Margarita doesn't think TJ can play basketball because he uses a wheelchair, but she learns that even though people may be differently abled, they can still have a lot in common.

This program features six landmark speeches: John F. Kennedy's inaugural address; Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech; Adolf Hitler's address to the Nazi Party; Douglas MacArthur's farewell address; Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1942 State of the Union address; and Barack Obama's first inaugural address. Printable transcripts and critical essays are included on DVD only.

Giving feedback on the management styles of your superior requires a great deal of tact; no one enjoys being criticized. This episode shows how the use of constructive criticism, while not pleasant, can be helpful to all involved in the process. One team member offers direct criticism of her bosses, who then allow the rest of the team to offer the same to her. Her assumption of being loved by her team is soon proven wrong. Not surprising is they are...

American film director Otto Preminger was originally born in Austria-Hungary in 1905 He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade known for film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945), while in the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels that pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with taboo topics such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy...

For a salesperson, an objection is the kiss of death. Or is it? In this program, Bob Kimball-author of the American Marketing Association's popular AMA Handbook for Successful Selling and professor of marketing at the University of West Florida-makes it clear that an objection and a rejection are two totally separate things, as he describes in detail the process of turning an objection into an ally: first, probe for the underlying reasons; next, acknowledge...

Learn all about the major milestones in vaccines and antibiotics. Beginning with Edward Jenner and the immunization method against smallpox, this program covers the advances in vaccinations and immunotherapy. Learn about Waldemar Haffkine, who developed a treatment for cholera, and Almroth Wright, who developed a vaccine for typhus. Other treatments are discussed for many major diseases, including diphtheria, tuberculosis, whooping cough, yellow fever,...

This short program introduces the viewer to the Science Fictions genre offering context and examples. Salient points include the four most common themes: our use of technology, the relationships between humanity and science, depictions of the “other,” and visions of the past, present, or future. It also includes a short discussion on how the science fiction genre approaches deeper philosophical questions like what it means to be human.

Milos Forman is a multi-award-winning director with a fascinating backstory. Born in Czechkoslovakia, he was orphaned at an early age when his parents perished in Nazi concentration camps. After an early career making films in his native country, he moved to Hollywood and his career took off. He is most well known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which won five Academy Awards, Hair!, and Amadeus, the biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,...

Every house begins with a foundation, but you'll need to determine what kind. This program explains the three types of foundations-basement foundation, crawl space foundation, and slab-on-grade-and uses a full basement foundation in a seasonal climate to illustrate basic techniques and concerns, including the use of footings, building forms, load-bearing values of the soil, and methods for pouring and curing concrete. Correlates to the Competencies...

Conservative Congressional Representative Liz Cheney delivers an address to the US House of Representatives regarding the actions of President Donald Trump