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Item Nr: DVD 1914 Title: Profiles in Courage
Grade Lvl: JS Author:
Length: 25 Prod/Pub: HRM
Copyright: 2006 Series: REAL CHARACTER/REAL PEOPLE:
Book Type: Biographee:
Copies: 1 Loan Period: 10 days
 
  Presents various situations that exemplify the nature of courage. Teenagers participate in a round table discussion to identify what it means to be courageous. Features interviews with former Senator Max Cleland and astronaut Sally Ride who speak about personal courage and overcoming fear. Profiles the efforts of Massachusetts teenagers fighting for justice on behalf of a Pakistani boy who was murdered for his stand against child labor. Also highlights a teenage poet who shares her experience of courage and how it inspires her poetry. Fortitude. Timidity. Role models. Encourages students to embrace courage to positively impact the world around them. Closed captioned.

  Subjects:
  1434 - CHARACTER EDUCATION/SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
  1405 - CLOSED CAPTIONED
  1497 - CONDUCT OF LIFE
  360 - COUNSELING
  102 - DVD
  589 - HEROES/HEROINES
  1500 - LIFE SKILLS
  1257 - MORAL CONDITIONS