From the sumptuous Amalfi coast to the isle of Procida by way of the Sorrento Peninsula and Capri, this is Naples! From encounter to encounter, this is a portrait of this region of Italy, noted as a UNESCO listed World Heritage Site. The exploration is by both ground and air, with some unexpected encounters in this capital of opera.
Situated to the west of the Pacific, almost 750 miles away from Australia, New Caledonia is where you will find the largest lagoon on the planet. A coral universe of breath-taking beauty, the lagoon is resident to countless marine species and is both the pantry and the incredible playground of the archipelago?s inhabitants.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: World Cultures. (2014) From some of the most remote locations in the world the appealing photography of wide eyed children just being kids will quickly engage audience attention. These close-up programs are so captivating and the children so innocent that experiencing their unique lifestyles will have lasting effect. These children, like children everywhere, live their lives with the sweet innocence of youth combined with hopeful dreams for the future.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2019)
Tam discusses the influences that inspired him to become a landscape artist and his fascination with the dynamic forces of nature.
FLASHPOINT - Brings together an accomplished group of Hawai'i based artists working under the theme of FIRE. Artworks in this exhibition depict the varied aspects of FIRE and are visual interpretations of flashpoints in time and place - in methods of fabrication and conceptual context.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2006) This documentary highlights several of Hawai`i's most prominent artists. Each 25-minute segment features two artists who work in the same medium. They share their views and philosophy, and discuss technique and style.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2019)
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2013)Little Scientist helps children develop scientific reasoning by exploring the world of science that surrounds them. The unique structure of each program combines a short story with scientific information, enabling children to easily and naturally become interested and engaged. While focusing on the story, children will naturally absorb the science that is presented in various "fun" formats. Science is fun!
Qos asks Raven to help him win the heart of Igis, a young woman who is too vain to love anyone but herself. Raven asks Qos to collect the snow from Igis?s footprints, a tuft of her hair, and some of her old clothes to build a snowman. With a puff of his breath, Raven brings the snowman to life and names him Moowis, telling Qos that it will teach Igis the true meaning of love. But Qos is shocked when Igis falls in love with Moowis instead!
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) An artist using chocolate, frosting, and cutouts, illustrates the traditional story of Hansel and Gretel.
Explores the mythology, legends and history found in the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Daven Hee - Ceramics, Cade Roster - Multi-Media
Following the process of adapting a classic ballet into a "Hawaiianized" version that reflects the history of the Hawaiian Monarchy under the last Queen of the islands and the location of historic Washington Place by Ballet Hawaii.
Audience: All; Subject Areas: Schools. (2019) Numerous DOE schools are named after or attached to Hawaiian Ali'i. What is the story about how and why this happened? What is the connection between the school and the ali'i today? Let's start with learning about Princess Ruth Luka Keanolani Kauanahoahoa Ke'elikokani and Central Intermediate School on O'ahu.
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Math. (2013) With the help of exciting math fairy tales, children are introduced to abstract mathematical concepts such as counting, categorizing, shapes and colors. Each program in the series will familiarize students with a different aspect of math by using familiar living environments as its theme. At the end of each program a fun math song repeats and reviews the contents of the fairy tale and its lesson. Correlates to Math Common Core State Standards.
Large-scale deforestation of tropical forests for palm oil production is a growing problem that threatens the survival of huge numbers of animals and plants, many already on the verge of extinction. In Indonesia almost two million hectares of forest disappear every year. That's equivalent to six football fields being flattened every minute. Oil from plam trees is currently found in over half of all processed foods. At the current rate nearly 98% of Indonesia's rainforests will be gone in 20 years. For orangutans, elephants, and gibbons, the future is increasingly uncertain.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: World Cultures. (2014) From some of the most remote locations in the world the appealing photography of wide eyed children just being kids will quickly engage audience attention. These close-up programs are so captivating and the children so innocent that experiencing their unique lifestyles will have lasting effect. These children, like children everywhere, live their lives with the sweet innocence of youth combined with hopeful dreams for the future.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) Join host Archie Kao as he shares the incredible story of Chinese American Achievement, from the first wave of immigrants in California's gold fields to the entrepreneurs of the 21st century's Information Age. It is a spellbinding account of accomplishment ... Jerry Yang and the creation of Yahoo ... Amy Tan's fascinating novels of Chinese American life ... I.M Pei and his magnificent architecture ... Michelle Kwan, the darling of American figure skaters ... Yo Yo Ma's acclaimed cello performances ... The legendary Bruce Lee and his extraordinary martial arts ... And over 40 more stories of Chinese American achievers who have helped shaped America into its leadership role in the 21st century.. 600 - Li Yan Chu Writes the First Account of a North American Exploration 1823 - Chinese Entrepreneur Hung Tai Introduces Sugar Mills to Hawaii 1850 - Yee Fung Cheung Pioneers California's Gold Rush 1851 - Chinese Invention Revolutionizes Gold Mining
