse to give up when developers come to destroy Jackson Park and their favorite tree. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Odysseus, never gives up the heroic quest to save his home in The Odyssey of Homer.

106. Bark That Bark
David overloads on responsibilities and doesn't understand the wisdom of asking for help. Wishbone explores the power of wisdom within two African-American folktales.

107. Cyranose
Poetry becomes drama when the kids confront a challenging English assignment. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Cyrano de Bergerac, impresses Roxanne with his poetic words in Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac.

108. The Slobbery Hound
Wishbone is falsely accused! He and the kids team up as detectives to prove his innocence. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Sherlock Holmes, investigates an alleged canine criminal in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of Baskervilles.

109. Digging Up the Past
Dr. Thelma Brown comes back to visit her childhood home and takes the kids on a dig for a long-lost time capsule. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as a living time capsule, Rip Van Winkle, teaches the value of the past in Washington Irving's tale.

110. Bone of Arc
Samantha becomes the heroine of the boys' soccer team while Wishbone becomes her ally. Meanwhile, Joan of Arc leads the men of the French Army against the English in Mark Twain's Joan of Arc. Wishbone is her friend, Louis de Conte.

111. The Impawssible Dream
Wishbone coaches Joe in pursuit of his dream--being in the Encyclopedia of World Records. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Sancho Panza, supports the knight Don Quixote's dream-quest in Cervantes' Don Quixote.

112. Fleabitten Bargain
Joe learns the price of instant gratification when a sneaky salesman tries to make a deal with him. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Dr. Frankenstein, unleashes a monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

113. Sniffing the Gauntlet
David comes through for the team by keeping his cool in the heat of competition. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Ivanhoe, keeps the Knight's Code as he defends Rebecca's honor in Sir Walter Scott's dramatic novel.

114. The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
Samantha stands up for Nathaniel when he has trouble making friends on the roller hockey team. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Quasimodo, befriends Esmerelda as they search for safety in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

115. Golden Retrieved
Joe forgets Wishbone when nothing seems more important than a new mountain bike. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Silas Marner, learns that some things are more important than gold in George Eliot's Silas Marner.

116. A Tale of Two Sitters
It is guilt by association when Emily and a friend cut loose and get Wishbone in trouble. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Charles Evremonde, is on trial for his family's crimes while the French Revolution explodes in Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.

117. Frankenbone
David's got trouble on his hands when he adds a little spark to his science fair project. Meanwhile, Wishbone as Dr. Frankenstein unleashes a monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

118. Hot Diggety Dawg
While helping Wanda dig, Wishbone finds a mysterious treasure. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Professor Liedenbrock, digs his way to the mystery that lies at the center of the earth in Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth.

119. One Thousand and One Tails
David has an adventure with bandits on the information superhighway, while Wishbone tries to save Emily from the power of greed. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Ali Baba, has an adventure with 40 thieves, and Scheherazade saves her life through the power of stories in The Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

120. Mixed Breeds
Fate exposes the secret lives of Wanda and Mr. Pruitt. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as John Utterson, uncovers the secret life of his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, in Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

121. The Canine Cure
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122. The Pawloined Paper
Joe is in a race to recover a love note that could be embarrassing. Meanwhile, in Edgar Allen Poe's short story, Wishbone, as Detective Dupin, races to save the Queen from the embarrassing discovery in The Purloined Letter.

123. Bark to the Future
Joe learns that his own intellect can never be replaced by modern technology. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as the Time Traveller, finds that in the year 802, 701 the lazy Eloi have allowed their intellect to be replaced by technology in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine.

124. Paw Prints of the Thieves
Joe nearly gets suspended when he helps the school lunch lady donate leftover food to a local shelter. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Robin Hood, risks arrest when he robs from the rich to give to the poor.

125. Furst Impressions
Attending the Oakdale school beach party social has the kids in an uproar. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Mr. Darcy, learns a few things about social graces in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

126. The Prince and the Pooch
After imagining what it would be like to be a coach, Joe gets his chance with Emily's tee-ball team. Meanwhile, Wishbone is both the Prince of Wales and the pauper Tom Canty in Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper.

