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Mythology | Specials |
Turning Points |
Now We're Cooking | Taste Tests |
Natural Wonder
Book Beat |
Schmave's Elevator | Money |
American Journey
| Big Idea |
Issue |
Availability |
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| 9-11 | 7-9 | Download |
CD |
| Advertising | 6-8 | Download |
| Affirmative Action | 4-1 | Download | | Amnesty International | 3-12 | | Animal Rights | 2-6 |
| Animals: Can they feel happy? |
5-1 |
Download |
| Beauty | 4-2 | Download | | Berlin Wall | 1-1 | | Bosnia War | 3-5 | | Boys & Girls, Who Wears the Pants? | 2-9 |
| Buy Now! Free! |
8-9 |
Download |
CD |
| China, New | 9-3 | Download |
CD | | Christopher Columbus | 2-3 | | Cigarettes, Smoke & Us | 1-7, 4-5 |
Download 1, 2 |
| Civil War | 6-11 | Download |
| Comics, Understanding |
9-5 |
Download |
CD |
| Competition | 6-10 | Download |
| Crime & Punishment | 3-8 | | Cults & Waco, Texas | 2-11 | | Cyberspace Hype | 4-6 | Download | | Depression, The Great | 5-10 | Download |
| Differences | 2-9 | | Dinosaurs | 7-11 | Download |
CD |
| Discipline | 2-7 | | Dreams | 4-4 | Download | | Easter Island | 8-7 | Download |
CD |
| Enron | 7-12 | Download |
CD |
| Extraterrestrials | 1-6 | | Failure | 6-2 | Download |
| Fair Trade |
10-6 |
Download |
CD |
| Fathers in the Wild | 7-6 | Download |
CD |
| Fear | 5-4 | Download |
| First Amendment | 6-6 | Download |
| Food | 5-2 | Download |
| Freedom | 7-10 | Download |
CD |
| Getting Good | 8-5 | Download |
CD | | Ghosts | 2-4 | | Girls & Boys, Who Wears the Pants? | 2-9 | | Global Warming | 9-4 | Download |
CD |
| Great Depression, The | 5-10 | Download |
| Great Pyramid, The | 8-10 | Download |
CD | | Greed | 5-3 | Download |
| Guns | 1-9 | | Harry Potter, Science & Magic | 8-12 | Download |
CD | | Hikari Oe | 7-4 | Download |
CD |
| Hiroshima | 4-3 | Download |
| History: Is Our History 'True'? |
9-8 |
Download |
CD |
| Home Schools | 5-11 | Download |
| Homeless | 7-5 | Download |
CD |
| Human Spirit |
10-7 |
Download |
CD |
| Hunger | 2-8 | | Iditarod: Ultimate Challenge | 4-7 | Download | | Immigration |
3-11, 10-1 |
Download 1, 2 |
CD |
| Information Superhighway | 3-7 | | Intelligence | 3-9 | | Kosovo & Columbine | 6-5 | Download |
| Laughter | 8-1 | Download |
CD |
| Longitude (Sports) |
7-7, 7-8 |
Download 1, 2 |
CD 1, 2 |
| Mars | 9-1, 9-2 |
Download 1, 2 |
CD 1, 2 |
| Middle East, The | 8-2 | Download |
CD |
| Mind | 3-9 |
| Moral Courage |
9-12 |
Download |
CD |
| Nature's Hydrologists |
10-9 |
Download |
CD |
| New China | 9-3 | Download |
CD | | News | 3-6 | | Numbers & Risk | 6-4 | Download |
| Oil | 7-3 | Download |
CD |
| Olympic Games | 4-9 | Download | | Outer Space | 5-6 | Download |
| Owls, Fish & Jobs | 2-10 | | Parents, Talking with | 5-12 | Download |
| Patriotism | 3-1 | Download |
| Peace Corps |
10-2 |
Download |
CD |
| People & Prejudice | 2-5 | | Petroleum: Big Oil, Little Oil | 7-3 | Download |
CD |
| Political Conventions | 4-11 | Download | | Political Parties | 7-2 | Download |
CD |
| Politics | 4-8 | Download |
| Politics and the Olympics |
10-10 |
Download |
| Pottermania | 7-1 | Download |
CD |
| Power and Politics | 6-3 | Download |
| Pyramid, the Great |
9-7 |
Download |
CD |
| Rainforests | 1-8 |
| Reaching Out |
9-9 |
Download |
CD |
| Recession | 2-2 | | Risk | 6-4 | Download |
| Rivalry, Sibling | 5-5 | Download |
| Road to Mars |
9-1, 9-2 |
Download 1, 2 |
CD 1, 2 |
| Robotics | 5-9 | Download |
