This month’s programming suggestions from Films On Demand can help students and researchers learn more about one of the most controversial issues of our time as well as the life of the author who gave us Don Quixote, 20th-century Chinese history, a world-changing war, and a new perspective on Christopher Columbus. 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.
Roe v. Wade Reargument Heard by U.S. Supreme Court, October 11, 1972
Consider these titles for your classes:
- No Choice series (Item #155811)
- Life and Death in Texas: Abortion Frontline of America (Item #149978)
- 12th & Delaware (Item #115191)
- Abortion: Stories Women Tell (Item #135601)
- Abortion: The Choice (Item #41920)
- Inside Mississippi’s Lone Abortion Clinic series (Item #56115)
Birthday: Miguel de Cervantes, September 29, 1547
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Don Quixote: Legacy of a Classic (Item #7504)
- The Five Follies of Don Quixote (Item #38968)
- Cervantes and the Legend of Don Quijote: The Spirit of a Book (Item #36210)
- Miguel de Cervantes (Item #29751)
- Adventures of Don Quixote (Item #56699)
The People’s Republic of China Founded, October 1, 1949
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Puyi: The Last Emperor of China series (Item #40024)
- The Communist Revolution in China series (Item #129153)
- October 1949: Parade of the Waking Giant (Item #52865)
- Making Mao (Item #43375)
- Mao Tse-tung: The Architect of Modern China (Item #2618)
Yom Kippur War Begins, October 6, 1973
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Yom Kippur War (Item #144862)
- Slaves of the Sword series (Item #47269)
- Golda (Item #47268)
- Israeli Planes Bomb Damascus During the Yom Kippur War ca. 1973 (Item #38618)
Columbus Day, October 8, 2018
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Columbus in America (Item #154665)
- New World (Item #130795)
- Columbus: The Lost Voyage (Item #43043)
- The Unfinished Nation—From Days Before Time (Item #71403)
- New World Encounters: Episode 1—A Biography of America (Item #111493)
