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Zane: Library Skills: Using the Atlas
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Through delightful claymation techniques, the atlas makes its debut
among the other, more well known library references. With the aid of
the dictionary, encyclopedia index, and almanac characters, the atlas
describes the different types of atlases, how maps are made, and how to
use the atlas' table of contents and index to find any point on the
map - or even plot Amelia Earhart's famous flight. Includes a 20-minute
multimedia presentation with video, more than 250 photos, and three
skills application games to test your knowledge of using an atlas.
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Zane: Library Skills: Using the Dictionary
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Four colorful claymation characters take students on a tour of several
key types of dictionaries and how to use them. The program teaches
students how to use alphabetization and guide words as well as the
components of dictionary entries like pronunciation, syllabication,
word division, etymology, definitions, homographs, and synonyms.
Includes a 21-minute multimedia presentation with video, more than 250
photos, and three skills application games to test your knowledge of
using a dictionary.
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Zane: Library Skills: Using the Encyclopedia
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This engaging program introduces young researchers to the encyclopedia
and to how it is used. Via claymation techniques, an encyclopedia set
"comes alive." The various books in the set tell what an encyclopedia
is, what an article contains, how to locate information, and how to use
the whole set in the course of writing a brief paper. Includes a
17-minute multimedia presentation with video, more than 250 photos, and
three skills application games to test your knowledge of using an
encyclopedia.
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Zane: Lit Art: Understanding Biographies
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Survey the major characteristics of biographies, including the author's
viewpoint, research aspects, and fictional elements. Learn how a
historical biography is researched and written by examining the life of
John F. Kennedy; study how a literary biography is written, using the
story of the life of Mark Twain as an example; and discover how to
write a scientific biography through an in-depth profile of Marie Curie.
Includes a 62-minute multimedia presentation and more than 580 photos.
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Zane: Lit Art: Understanding Drama
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Explore theater as both a literary form and a performance art. Survey
the works of playwrights in all dramatic forms: tragedy, drama,
melodrama, comedy, and farce. Examine the elements of dramatic
structure: exposition, complication, climax, and resolution. Understand
the challenges of writing for the stage and the factors considered in
transforming a script into "live" theater. Includes an 80-minute
multimedia presentation and 285 photos.
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Zane: Lit Art: Understanding Short Fiction
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Develop a thorough understanding of short fiction by examining the
ways in which a writer uses setting, tone, character, plot, and mood
to convey the theme of a literary work. Examine how special elements,
such a point of view and imagery, are applied to this art form. Compare
the distinctive writing techniques of such noted authors as Eudora
Welty, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway. Includes a 20-minute
multimedia presentation and 100 photos.
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Zane: Multimedia Powertalk
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Best-selling authors Tony Robbins and Paul Zane Pilzer team up to
discuss what is happening in the American economy. Their high-energy,
65-minute multimedia presentation is linked to more than 4000 hypertext
pages of valuable reference material, including the entire contents of
their four best-selling books - "Unlimited Power" and "Awaken the Giant
Within" by Robbins, and "Other People's Money" and "Unlimited Wealth" by
Pilzer - plus more than 300 related articles.
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Zane: Music Appr: Dynamics and Tone
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Musician and educator Stephen Titra imaginatively combines information
about composers, musical eras, and musical concepts with carefully
chosen examples from the classical repertoire. Using various period
and modern instruments, Titra demonstrates how dynamics and tone help
add meaning to and allow interpretation of all kinds of music. Includes
a 17-minute multimedia presentation with video and contains more than
250 photos.
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Zane: Music Appr: Making Music - Symphony Orchestra
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Follow the Denver Young Artists Orchestra as it prepares for and
performs a concert. Behind-the-scenes interviews with the conductor and
the orchestra members are interspersed with the orchestra's early
rehearsals, seating auditions, dress rehearsal, and the final
performance. Experience the excitement of watching a music performance
evolve from the first look at the score to the final round of applause.
Includes a 35-minute multimedia presentation with video and contains
more than 350 photos.
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Zane: Music Hist: Romanticism to Contemporary
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Survey the history of Western classical music, from Beethoven's "Eroica"
to Copland's "Rodeo." Understand polyphony, dissonance, and tonality.
Learn how the emotional quality of Beethoven's works impacted the
symphonic form. Explore Wagner's contributions to opera, Stravinsky's
focus on rhythm, and Copland's synthesis of jazz and classical elements.
Includes an 89-minute multimedia presentation and 850 photos.
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