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| Freedom:
A
History of US (PBS - 16 episodes)
This series of 16 programs
offers extensive video material that can
be used in the
classroom with Fasttrack
to America's Past. Each
program is about 25 minutes long, and is divided into shorter segments
that teachers
can easily match to specific lessons. Use DVDs if possible - the
picture is very crisp and it is easy to cue to specific segments.
VHS tapes eventually wear out. The videos are
available in several different packages, including: Freedom: A
History of US - full set of 16 episodes on 4 DVDs - FHUS701 $200.00
Freedom: A
History of US - full set of 16
episodes on 8 VHS
tape - FHUSDX0 $200.00 Freedom: A History of
US: Fighting for Freedom - contains only Episodes 1, 2, 5,
and
6 (covering the American Revolution, the Constitutional Convention, the
abolition movement, and the Civil War). Freedom: A
History of US - Individual VHS
tapes carrying two episodes each: Episodes
1 & 2 (Independence / Revolution) FHUSDX1 $49.95 http://teacher.shop.pbs.org/home/index.jsp (Be sure to go to the on-line PBS Teacher Shop, not just the regular PBS on-line store, which may not show all available items. Call shopPBS.com at 1-800-344-3337 if you do not see the items you want or if old prices are listed online.) |