David King

Text and pictures introduce musical instruments from early times to the present--from pipes and flutes to electronic synthesizers.

Despite her premature death at age 39, Flannery O'Connor left behind one of the most haunting and strikingly original bodies of work in 20th Century literature. With the rural South as her backdrop, she brought to life a string of eccentric characters torn between their worldly ambitions and the need for a more enduring truth. This film traces the people and events that shaped her remarkable career, as well as the important role that Catholicism played...

Examines the life of the brilliant general who became America's most infamous Revolutionary War traitor.

Introduces significant people and events in American history from colonial times to the 1990s.

Includes social studies projects taken from the ancient Aztecs.

Discusses American life during World War II, depicts a year in the lives of two fictional families, and presents projects and activities, such as deciphering codes, making a mobile out of found objects, and baking a sweet potato pie.

Discusses the significance and principal military personnel of the Civil War battle that took place at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Presents an account of a critical turning point in history, the battles which plunged the thirteen colonies into war with Great Britain, a war known as the American Revolution.