| Saddam and Other Bullies | 8-6 | Download |
CD |
| Saint and the Princess | 5-7 | Download |
| School: Why Go? | 3-3 |
| Science and Belief |
9-10 |
Download |
CD |
| Shock & Awe | 8-8 | Download |
CD |
| Sibling Rivalry | 5-5 | Download |
| Smoking | 1-7, 4-5 |
Download 1, 2 |
| Soviet Union Power Play | 1-11 | | Space, Outer | 5-6 | Download |
| Sports: How Hard? How Early? | 8-11 | Download |
CD |
| Spying and Privacy |
9-11 |
Download |
CD |
| Steroids and Ethics |
9-6 |
Download |
CD |
| Stock Market | 6-1 | Download |
| Supreme Court | 1-4 | | Talking with Mom and Pop | 5-12 | Download |
| Television | 3-2 | | Tiananmen Square | 4-10 | Download | | Tibet: Forbidden Kingdom | 6-12 | Download |
| Time Travel | 8-3, 8-4 |
Download 1, 2 |
CD 1, 2 |
| Tobacco | 1-7, 4-5 |
Download 1, 2 |
| Tomorrow | 6-7 | Download |
| Trade |
10-3, 10-4, 10-5 |
Download 1, 2, 3 |
CD 1, 2, 3 |
| Trade, Fair |
10-6 |
Download |
CD |
| Violence & Television | 3-2 | | Virtual Reality | 2-12 | | Waco, Texas | 2-11 |
| Water |
10-8, 10-11
|
Download 1, 2, 3 |
CD 1, 2, 3 |
| We Are What We Eat | 5-2 | Download |
| Welfare | 3-4 | | Work | 5-8 | Download |
| Working Kids |
5-12 |
Download |
| Mythology |
Issue |
Availability |
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| Daedelus & the Minotaur | 3-9 | | |
| Echo & Narcissus | 3-7 | | Phaeton's Golden Chariot | 3-11 |
| Specials | Issue |
Availability |
|
| Deep Blue vs. Humankind | 4-7 | Download |
| | Dreams in the Cornfield | 1-12 | | Goodbye, Mr. Air | 3-2 | | Lincoln Theatre Spotlights | 1-1 | | So Long, Superman | 2-8 |
| Turning Points |
Issue |
Availability |
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| Adams, Ansel | 8-8 | Download |
CD |
| Anthony, Susan B. | 5-11 | Download |
| Beethoven, Ludwig | 2-11 |
| Bell, Gertrude | 10-11 |
Download | CD |
| Bly, Nellie | 1-6 | | Bonaparte, Napoleon | 5-5 | Download |
| Bourke-White, Margaret |
10-8 |
Download |
CD |
| Braille, Louis | 1-8 |
| Brown, John |
9-9 |
Download |
CD |
| Bull, Sitting |
9-11 |
Download |
CD |
| Byrd, Admiral Richard |
5-7, 10-10 |
Download 1, 2 |
| Carson, Rachel | 6-1 | Download |
| Carter, Howard | 2-7 | | Chavez,Cesar | 3-2 | | Chief Joseph | 5-2 | Download |
| Cook, Captain | 7-2 | Download |
CD |
| Cousteau, Jacques |
10-9 |
Download |
CD |
| Crockett, David | 2-9 | | Curie, Marie | 4-6 | Download | | Dahl, Roald | 7-7 | Download |
CD |
| Darwin, Charles | 5-12 | Download |
| Dickinson,Emily | 2-10 | | Disney, Walt | 1-11 | | Donner Party | 2-9 | | Dr. Suess | 4-10 | Download | | Duncan, Isadora | 3-10 | | Earhart, Amelia | 7-6 | Download |
CD |
| Edison, Thomas | 1-4 | | Einstein, Albert | 6-10 | Download |
| Elephant Man | 7-1 | Download |
CD |
| Ellis Island | 1-3 | | Fossey, Dian | 4-4 | Download | | Frank, Anne | 2-8 | | Franklin, Benjamin | 3-7 |
| Ford, Henry |
9-12 |
Download |
CD |
| Frost, Robert | 6-5 | Download |
| Ghandi, Mohandas | 7-12 | Download |
CD |
| Goddard, Robert | 1-7 | | Grey, Zane | 7-9 | Download |
CD |
| Guthrie, Woody | 8-9 |
Download |
CD |
| Hubble, Edwin |
9-5 |
Download |
CD |
| Hurston, Zora Neale | 3-12 | | Ishi | 3-9 | | Jefferson, Thomas | 5-3 | Download |
| Joan of Arc | 3-3 |
| Johnson, Lady Bird |
10-4 |
Download |
CD |
| Jones, Mother | 8-11 | Download |
CD | | Joseph, Chief | 5-2 | Download |
| Keller, Helen | 4-8 | Download | | Kennedy, John | 8-12 | Download |
CD | | King, Martin Luther | 4-5 | Download |
| Leopold, Aldo |
