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9th Grade Choice Project #1 - 2023

Accessing articles and videos

You may need a login and password to access the articles and videos posted here. Click on the passwords button at the top of the page for a list of database passwords.

Databases

Looking for more information? Use the databases below to search for resources on your topic.

General History Databases
Topic Specific Databases

Japan

From Classroom Video on Demand. 

Separation—The Ascent of Woman: A 10,000 Year Story

Click below to watch the full documentary, or click the link above to look at the table of contents for segments on women in Vietnam, China, Japan and more.

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database. If you need the password for the passwords page, please contact a librarian.

China

From Classroom Video on Demand

Separation—The Ascent of Woman: A 10,000 Year Story

Click below to watch the full documentary, or click the link above to look at the table of contents for segments on women in Vietnam, China, Japan and more.

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database. If you need the password for the passwords page, please contact a librarian.

Buddha: Genius of the Ancient World -- watch complete documentary below, or click on link to view table of contents of individual video segments and transcript.

Great Empires of the Past: The Mongols -- watch the introduction below, or click on link to view table of contents of individual video segments and transcript. From the Classroom Video on Demand database.

Korea

From Classroom Video on Demand: a segment from the documentary "The Art of Korea."

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database. If you need the password for the passwords page, please contact a librarian.

India

From Classroom Video on Demand: "Mauryan Empire Tolerance" a segment from the documentary "The Word and the Sword: History of the World."

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database.

From Classroom Video on Demand: "Gupta Scientists" a segment from the documentary "The Story of India, with Michael Wood."

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database.

Ottoman Empire

From Classroom Video on Demand. 

The Ottoman Empire

Click below to watch the full documentary, or click the link above to look at the table of contents for segments on trade, daily life in the Ottoman Empire, Janisaries and Ulema, and more.

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database. If you need the password for the passwords page, please contact a librarian.

Silk Road

From Classroom Video on Demand:  Episode 1 of the documentary series The Silk Road: Where East Met West by the BBC. 

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database. If you need the password for the passwords page, please contact a librarian.

Religion

From Classroom Video on Demand: "Founding Buddhism," a segment from the documentary "Age of Empire: History of the World."

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database. If you need the password for the passwords page, please contact a librarian.

From Classroom Video on Demand: "History and Beliefs of Taoism," a segment from the documentary "A Separate Peace: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Shintoism."

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database. If you need the password for the passwords page, please contact a librarian.

Islamic World

From Classroom Video on Demand: "Islam in Spain" a segment from the documentary In the Name of Allah. For centuries, Islam is a dynamic culture in Portugal and Spain, yet Jews, Christians, and Muslims live together in peace, sharing knowledge and culture. 

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database. If you need the password for the passwords page, please contact a librarian.

 

Printing Press

From Classroom Video on Demand. 

Spread of the Printing Press

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Click below to watch the segment of the documentary focused on the printing press, or click the link above to look at the table of contents for the full documentary.

Rise of Antisemitism in Europe

From documentary The Jewish People: A Story of Survival—Educator's Edition, in the Classroom Video on Demand database 

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Click below to watch the a segment of the documentary focused on the Middle Ages, or click the link above to look at the table of contents for the full documentary.

Great Zimbabwe

From Classroom Video on Demand. 

Great Zimbabwe

Click on the passwords button at the top of the page to get the password for the Classroom Video On Demand database. If you need the password for the passwords page, please contact a librarian.

Click below to watch the full documentary or click the link above to look at the table of contents for the full documentary.

Women in History

From Classroom Video on Demand. 

When Women Ruled: Great Women Leaders in World History

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Click below to watch the full documentary or click the link above to look at the table of contents for the full documentary. There is a segment on Elizabeth I. Also, search the database for more videos on Elizabeth I and on Catherine the Great.

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