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Zane: Music Hist: History of Jazz
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Trace the beginnings of jazz from the honky-tonks of New Orleans
at the turn of the century, to its golden age in Chicago, to the
dance halls of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s decades when
swing was king and the big band sound was all the rage.
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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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Zane: Music Hist: The Art of Listening
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Enhance your enjoyment of music learning how to listen to musical works
and appreciate different musical styles. Explore the structural and
technical aspects of music, which organizes sounds into rhythmical
patterns recognizable as Gregorian chant, rock'n'roll, soul, folk,
swing, country, classical, and other musical forms. Learn to distinguish
rhythm, melody, and harmony. Ages 11+.
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Zane: Music Hist: Through Classical Period
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Trace the evolution of Western classical music from Gregorian chant to
the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, whose career marks a turning point in
musical history. Explore medieval plainchant and the music of
troubadours, Renaissance choral works and madrigals, baroque opera and
the concerto, and the classical symphony and sonata-allegro form.
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Zane: My Brother's Keeper
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Learn the story of the Holocaust and, specifically, the Warsaw ghetto,
told through the art of Israel Bernbaum, and supplemented by archival
photos, firsthand accounts, and a history text. understand how hate
and racist propaganda can lead to catastrophe, and examine the meaning
of the biblical phrase, "my brother's keep." Includes a 25-minute
multimedia presentation based on Bernbaum's book, "My Brother's Keeper"
(the complete text of which is included), and 300 photos.
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Zane: Nat Amer His: Agricultrual Indians of Texas
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Contrary to the images of the silver screen, most Native Americans
survived in peaceful harmony with nature. This program introduces such
farming cultures as the pueblo-building Indians, the Jumano, and the
sophisticated agriculturists and traders like the Caddo. Discover what
caused the decline of these populations and the legacies they left
behind. Features a 29-minute multimedia presentation and includes more
than 400 photos and 8 minutes of video.
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Zane: Nat Amer His: First Americans - Paleoindians
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The Paleoindians, or "first Indians," populated the American continent
about 11,500 years ago. Discover how analyzing the tools and weapons
found at key archaeological digs in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado
have given us detailed information about how these Paleoindian cultures
lived. Explore the unique culture from the mammoth hunters to the
buffalo hunters to the ancestors of today's Native American cultures.
Features a 26-minute multimedia presentation and includes more than 320
photos and 6 minutes of video.
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Zane: Social Sciences: Discover Psychology
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Based on the best-selling text, Psychology, Second Edition, this CD-ROM
takes you on an interactive journey through the human mind to learn how
we think, feel, and behave. Gain perspective on human diversity from
the findings of cross-cultural research and examine a wide range of
topics - including the discovery and function of neurons, the
development of phobias, and the concept of stress - in a historical
context. Includes a 56-minute multimedia presentation and more than
900 photos.
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Zane: Social Sciences: Psychology, Interactive Edition
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Learn the historical roots of psychology and its scientific methods.
Study the body's communication networks and the regions of the brain.
See how tests can measure our memory, motivation, emotion, and
intelligence. Study the birth of psychoanalysis and Freud's Theory of
Personality. Define psychological disorders and how they affect
insanity defenses.
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Zane: Struggle for Equal Rights (African American History)
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Follow the plight of African Americans in the years following the Civil
War, from the poverty and discrimination that befell them in the South
to the climate of inequality and racial violence that pervaded American
society well into the 1960s. Learn how the peaceful strategies of the
civil rights movement were often countered with savage attacks by white
supremacists. Includes a 65-minute multimedia presentation and more
than 625 photos.
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