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Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Americans wage many of today's fiercest policy debates and culture wars as battles over constitutional meaning. Constitutional law implicates everything from abortion to same-sex marriage to the scope of presidential power in times of war. Quite simply, many of the most important issues of the day are ultimately questions of constitutional interpretation, and the Constitution rarely answers these questions clearly. ... Questions like these lie at...
2) Gun life
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Experts like professor John Murrin and Senator Larry Craig shed light on the 2nd Amendment itself, examining exactly what it says and speculating on the founders' intents. From behind the scenes of a shoot-em-up action flick to the halls of Congress, this is an all-encompassing look at gun life in America.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
These twenty-four lectures offer an introduction to the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel and early Judaism as it is presented in the collection of texts called the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, and the Tanakh. Attention is given not only to the content of the biblical books but also to the debates over their meaning and the critical methods through which they have been interpreted.
Series
Publisher
Sporty's Academy
Language
English
Description
Ride along on three real-world flights in a Piper Pacer, a glass-panel Cirrus and a Cessna 210, to see the range of communications skills required for flight in every type of VFR airspace, visit a variety of airports, from rural non-towered fields to busy Class B airspace at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG), learn to communicate smoothly and efficiently with tower, approach control, clearance delivery, flight service stations...
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the historical development of the concept of an "element" from the ideas of ancient Greece through modern quantum theory. Viewers learn that as scientists like Boyle, Dalton and Lavoisier began to recognize patterns in the behavior of chemicalsk they sought a unifying principle that would explain why different elements had different properties.
Series
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students and discuss why we have and need a constitution, what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.
Series
Publisher
Sporty's Academy
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Airspace: Provides an in-depth look at operating rules and chart depiction in a logical, easy-to-understand format.
Weather format: A step-to-step guide through the ICAO weather formats and abbreviations of METARs and TAFs. Learn to read and interpret aviation weather reports and extract additional clues they provide about atmospheric conditions.
14) Lady buds
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
From a Latinx LGBTQ activist to a Black Catholic school principal, six small businesswomen hit California's newly legal cannabis trade. But as aggressive regulations bogart the market, can they each keep their green American dream alight?
Series
Publisher
Sporty's Academy
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Fly along with Richard L. Collins in his Cessna P210 from Sporty's to one of the busiest airports in the world, Washington National in the nation's capital. Sporty's video crew puts you in the cockpit to watch and listen to actual in-flight exchanges between controllers and one of general aviation's most experienced pilots. Throughout, Collins offers his unique insights and perspectives to IFR flight" -- Container.
Publisher
MainStream Productions, Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Between the Civil War and World War I, America was busy building its heartland. Uncle Sam made it possible, the railroad made it practical. This is the story of those years, told with figures and facts; music and poetry; and a little prairie philosophy.
Publisher
National Geographic Society, Educational Services
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Students learn about the judicial branch of the U.S. government as they follow a case involving the state of Alaska that finally has come before the Supreme Court. Also teaches about the U.S. Supreme Court's responsibility for interpreting the U.S. Constitution.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an 'environmental ethic' decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Hooked explains the chemistry of certain drugs, their effects, and their history of use and illegality. Relates cycles of social and legal acceptance followed by rejection as drug effects were recognized, used and overused. Explores the social and legislative changes that have transformed (and, some would argue, created) the drug culture of the 20th Century.
20) Modified
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A first-person feature documentary that questions why genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not labeled on food products in the United States and Canada, despite being labeled in 64 countries around the world. Shot over a span of ten years, the film follows the ongoing struggle to label GMOs, exposing the cozy relationship between the biotech industry and governments.