Africa Trail CD
1995 MECC
Available from MECC
ISBN# 0-7929-0904-6
Africa Trail transports students to Africa for a transcontinental bicycle
trek. Based on the historic 1992 expedition of world-famous bicyclist Dan
Buettner, Africa Trail requires students to choose teammates, buy supplies,
and traverse the Sahara Desert, savannas, and tropical rainforests. Along
the way, students make decisions based on information they pick up from
their teammates and local people.
African American History
Tom Snyder Productions, Inc.
Available from Tom Snyder Productions, Inc.
A data disk on African-American history to accompany Bilingual Timeliner.
African-American History: Slavery to Civil Rights
1994 Queue, Inc.
Available from Queue, Inc.
A multimedia program using narration and visual materials divided into
nine sections: The Colonial Period, Abolitionists, The Civil War, Reconstruction,
The Harlem Renaissance, The Depression, The Kerner Commission and Protest
Movements. A question mode and index are included.
Eyes on the Prize I: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965
1993 PBS Video
Available from PBS Video
This laser disk version of the comprehensive television documentary on
the American civil rights movement, Eyes on the Prize, covers the "Second
American Revolution" from 1954 to 1965. Dramatic moments, presented
chronologically, come to life through archival footage and present-day interviews.
The laser disc is accompanied by a preview video and a video demonstrating
how to use the videodisc in a variety of teaching situations. This series
is also available in a video version.
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement
1993 PBS
Available from PBS
ISBN# 0-7936-1146-6
This comprehensive collection of the highly acclaimed PBS series "Eyes
of the Prize" includes six one-hour videos in Part 1 and eight one-hour
videos in Part 2. The series begins with the lynching of 14-year-old -Emmett
Till in 1954 and concludes with an examination of two American cities in
the early 1980s, Miami and Chicago, as they continue the struggle for civil
rights. A video reference system consisting of an on-screen clock that correlates
with a printed, cross-referenced alphabetical and subject index allows students
and teachers to quickly locate the exact reference they need in this immense
video collection.
History of the Blues
1993 Queue, Inc.
Available from Queue, Inc.
This CD-ROM follows the development of the blues from the music of field
hollers and the chants of American slaves to the "big city" blues
of the 1920s and the birth of "rhythm and blues" and "rock
and roll".
Malcolm X: By Any Means
Walter Myers
1994 Scholastic
Available from Scholastic
ISBN# 0-590-62587-X
This CRDOM Smart Book version of the book "Malcolm X: By any means
necessary" allows students to see and hear key events and people in
the life of Malcolm X through access to primary source material keyed to
the text. In addition the CDROM can be used as a tool to assist students
in reading and writing activities through the use of a highlighter, an electronic
dictionary, text to speech functions, timelines, and writing and publishing
tools.
What's the Story? Black Americans
1995 Sunburst
Available from Sunburst
In this guided reading and writing software program, students meet eight
famous African-Americans: Rosa Parks, Marshall Thurgood, Dr. Martin Luther
King, Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver; Paul Robeson, Robert
Peary, and Sarah Walker. | 
