This month’s programming suggestions from Films On Demand can help students and researchers celebrate Women’s History Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, the invention (and inventor) of the telephone, and the birthday of the scientist whose name has become synonymous with “genius.” Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the header, top left of the platform) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a handy source for ideas throughout the year.
March Is Women’s History Month
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote (Item #154862)
- Her Story: The Female Revolution series (Item #128864)
- London’s Domestic Slaves (Item #149956)
- Breaking the Wall of Gender Inequality: How Gender Balance Can Transform the Global Economy (Item #115437)
- Women of World War One (Item #86566)
- Legends of Air Power: Amelia Earhart (Item #129045)
- Extraordinary Women series (Item #95081)
- Jane Austen series (Item #140291)
- The Longest War: Women & Power series (Item #109744)
- Unsung Heroes: The Story of America’s Female Patriots series (Item #154871)
- TEDTalks: Jude Kelly—Why Women Should Tell the Stories of Humanity (Item #160754)
- The Ascent of Woman: A 10,000-Year Story series (Item #114439)
March Is Irish-American Heritage Month
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Irish in America (Item #43070)
- The Irish Factor: Bill O’Reilly, Bill Maher, Soledad O’Brien—Finding Your Roots, Season 3 (Item #129880)
Alexander Graham Bell Receives a Patent for the Telephone, March 7, 1876
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Telephony: Quirky Science (Item #50327)
- Communications: The Genius of Invention—Ideas That Changed the World (Item #57496)
Birthday: Albert Einstein, March 14, 1879
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Einstein and the Theory of Relativity: A Unique Story (Item #150125)
- Inside Einstein’s Mind (Item #115804)
- The Elegant Universe: Einstein’s Dream (Item #44341)