10-5 |
Download |
CD |
| Lewis, Merriwether |
4-12 |
Download |
| Lili'uokalani, Queen |
8-5 | Download |
CD |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 2-3 | | Lindbergh, Charles | 6-6 | Download |
| Lovelace, Ada | 8-1 | Download |
CD |
| Markham, Beryl | 7-8 | Download |
CD |
| Matisse, Henri |
10-2 |
Download |
CD |
| McCarthy Era | 5-8 | Download |
| Mead, Margaret | 5-6 | Download |
| Meir, Golda | 6-7 | Download |
| Mendes, Chico | 3-11 | | Michelangelo | 7-11 | Download |
CD |
| Mille, Agnes de |
9-7 |
Download |
CD |
| Morgan, Julia | 7-10 | Download |
CD |
| Muir, John | 4-3 | Download |
| Murrow, Edward |
9-10 |
Download |
CD |
| Neruda, Pablo |
10-1 |
Download |
CD |
| Nightingale, Florence | 6-4 | Download |
| Oakley, Annie | 5-4 | Download |
| O'Keeffe, Georgia | 3-5 | | Parks, Rosa | 7-3 | Download |
CD |
| Pocahontas | 4-2 | Download | | Polo, Marco | 5-10 | Download |
| Pony Express | 8-6 | Download |
CD |
| Potter, Beatrix | 3-8 | | Presley, Elvis | 2-5 | | Queen Lili'uokalani | 8-5 | Download |
CD |
| Ripley, Robert | 3-6 | | Robinson, Jackie | 2-2 | | Rockwell, Norman | 9-4 | Download |
CD | | Roosevelt, Eleanor | 6-12 | Download |
| Roosevelt, Franklin | 2-12 | | Roosevelt, Theodore | 6-2 | Download |
| Sacagawea | 2-4 |
| Sagan, Carl |
10-7 |
Download
| CD |
| Salem Witch Trials | 5-1 | Download |
| Salk, Jonas | 3-4 | | Sasaki, Sadako | 8-7 | Download |
CD |
| Scholl, Sophie | 5-9 | Download |
| Schultz, Charles | 6-11 | Download |
| Schweitzer, Albert | 4-1 | Download | | Shackleton, Ernest | 8-2 | Download |
CD |
| Shakespeare, William | 8-4 | Download |
CD |
| Stowe, Harriet Beecher | 7-5 | Download |
CD |
| Suess, Dr. | 4-10 | Download | | Sullivan, Anne | 4-8 | Download | | Tecumseh | 9-3 | Download |
CD |
| Tesla, Nikola |
10-3 |
Download |
CD |
| Thoreau, Henry David | 9-1 | Download |
CD | | Titanic | 4-9 | Download | | Truman, Harry | 6-9 | Download |
| Truth, Sojourner | 4-11 | Download | | Tubman, Harriet | 1-9 | | Twain, Mark | 4-7 | Download | | Van Gogh, Vincent | 5-2 | Download |
| Verne, Jules | 8-10 | Download |
CD |
| Washington, George |
9-8 |
Download |
CD |
| Whitman, Walt |
9-6 |
Download |
CD |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 3-1 | Download | | Williams, Ted | 8-3 | Download |
CD |
| Wright, Orville and Wilbur | 9-2 | Download |
CD |
| Taste Tests | Issue |
Availability |
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| Bubble Gum Taste Test | 3-6 | | Chocolate Chip Cookies Taste Test | 4-4 | Download |
| | Cola Taste Test | 2-11 | | Potato Chips | 2-9 |
| Book Beat | Issue | Availability |
| Gill, Shelley | 4-7 | Download |
| | McKenzie, Ellen | 2-6 | | Morey, Walt | 2-1 | | Sachs, Marilyn | 1-11 | | Thomas, Anika | 2-4 | | Yolan, Jane | 4-3 | Download |
| Money | Issue |
Availability |
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| Accounting | 3-8 | | Banking | 1-2 | | Barter | 1-8 | | Budget Decisions | 2-9 | | Budgets | 2-7 | | Charge Cards | 1-5 | | Checks | 1-4 | | Checks | 4-6 | Download |
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| Coin Collecting | 4-2 | Download |
| Currency | 2-12 | | Deals | 3-5 | | Deficit Spending | 2-6 | | Demand | 1-12 | | Discounts | 3-1 | Download |
| Garage Sales | 4-11 | Download |
| Inflation | 3-2 | | Insurance | 2-3 | | Interest | 1-3 | | Monopoly | 3-6 | | Mortgages | 3-7 | | Prices | 1-9 | | Salaries | 2-5 | | Sales Tax | 4-4 | Download |
