Classroom Video December Program Ideas with John Glenn

This month, we recommend videos for Classroom Video On Demand December program ideas. They focus on space, engineering, and science pioneers, including an American hero from NASA’s space program. Additionally, they include the builder of Paris’s most famous landmark. Finally, they cover the discoverers of a controversial element on the Periodic Table.

Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the header, top left) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a handy source for ideas throughout the year.

“Godspeed, John Glenn”—First American to Orbit Earth, 1962

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Astronaut John Glenn: 50 Years after His Historic Mission in Space (Item #53401)
• From the Ground Up: Space Age—NASA’s Story (Item #60520)
• John Glenn Speaks upon Return from Space, 1962 (Item #38009)

How Did They Build That? Gustave Eiffel and His Iconic Tower in Paris

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Modern Marvels: Eiffel Tower (Item #42824)
• Iron and Steel (Item #28091)
• Modern Marvels: Great Towers in the Sky (Item #42837)

Marie and Pierre Curie Discover Radium, 1898

Consider these titles for your classes:

• The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World (Item #57498)
• Marie Curie: Beyond the Myth (Item #54991)
• Nuclear Radiation (Item #52674)