127. The Count’s Account
Damont gets David into trouble after he uses one of David's inventions. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Edmond, seeks revenge against his enemies in Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo.

128. Salty Dog
Samantha leads Joe and David into a dangerous adventure while searching for a treasure. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Jim Hawkings, leads a dangerous search for gold in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

129. Little Big Dog
David disobeys his parents and makes a giant mistake that he's afraid to face. Armed with faith, Wishbone, as David, is the only one in Israel brave enough to face off with the giant in the story of David and Goliath.

130. A Dogged Exposé
An Oakdale mastermind puts Samantha in the middle of a tabloid scandal. At the same time, Wishbone, as Arthur Conan Doyle's top detective Sherlock Holmes, races to foil a mastermind who threatens to cause A Scandal in Bohemia.

131. Terrified Terrier
Joe's loyalty to Samantha and David is tested when Joe gets invited to hang out with older and more popular kids. Meanwhile, war tests the character of Wishbone as Henry Fleming in Steven Crain's The Red Badge of Courage.

132. Shakespaw
David tries to remain calm at the center of the storm when problems plague his direction of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. Meanwhile, Prospero directs the events on the island assisted by Wishbone as Ariel in The Tempest.

133. Muttketeer!
Wishbone finds adventure when he tries to join the kids at school. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as D'Artagnan, needs all his skills to join Athos, Parthos, and Aramis in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers.

134. Hercules Unleashed
As her dad reaches the big 40, Samantha searches everywhere for the perfect birthday present. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Hercules, searches the earth, finding big trouble as he labors to retrieve the golden apples of the Hesperides in the story Hercules and the Golden Apples.

135. Viva Wishbone!
Joe's family friend Julia tells Joe stories from Mexico that help him understand the power of love for his mother. Meanwhile, Wishbone is Juan Diego in the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

136. The Entrepawneur
Joe's absorption with a new business venture puts Samantha and Dave in a touchy situation. Wishbone, as King Midas, has the golden touch and big problems in this tale from Ovid's Metamorphoses.

137. Pantin’ at the Opera
The Henderson Library may be haunted by a former librarian. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Viscount Raoul de Chagny, finds that the Grand Opera House in Paris is haunted by The Phantom of the Opera, written by Gaston Leroux.

138. Dances with Dogs
Lee Natonabah, an Oakdale storyteller, teaches Joe the value of growing up with stories that connect with the past. Meanwhile, in a Native-American tale, Wishbone is a young warrior who finds courage in a song from the past.

139. Rushin’ to the Bone
When Wishbone gets the chance to be a star, the people around him become confused about his identity. Meanwhile, in The Inspector General, Hlestakov is mistaken for a high government official. Wishbone is his servant Ossip.

140. Picks of the Litter
Wishbone introduces a friend to some of his favorite stories and shows the most exciting moments from past episodes.

201. Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars, Part 1
Washington Irving's 1819 classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. As the lovelorn and superstitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane, Wishbone comes paw-to-hoof with the ghastly and terrifying Headless Horseman.

202. Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars, Part 2
Wishbone takes us through the classic novel, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the the gang participates in a Halloween scavenger hunt, complete with a haunted house.

203. The Prince of Wags
Inspired by William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part One. Wishbone enjoys his role as the basketball team's mascot, but Joe feels anxious when he's elected team captain. Wishbone is reminded of Shakespeare's Prince Hal, who feels unworthy of his royal title until he discovers the true meaning of leadership on the battlefield.

204. Groomed for Greatness
Based on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Wishbone and David have illusions of grandeur when they're selected to assist a well-known artist create a dog sculpture for Jackson Park. Wishbone reflects on the poor orphan Pip, the central character in Dickens' novel, who inherits a great fortune, but comes to realize that money cannot buy love or friendship.

205. A Bone of Centention
Inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Courtship of Miles Standish. Their friendship is in trouble when Joe and David are both interested in the same girl. Wishbone imagines himself in a similar conflict between two men who lived in Plymouth Plantation in 1621--John Alden and Captain Miles Standish. When the virtuous Priscilla chooses John over the Captain, Miles must decide how valuable his friendship with John really is.

