Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Description:This episode of Modern Marvels explores the manufacturing process behind scary masks and candy corn as well as takes a look at extreme jack-o-lanterns.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Description:This episode of Biography chronicles the life of the young peasant girl who led an army believing she had been sent by God.

Grade Level: 9-12

Description:Newsreel footage, period accounts, and interviews with biographers bring the story of the notorious outlaws to life.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Description:From his birth to the dramatic circumstances of his death, this program examines one of history's most enigmatic figures.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Description:This episode of Biography chronicles Bell's attempts to communicate with his deaf mother that ultimately led to the invention of the telephone.

Grade Level: All

Description:Takes a look at this particularly American celebration, including how New York was the first state to officially declare a day of Thanksgiving, and how President Lincoln first made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863. It also explores period accounts and art that bring Thanksgiving celebrations through the centuries to life, and find out the origins of traditions like the Macy's parade.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Description:Based on book by Dee Brown, this film adaptation chronicles the events leading up to the massacre of the Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Description:Series profiles political leaders, artists, and other famous figures

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Description:Examines the life of the sharpshooter from her childhood where she learned to shoot to her days in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Description:Follows the career of the legendary Confederate raider and visits the ship's final resting place at the bottom of the English Channel.