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2009) 1854 - Yung Wing Becomes the First Chinese American to Graduate from a U.S. College 1854 - Chinese Six Companies Represent All Chinese in the United States 1862 - Chinese Americans Distinguish Themselves in the American Civil War 1865 - Chinese American Laborers Build the Transcontinen
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1886 - San Francisco's Chinese American Laundry Men Sue for Equal Rights 1887 - Doc Hay and Lung On Arrive on the Eastern Oregon Frontier 1888 - Lue Gim Gong, Father of the Florida Citrus Industry 1894 - Polly Bemis, an Angel in Idaho's Wilderness 1906 - San Francisco Earthquake's Impa
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1911 - U.S. Citizen Sun Yat-Sen Becomes China's First President 1921 - Anna May Wong, First Chinese American Female Hollywood Star 1926 - You Chung Hong Leads the Fight for Chinese American Civil Rights 1935 - Eddy See Initiates Chinese American Artistic Movement
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1935 - Katherine Cheung, the Chinese American "Amelia Earhart" 1938 - Charlie Low's Forbidden City Nightclub Showcases Chinese American Performers 1939 - Wah Ming Chang Joins the Disney Studios 1939 - Chinese Americans Answer the Call to Defend Democracy 1943 - Magnuson Act Repeals the
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Investigates the geography of China and its neighbors, including details of language and population. Examines the major religions of the country including Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and traditional beliefs concerning the yin and yang, feng shui, tai chi, the Eight Trigrams, and the I Ching.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Examines life in China's ancient capital cities of Xian and Beijing including investigations of city defenses, towers, neighborhoods, traditional foods and markets, the emperors of China and The Forbidden City.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: World Cultures. (2014) From some of the most remote locations in the world the appealing photography of wide eyed children just being kids will quickly engage audience attention. These close-up programs are so captivating and the children so innocent that experiencing their unique lifestyles will have lasting effect. These children, like children everywhere, live their lives with the sweet innocence of youth combined with hopeful dreams for the future.
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2015) Series on Hawaii's local businesses. This program is about Kawamoto Orchid Nursery located in Palolo Valley, Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information visit: http://www.kawamotoorchids.com/
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) Using colored ink and pens, an artist tells the story of a little fir tree who comes to life and tells the children the story of how when he was only five, his dream came true: he became a Christmas tree.
One day, the Great Spirit comes to visit and asks the brothers to fly him over the world he has created. According to Eagle, the Great Spirit rewards his service with a crown of white feathers on his head, but Raven remembers a different story and tells the children what really happened.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2013) Little Scientist helps children develop scientific reasoning by exploring the world of science that surrounds them. The unique structure of each program combines a short story with scientific information, enabling children to easily and naturally become interested and engaged. While focusing on the story, children will naturally absorb the science that is presented in various "fun" formats. Science is fun!
FLASHPOINT - Brings together an accomplished group of Hawai'i based artists working under the theme of FIRE. Artworks in this exhibition depict the varied aspects of FIRE and are visual interpretations of flashpoints in time and place - in methods of fabrication and conceptual context.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2006 )Pat Ekstrand, Watercolor artist, Printmaker and committed Educator. This short biography explores her art work, reflecting on an extraordinary life and a Hawaii of our past.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2019)
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2019)
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. These women come from varied ethnic backgrounds and have all worked hard to contribute to the growing presence of a literary community in Hawai'i. Many of them are dedicated teachers who have mentored others to become writers, and many of them also enjoy a national reputation. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. Amalia B. Bueno's poetry and short stories have been recently published in Tinfish 20, Bamboo Ridge 98, Walang Hiya: Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice and Growing Up Filipino II. Born in Manila and raised in Honoulu, she has worked in public relations, community development, and policy research and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in English from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. These women come from varied ethnic backgrounds and have all worked hard to contribute to the growing presence of a literary community in Hawai'i. Many of them are dedicated teachers who have mentored others to become writers, and many of them also enjoy a national reputation. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. Brandy Nalani McDougall, is of Kanaka Maoli (Hawai'i, Maui, O'ahu and Kaua'i lineages), Chinese and Scottish descent. She is the author of a poetry collection, The Salt-Wind, Ka Makani Pa'akai (2008) and a chapbook, "Return to the Kula House," featured in Effigies: An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing, edited by Allison Hedge Coke (2009). She is a co-founder of Ala Press and Kahuaom'noa Press.