206. War of the Noses
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow. Wishbone doesn't know whom to trust when he realizes he's being taken to the vet. Feeling betrayed, Wishbone remembers The Black Arrow's protagonist Richard Shelton who, in 16th century England, also had to question his friends' loyalty so that he could uncover the truth about his father's death and rescue his true love.

207. Moonbone
Inspired by Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone. Dallas Cowboy Daryl Moose Johnston's Superbowl ring is missing and Wishbone is the prime suspect. Wishbone's dilemma reminds him of The Moonstone (considered the first detective novel), in which Franklin Blake is accused of stealing a sacred diamond and, like Wishbone, must clear himself.

208. Barking at Buddha
Based on Wu Ch'eng-en's folk novel, Monkey. Wishbone tries to protect Jimmy and Marcus when they set out to imitate the older kids. The boys' antics transport Wishbone back to ancient China and the tale of Monkey, who also wanted to grow up too fast. Monkey's mischievous behavior leads him to an encounter with Buddha, who shows Monkey that it takes many years to earn true wisdom.

209. Pup Fiction
Inspired by Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. When Wanda receives a series of anonymous letters, Wishbone and neighborhood friends suspect the postman Dan, and they jump to some outrageous conclusions. This reminds Wishbone of Austen's 1816 work and its characters, Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland, a young woman whose passion for gothic novels and active imagination lead her to mischief.

210. The Roamin’ Nose
Inspired by Virgil's The Aeneid. It's the day after 8th-grade graduation, and while the adults reminisce about their high school days, the kids explore their hopes and fears for the future. Wishbone remembers Aeneas, who at first faced an uncertain future, but whose exciting adventures led him across the western world to find the great Roman Empire.

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125. Orientation
An introduction to the series and its accompanying workbooks.

101. Planning to Work
Emphasizes career planning and the role of work in people's lives.

102. Matching Skills and Jobs
Tools to help you assess your own skills and then find a job that fits.

103. Applying for Jobs
Understanding and using application forms and processes.

104. Résumés, Tests, and Choices
Writing effective résumés and preparing for employment tests.

105. Interviewing
How to prepare for the job interview.

106. Ready for Work
Understanding and demonstrating work-readiness skills.

107. Workplace Safety
Developing safety-conscious attitudes and skills.

108. Learning at Work
Orientation and training phase strategies.

109. The Language of Work
Effective workplace speaking/listening strategies and skills.

110. Communicating with Co-workers and Supervisors
Strategies for conflict resolution.

111. Working Together
Stresses the key personal skills and strategies needed for collaborating with colleagues and working in teams.

112. Communicating with Customers
How to develop excellent customer-service skills.

113. A Process for Writing
The importance of the writing process in the workplace.

114. Supplying Information: Directions, Forms, and Charts
Advice and practice exercises for developing accuracy and completeness.

115. Writing Memos and Letters
The importance of knowing the audience and purpose for your memos and letters and the appropriate formats to use in various circumstances.

116. Reading for a Purpose
Purposes and strategies for workplace reading.

117. Finding What You Need: Forms and Charts
The role and importance of accuracy; locating specifics.

118. Following Directions
The role and importance of following directions on the job.

119. Reading Reports and Manuals
Usage, organization, and comprehension skills for reports and manuals.

120. Number Sense
A variety of workplace uses for mathematics; developing number sense.

121. Solving Problems
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and mathematical reasoning skills are vital to employment.

122. Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Workplace uses of ratio, rate, and proportion.

123. Measurements and Formulas
Different units of measurement and how and when to apply them.

124. Trends and Predictions: Graphs and Data
The role and importance of evaluation and the effective presentation of data.

101. The Seven Competency Skills for the Workplace [21:00] (grades 9-12)
This documentary follows teens as they tackle their first jobs—waiter, grocery clerk, ice cream shop scooper, cashier, garden nursery worker—and learn what it takes to be a success. Good communication skills, leadership, adaptability, problem-solving, negotiation, computer literacy and the ability to juggle multiple demands are skills that will take teens from their first jobs through a lifetime of working.