This year, Earth Day celebrations will focus on taking actions to stop climate change. April’s programming suggestions from Films On Demand include titles for students who are interested in learning more about environmental issues around the world, as well as videos that highlight global health, examine events that sparked the scientific revolution, and dig deep into the roots of Western civilization. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the top left of the header) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a handy source for ideas throughout the year. (Content may vary for international collections.)

50th Anniversary: Earth Day, April 22, 2020

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Earth Day 2017 (Item #183793)
• Climate Activist Greta Thunberg on the Power of a Movement (Item #195787)
• Climate Challenge series (Item #166074)
• Murder on the Reef (Item #188549)
• Seychelles Climate Change (Item #187246)
• Carbon Cycles and Climate Change in the Tundra (Item #190166)
• The Climate and the Cross (Item #166308)
• COP22: The World Climate Conference (Item #183789)
• TEDTalks: Al Gore: The Case for Optimism on Climate Change (Item #133311)
• Climate Change by Numbers series (Item #95063)
• Fighting Climate Change without the U.S.—Bloomberg QuickTakes (Item #162801)
• Why Climate Change Is an “All-Encompassing Threat” (Item #195769)

World Health Day, April 7, 2020

Consider these titles for your classes:

• TEDTalks: Larry Brilliant—TED Prize Wish, Help Stop the Next Pandemic (Item #48048)
• Infectious Diseases: More Mobility, Greater Danger (Item #35281)
• Vital Signs series (Item #187400)
• Fighting Pandemics (Item #138009)
• Health Risks to the World’s Young (Item #47483)
• Trust Me I’m a Doctor: Series 8 (Item #188077)
• Mind Your Health series (Item #155280)
• Understanding Disease through History (Item #129316)
• The People’s Health series (Item #128004)
• Antibiotics: The Double-Edged Sword (Item #32409)
• Kill or Cure, Series 4 (Item #144763)

The Inquisition of Galileo Galilei Begins, April 12, 1633

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Galileo Galilei: Famous People, Incredible Lives (Item #65949)
• Galileo, the Birth of a Star (Item #150258)
• 400 Years of the Telescope: A Journey of Science, Technology, and Thought (Item #40873)
• The True Image of the Earth (Item #34260)
• Scientific Revolution: Part 1 (Item #154916)
• The Renaissance, Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment: Civilizations and Ideas (Item #129083)
• Ancient Skies series (Item #191975)
• What Is Out There? A History of Astronomy (Item #43340)

Rome Is Founded, April 21, 753 B.C.

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Republic of Virtue: Ancient Worlds (Item #55138)
• Rome: Engineering an Empire (Item #42655)
• Rome: What Lies Beneath (Item #57650)
• Glorious Rome: Capital of an Empire: Secrets of Archaeology (Item #76909)
• Roman/Neolithic Period to Modern Day: Timelines of Ancient Civilizations (Item #65622)
• Colosseum—­Roman Death Trap (Item #131275)
• Vespasian, the Man Who Saved Rome (Item #55287)
• Ancient Rome (Item #8684)
• Treasures of Ancient Rome series (Item #55727)
• The End of Rome, the Birth of Europe (Item #30645)
• Underground Rome: A World Hidden for Centuries (Item #39221)