Films On Demand is your source for compelling programs on high-interest and core topics to educate and motivate students. This month’s programming ideas can help students honor the upcoming African-American History Month as well as the memory of a great leader, learn more about a historical landmark, watch what they eat, explore the life of a master of horror fiction, and learn more about an important and serious issue affecting the world today. 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.

African-American History Month

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Counter Histories: Rock Hill (Item #127986)
• Althea (Item #114710)
• The March (Item #58655)
• The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (Items #58757–58762)
• Let Freedom Ring: Moments from the Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1965 (Item #40565)

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 16

Consider these titles for your classes:

• In Remembrance of Martin (Item #44139)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: The Making of a Holiday (Item #1691)
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (Item #110307)
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: Look Here (Item #39058)

Ellis Island, the First Federal Immigration Station, Opens January 1, 1892

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Ellis Island (Item #43053)
• New York, 1898–1918: The Power and the People (Item #44173)
• Forgotten Ellis Island (Item #44118)
• Old World, New World (Item #3369)

Sugar Awareness Week, January 16–20

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Jamie’s Sugar Rush (Item #110316)
• The Men Who Made Us Fat: Part 1 (Item #55714)
• Sugar: Addicted to Pleasure (Item #57412)
• Can’t Put Down the Oreos? It Might Be in Your Head  (Item #56122)

Edgar Allan Poe, Master of the Macabre, Born January 19, 1809

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Edgar Allan Poe: A Concise Biography (Item #43980)
• Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart (Item #44847)
• The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe: Host Peter Graves (Item #42502)
• Edgar Allan Poe: A Journey in Verse (Item #44812)

January Is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Children of the Great Migration (Item #124878)
• Sold: Fighting the New Global Slave Trade (Item #41698)
• Southern Exposure: Causes and Consequences of Illegal Immigration (Item #52323)