Video Cassettes

• A Fine and Long Tradition. Videocassette. 7 minutes. Video that puts historical female images to music.
• Art of the Western World: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Videocassette.
• Art of the Western World: The Classical Ideal. Videocassette.
• Art of the Western World: The High Renaissance. Videocassette.
• Art of the Western World: Realms of Light: The Baroque. Videocassette.
• Anteitam: The Rebels Strike North, 1862.
  videocassette. Classic Images Productions, Inc., 1988.
• Discover Russia. Videocassette. National Geographic Society, 1990.
• Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1961-1963. Videocassette. Blackside, Inc., 1987.
• Empire of Reason. Videocassette.
• Glory. Videocassette.
• Greek and Roman Legends. Videocassette. Films for the Humanities, 1988.
• Harriet Tubman. Videocassette. Schlessinger Video Productions, 1992. 30 min. Biography of Harriet Tubman.
• History Revisited. Videocassette. National Women's History Project, 1988. 12 min. Color video introducing the many ways women's history themes can be used to expand the focus of what you teach. Hitler's Children. Videocassette.
• Hollywood History of the World. Videocassette.
• Japanese Relocation. Videocassette.
• Lady Bear. Videocassette. Video to Video Productions. >
• Madam C.J. Walker. Videocassette. Schlessinger Video, 1994. 30 min. Biography.
• Mary McLeod Buthane. Videocassette. Schlessinger Video, 1994. 30 min. Biography.
• Music Box. Videocassette. Carolco Pictures, Inc., 1989.
• Mutiny. Videocassette.
• Night and Fog. Videocassette.
• Portrait of the Soviet Union I, II, and III. Videocassettes.
• Russian History. Videocassette.
• Stalin. Videocassette.
• The Battle of China. Videocassette. Star Classics, 1988.
• The Battleship Potemkin. Videocassette. A. Antonov and Grigori Alexandrov. Crown Video.
• The Protestant Reformation. Videocassette.
• The Renaissance. Videocassette.
• The Role of the Theatre in Ancient Greece. Videocassette. Films for the Humanities, Inc., 1989.
• The Sword and the Dragon. Videocassette. The Congress Video Group, 1986.
• Votes for Women. Videocassette. Wild West Women, Inc., 1986. 20 min. Votes for Women celebrates the magnificent campaign, the ultimate victory, and the paths that contemporary women are taking in politics.
• Women in American Life Series:
  Women in American Life is the first comprehensive, multicultural media program on women during these periods. Rare photos and fast-paced narration demonstrate women's multiple, vital roles in the development of the United States. Videocassettes. National Women's History Project, 1990.
  • Women in American Life 1: 1861-1880: Civil War, Recovery, and Westward Expansion.
    • Women's Multiple contributions to the Civil War effort, and the personal toll experienced by families on both sides of the conflict.
    • Emancipation's impact on the lives of black women in the south, and the freeman's schools movement.
    • The development of new employment opportunities for white women after the Civil War.
    • Westward expansion from the perspective of American Indian and Mexican women, as well as that of European-American women moving west in the mid-1800s.
    • The early leaders and controversies of the growing movement for women's rights.
  • Women in American Life 3: 1917-1942: Cultural Image and Economic Reality.
    • World War I creates many new employment opportunities for women and, combined with the suffrage victory in 1920, helps create a new self-image for American women.
    • Movies, new clothing styles and liberated attitudes bring about many visible changes.
    • New legislation creates increasing hardships for Asian and Mexican families and for American Indian populations.
    • Lynching becomes a major issue for black and white women's organizations.
    • The Harlem Renaissance adds a new voice to the heart of America.
    • The personal and economic toll of the Great Depression affects women in a variety of ways, increasing discrimination for some and providing new opportunities for others.
  • Women in American Life 4. 1942-1955: War Work, Housework, and Growing Discontent.
    • The war effort again thrusts women into many new roles, including heavy industry and military.
    • World War II creates a major change in public attitudes toward Asian Americans.
    • Women's economic independence is short-lived, however, as the war's end brings the men home to take over the jobs and push women back into the home.
    • The middle class domestic ideal captures the hearts of many, but the numbers of married women in the work force continues to rise.
    • Discontent with the status quo boil over in black communities and the civil rights movement is born.
  • Women in American Life 5. 1955-1977: New Attitudes Force Dramatic Changes.
    • Traditional family structures change as the divorce rate soars and women enter the workforce in record numbers.
    • Relaxed immigration policies bring new cultures to American cities.
    • Women are involved at every level of the civil rights movement as it brings change to the south.
    • The feminist movement forges new options women in both private and public life.

Audio Cassettes:

• Great Minds Lecture Series. Audiocassettes. The Teaching Company Limited Partnership, 1992. Part I:
  • Lecture 1: Introduction to the Problems and Scope of Philosophy.
  • Lecture 2: Resocratics: Ionian Speculation and Eliatic Metaphysics.
  • Lecture 3: Plato's Republic: Philosophy and Blessed Life
  • Lecture 4: Republic: Justice and Good Polis
  • Lecture 5: Plato's Symposium: The Dialectic of Reason, Love, and Wisdom
  • Lecture 6: Aristotle's Metaphysical Views
  • Lecture 7: Aristotle's Politics: The Golden Mean and Just Rule
  • Lecture 8: Introduction to the Old Testament
  • Lecture 9: Pondering Divine Justice: Do we suffer for ought?
  • Lecture 10: Paul and the New Testament
  • Lecture 11: Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: The Stoic Ideal

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