Story of the World-: Early Modern Times-The Imperial East
This spirited reading of author Susan Wise Bauer's Story of
the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the
peoples of ancient times. This chapter is about the Imperial East.
Story of the World- Early Modern Times-The Emperor Napoleon
This spirited reading of author Susan Wise Bauer's Story of
the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the
peoples of ancient times. This chapter is about the Emperor Napoleon.
Story of the World- Early Modern Times-The Rise of Bonaparte
This spirited reading of author Susan Wise Bauer's Story of
the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the
peoples of ancient times. This chapter is about the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Cahokia - Mound Builders - 500 Nations - Middle Native American Tribes
The Cahokia mound builders- a 10-minute excerpt from 500 Nations documentary about the lives of Native Americans in middle eastern band tribes. Professional documentary
The Anasazi - Chaco Canyon - 500 Nations - Native American Hopi Tribe
This is a 9-minute excerpt from 500 Nations documentary on the Anasazi and ancient civilizaton.
13th century Medieval Music: Ductia
On viol and recorder by ernst stolz. There are no surviving manuscripts containing pieces labelled as ductias. Grochieo describes the ductia as like the estampie but more regular; perhaps this refers to an estampie with verses all of the same length. Musically speaking, it might be that an instrumental estampie with only three or four two-part verses (puncti) is a ductia (HAoM p220).
Grocheio also says (presumably about the vocal ductia): "The ductia is a melody that is light and br
Biography: For Kids - Davy Crockett, American Frontier Legend
The folk hero who was far more than a simple woodsman in coonskin cap. We chronicle his political career in Tennessee, where he championed the rights of squatters, and in Congress, where he opposed his former commander, President Jackson.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Threatens Native American "Water" Village
The town of Grand Bayou, Louisiana, has no streets and no cars, just water and boats. And now the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatens the very existence of the Atakapa-Ishak Indians who live there. RUn time 05:13.
Author Barbara Ehrenreich on inequality in America, and Critic Clive James on who's worth rememberin
Bill Moyers talks with author Barbara Ehrenreich about inequality in America and discusses who's worth remembering in the 20th Century with culture critic, Clive James.
038 The New American Wing: The Verplanck Room
Metropolitan Museum curators Morrison Heckscher and Amelia Peck discuss the details of an eighteenth-century period room furnished with the belongings of the Verplanck family. Along with eighteen other period rooms, the Verplanck Room will return to public view when the New American Wing reopens on May 19, 2009. More information about the period rooms is available on the Museum's Audio Guide.
039 The New American Wing: American Art Pottery
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, the Metropolitan Museum's Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts, talks with Robert Ellison about his collection of American ceramics from 1876 to 1956, a promised gift to the Museum. The works will be displayed on the mezzanine balcony of the Charles Engelhard Court in the New American Wing, which reopens to the public on May 19, 2009. More in
047 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: A New Look at Sargent's Venice
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Curator Barbara Weinberg introduces artist Eric Fischl, who takes a fresh look at two of the John Singer Sargent paintings—An Interior in Venice and A Street in Venice—that are included in the exhibition "Author(s):
048 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Winslow Homer's Civil War
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Distinguished Civil War scholar James McPherson comments on Pitching Quoits and The Veteran in a New Field, two of the Winslow Homer paintings in the exhibition "Am
049 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cooking with Lilly Martin Spencer
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Cookbook author and New York Times columnist Mark Bittman savors the food depicted in two paintings by Lilly Martin Spencer—Kiss Me and You’ll Kiss the 'Lasses and Young Husband: First Marketing—on view in the exhi
051 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: George Caleb Bingham's Take on Electi
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shares his insights on Election Day and on George Caleb Bingham’s painting The County Election, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."
053 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Artist Kara Walker Discusses "The Pow
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Artist Kara Walker offers her interpretation of the painting The Power of Music by William Sidney Mount, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."
056 Episode for Families: Johnny Appleseed and American Stories
Curator Barbara Boehm relates the delightful American story of Johnny Appleseed in this episode produced especially for younger audiences.
057 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Author Elizabeth Strout Discusses Two
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout shares her responses to Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts and The Gale, two of the Winslow Homer paintings in the exhibition "Author(s):
062 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Chinese Restaurant by John S
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
New York Times columnist Mark Bittman and restaurateur Danny Meyer discuss John Sloan's painting Chinese Restaurant, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."
064 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cliff Dwellers by George Bel
Joyce Mendelsohn and Annie Polland—two historians of New York’s Lower East Side—discuss Cliff Dwellers, George Bellows's 1913 depiction of the neighborhood, now on view in the exhibition “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.”
