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Forced to flee : famine and plague / Discovery Channel School.
Penn Museum Library - Media DVD DA950.7 .F67 2004
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Discovery School social sciences.
- Discovery School social sciences
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Famines--Ireland.
- Famines.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852.
- History.
- Plague.
- Black Death.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + teachers guide (8 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Famine and plague
- Place of Publication:
- Silver Spring, MD : Discovery Communications ; New York, NY : Distributed by Insight Media, [2004]
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Explores the Irish potato famine and the Black Death as examples of natural disasters which, while devastating to millions of people, led to developments that benefited future generations.
- Contents:
- The Potato famine
- The Black death.
- Participant:
- Narrators: Thom Kikot, Leyna Juliet Weber.
- Notes:
- Distributor statement from label on disc surface and on container.
- Videodisc copy of the 2004 production.
- Guide and video include bibliographical references; additional resources on the Discovery Channel School website (www.discoveryschool. com).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Library's copy lacks accompanying teacher's guide.
- ISBN:
- 1587389703 :
- 9781587389702
- OCLC:
- 57685805
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