| Social Security | 2-11 | | Stocks | 1-6 | | Stocks | 1-7 | | Street Fairs | 3-10 | | Supply | 1-10 | | Taxes | 2-8 | | Tipping | 3-12 | | Worth | 3-4 |
| American Journey | Issue |
Availability |
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| Alaska, Circle | 2-1 | | Anywhere, Slowly | 9-4 | Download |
CD | | Appalachia | 5-1 | Download |
| Appalachian Trail, The | 6-12 | Download |
| Arizona Desert |
9-12 |
Download |
CD |
| British Columbia, Salt Spring Island | 8-10 | Download |
CD | | California, Loma Mar | 4-2 | Download |
| California, San Francisco | 2-12 | | Camden, Maine | 8-1 | Download |
CD |
| Cape Cod | 5-11 | Download |
| Circle, Alaska | 2-1 | | Disneyland, On the Road to | 7-6 | Download |
CD |
| District of Columbia | 1-9 | | Erwin, Tennessee | 8-8 | Download |
CD |
| Everglades, Florida |
6-6, 10-11 |
Download 1, 2 | CD |
| Four Corners | 2-10 | | Gloucester, Massachusetts | 1-4 | | Gothenberg, Nebraska | 6-6 | Download |
| Grand Canyon, Inside | 2-5 | | Grand Canyon, Outside | 2-4 | | Grinnell, Iowa | 7-4 | Download |
CD |
| Hamlet, Washington | 4-11 | Download |
| Hawaii, Kauai | 2-7 | | Illinois, Woodstock | 7-2 | Download |
CD |
| Iowa, Grinnell | 7-4 | Download |
CD |
| Kauai, Hawaii | 2-7 | | Kentucky, Port Royal | 3-5 | | Kiawah Island | 7-8 | Download |
CD |
| Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | 1-6 | | Loma Bar, California | 4-2 | Download |
| Louisiana, New Orleans | 8-6 | Download |
CD |
| Mackinac Island, Michigan | 6-3 | Download |
| Maine, Camden | 8-1 | Download |
CD |
| Maine, northern interior | 5-9 | Download |
| Massachusetts, Gloucester | 1-4 | | Massachusetts, Newburyport | 7-10 | Download |
CD |
| Mexico |
9-10 |
Download |
CD
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| Michigan, Mackinac Island | 6-3 | Download |
| Minnesota, Northern | 6-9 | Download |
| Minnesota, Rouseau | 2-2 | | Mississippi River | 6-1 | Download |
| Mississippi | 4-9 | Download |
| Moab, Utah | 3-12 | | Montana | 4-4 | Download |
| Nebraska, Gothenberg | 6-6 | Download |
| Nevada, Virginia City | 3-2 | | New Hampshire, White Mountains | 3-8 | | New Orleans, Louisiana | 8-6 | Download |
CD |
| New York, New York | 2-6 | | New York, Sagaponack | 5-5 | Download |
| Newburyport, Massachusetts | 7-10 | Download |
CD |
| North Carolina, Duck | 3-10 | | Duck, North Carolina | 3-10 |
| Olympic Peninsula, Washington |
9-8 |
Download |
CD |
| Oregon, Portland | 1-11 | | Osh Kosh, Wisconsin | 1-8 | | Pennsylvania, Lancaster County | 1-6 | | Port Royal, Kentucky | 3-5 | | Portland, Oregon | 1-11 | | Rouseau, Minnesota | 2-2 | | Route 66 | 8-4 | Download |
CD |
| Sagaponack, New York | 5-5 | Download | | Salt Lake City, Utah | 6-8 | Download |
| Salt Spring Island, British Columbia | 8-10 | Download |
CD | | San Antonio, Texas | 1-7 | | San Francisco, California | 2-12 |
| Santa Cruz, California |
10-4 |
Download |
CD |
| Sonoran Desert, Arizona | 5-3 | Download |
| South Carolina, Kiawah Island | 7-8 | Download |
CD |
| South Dakota | 6-5 | Download |
| Tennessee, Erwin | 8-8 | Download |
CD |
| Texas, San Antonio | 1-7 | | Utah, Moab | 3-12 | | Utah, Salt Lake City | 6-8 | Download |
| Virginia City, Nevada | 3-2 | | Washington, Hamlet | 4-11 | Download |
| White Mountains, New Hampshire | 3-8 | | Wisconsin, Osh Kosh | 1-8 | | Woodstock, Illinois | 7-2 | Download |
CD |
| Yellowstone |
9-6 |
Download |
CD |
| Yosimite |
10-10 |
Download |
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