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. These women come from varied ethnic backgrounds and have all worked hard to contribute to the growing presence of a literary community in Hawai'i. Many of them are dedicated teachers who have mentored others to become writers, and many of them also enjoy a national reputation. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. Caroline Sinavaiana is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa, where she teaches Oceanic/Pacific and Comparative Ethnic Literatures, and Creative Writing. Author of two collections of poetry, Alchemies of Distance and Mohawk/Samoa: Transmigrations (with James Thomas Stevens), her poetry and scholarship appear in national and international journals.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) Using pencil and paints, an artist illustrates the story of the selfish giant. A grumpy giant who lives in a house with a big garden, orders the children playing there to get out. He builds a high wall around his garden to keep out trespassers. Winter comes but when spring arrives it doesn't thaw out the giant's garden. After several years of unbroken winter, the giant almost freezes to death. Then one day a small part of the wall crumbles and a child wriggles through. Spring starts to break through the crack in the wall as well. The giant quickly tears down the wall and shares his garden with everyone.
Large-scale deforestation of tropical forests for palm oil production is a growing problem that threatens the survival of huge numbers of animals and plants, many already on the verge of extinction. In Indonesia almost two million hectares of forest disappear every year. That's equivalent to six football fields being flattened every minute. Oil from plam trees is currently found in over half of all processed foods. At the current rate nearly 98% of Indonesia's rainforests will be gone in 20 years. For orangutans, elephants, and gibbons, the future is increasingly uncertain.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: World Cultures. (2014) From some of the most remote locations in the world the appealing photography of wide eyed children just being kids will quickly engage audience attention. These close-up programs are so captivating and the children so innocent that experiencing their unique lifestyles will have lasting effect. These children, like children everywhere, live their lives with the sweet innocence of youth combined with hopeful dreams for the future.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) Join host Archie Kao as he shares the incredible story of Chinese American Achievement, from the first wave of immigrants in California's gold fields to the entrepreneurs of the 21st century's Information Age. It is a spellbinding account of accomplishment ... Jerry Yang and the creation of Yahoo ... Amy Tan's fascinating novels of Chinese American life ... I.M Pei and his magnificent architecture ... Michelle Kwan, the darling of American figure skaters ... Yo Yo Ma's acclaimed cello performances ... The legendary Bruce Lee and his extraordinary martial arts ... And over 40 more stories of Chinese American achievers who have helped shaped America into its leadership role in the 21st century.. 600 - Li Yan Chu Writes the First Account of a North American Exploration 1823 - Chinese Entrepreneur Hung Tai Introduces Sugar Mills to Hawaii 1850 - Yee Fung Cheung Pioneers California's Gold Rush 1851 - Chinese Invention Revolutionizes Gold Mining
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2009) 1854 - Yung Wing Becomes the First Chinese American to Graduate from a U.S. College 1854 - Chinese Six Companies Represent All Chinese in the United States 1862 - Chinese Americans Distinguish Themselves in the American Civil War 1865 - Chinese American Laborers Build the Transcontinen
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1886 - San Francisco's Chinese American Laundry Men Sue for Equal Rights 1887 - Doc Hay and Lung On Arrive on the Eastern Oregon Frontier 1888 - Lue Gim Gong, Father of the Florida Citrus Industry 1894 - Polly Bemis, an Angel in Idaho's Wilderness 1906 - San Francisco Earthquake's Impa
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1911 - U.S. Citizen Sun Yat-Sen Becomes China's First President 1921 - Anna May Wong, First Chinese American Female Hollywood Star 1926 - You Chung Hong Leads the Fight for Chinese American Civil Rights 1935 - Eddy See Initiates Chinese American Artistic Movement
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1935 - Katherine Cheung, the Chinese American "Amelia Earhart" 1938 - Charlie Low's Forbidden City Nightclub Showcases Chinese American Performers 1939 - Wah Ming Chang Joins the Disney Studios 1939 - Chinese Americans Answer the Call to Defend Democracy 1943 - Magnuson Act Repeals the
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Investigates the geography of China and its neighbors, including details of language and population. Examines the major religions of the country including Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and traditional beliefs concerning the yin and yang, feng shui, tai chi, the Eight Trigrams, and the I Ching.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Examines life in China's ancient capital cities of Xian and Beijing including investigations of city defenses, towers, neighborhoods, traditional foods and markets, the emperors of China and The Forbidden City.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: World Cultures. (2014) From some of the most remote locations in the world the appealing photography of wide eyed children just being kids will quickly engage audience attention. These close-up programs are so captivating and the children so innocent that experiencing their unique lifestyles will have lasting effect. These children, like children everywhere, live their lives with the sweet innocence of youth combined with hopeful dreams for the future.