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Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Conversation between Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Stephen G. Breyer, Antony M. Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts and high school students from California and Pennsyvania some of which took place in 2006.
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This conversation between Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Justice Stephen G. Breyer on the constitution, taped in 2005, is the first in a series produced by the Annenberg Foundation for use in classrooms on Constitution Day.
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (32 min., 12 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Connor fielded questions in Washington Tuesday, May 16, 2006 from 50 high school students from the Philadelphia and Los Angeles areas. The students and justices discussed the significance of the judiciary and the ways that independence is protected by the Constitution.
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 digital disc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"These three 20- minute videos examine key constitutional concepts. The first explains why the nation's framers created the Constitution. The second describes the protection of individual rights by highlighting the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, affirming the right to an attorney. The last explores the separation of powers by examining the Supreme Court case of Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to take over...
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This documentary begins by introducing the Constitution and why it was created. It then examines key Constitutional concepts -- separation of powers and individual rights -- by focusing on two landmark cases: Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to put the steel mills under government control, and Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court establishes the right to be represented by an attorney.
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (35 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by veteran CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, Mandate examines the long and complex relationship between the presidency and public opinion. Leading historians, political scientists, and public figures offer insight into presidents and the presidency from George Washington through FDR--Annenberg Classroom website.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Aldo Branch is a homicide detective in Houston, and also an amateur musician who loves playing viola in string quartets. He is called to a Houston park where the members of the Kyoto Quartet have been found murdered and their Stradivarius instruments stolen. Branch and his partner, Chat (for Chatahoochee) Jackson, begin by interviewing the Houston elites who had attended the post-concert party at the home of billionaire oilman Clint Mattingly. Celia...
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches, Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
450L
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The latest monsters threatening Stermont Elementary are shadowy shapeshifters that attach themselves to people, eat their shadows, and block out all light--but before he can think of a way to deal with them, Alexander has to deal with a startling revelation from his friend Nikki.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
School field day is coming up and Boris and his friends are practicing hard because they are determined not to let Eddie win again, but on race day Boris is forced to choose between winning and friendship.
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Physical Desc
73 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Boris has a lot of pets, but what he really wants is a Komodo dragon, so he comes up with a plan--and invites his class to come and see his lizard.
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