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Animated Hero Classics is an educational Animated television series of programs co-produced by Nest Family Entertainment and Warner Bros. The series, geared toward elementary school aged children, includes twenty biographies of both female and male scientists, inventors, explorers, and social champions from around the world including George Washington, Harriet Tubman, Marco Polo, Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ...
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George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was later elected the first President of the United States. ...
Harriet Tubman (c. ...
Marco Polo (September 15, 1254 – January 8, 1324) was a Venetian trader, born in Dalmatiam a region in Croatia, and explorer who gained fame for his worldwide travels, recorded in the book Il Milione (The Million or The Travels of Marco Polo). ...
Maria Skłodowska-Curie (born Maria Skłodowska; known in France where she lived for most of her life as Marie Curie, aka Madame Curie; Warsaw, November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934, Sancellemoz, France) was a Polish-French physicist and chemist. ...
Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French microbiologist and chemist. ...
The Children's Television Act of 1990 required terrestrial television networks to devote time to Educational and Informative programming for children. Even though Warner Bros' cable networks were not directly affected by these requirements, these programs were debuted on their HBO network's Saturday morning children's block as a show of good faith that the network was committed to quality educational programming for children. The dramatic biographies were meticulously researched by the producers and written to engage both children and adults, providing an entertaining and accessible way to learn about the positive impact that these women and men have had on our world. The Childrens Television Act was enacted in 1990 in the United States to enhance televisions potential to teach the nations children valuable information and skills. ...
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After the initial limited cable television debut, the programs were released on VHS and DVD. Over the years supplementary learning materials have been added to the series designed to help develop core curriculum knowledge and skills, while building positive character traits. They are used in over 60,000 public schools and libraries, and by countless home educators as they research the heroes of history covered by the series.
Individual programs within the series have earned multiple awards and endorsements including the family approved seal from the Dove Foundation, The School Library Journal, The Parent's Choice Foundation award and the National Educational Media Association award, the "Award of Excellence" from the Film Advisory Board, the Director's Choice Award from Early Childhood News, KIDS FIRST!, and the highest rating from the Practical Homeschooling Magazine. The Dove Foundation is a nonprofit group that from 1995 to present rates movies and media for family content based on Judeo-Christian ethics and standards of behavior. They do separate these ratings into why listings, so that you could personally decide that violence is bad but nudity is ok...
School Library Journal is a monthly publication with articles and reviews for school and public librarians who work with young people. ...
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The series was directed by Richard Rich, the ex-Disney director who also directed The Swan Princess trilogy, and three faith-based animated educational series for the church, library and home educator market: Animated Stories from the Bible, Animated Stories from the New Testament and K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments. Richard Rich is an American animated film director. ...
The Swan Princess is a 1994 film based on the ballet Swan Lake. Starring the voices of Jack Palance, Howard McGillin, Michelle Nicastro, Steven Wright and John Cleese, the film is directed by ex-Disney animation director Richard Rich, with a music score by Lex de Azevedo. ...
Animated Stories from the Bible is a video series that Richard Rich made after the first 12 episodes of Animated Stories from the New Testament. ...
Animated Stories from the New Testament is a video series released by Richard Rich and Family Entertainment (before it became Nest Family Entertainment. ...
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Christopher Columbus (Genoa?, Italy, 1451? – Valladolid, Spain, May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ...
Signing of the Mayflower Compact William Bradford (1590 – May 9, 1657) was a leader of the separatist settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and was elected Governor of the Colony for 15 two-year terms. ...
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. ...
George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was later elected the first President of the United States. ...
Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ...
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician elected from Illinois as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ...
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life worldwide into the 21st century. ...
Florence Nightingale, OM (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was a pioneer of modern nursing, and a noted statistician. ...
A 1616 engraving of Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe. ...
Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French microbiologist and chemist. ...
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Alexander Graham Bell ( March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922 ) was a scientist, inventor, and innovator. ...
Wojciech Stattlers Machabeusze (Maccabees), 1844 The Maccabees (Hebrew: ×ž×›×‘×™× or מקבי×, Makabim) were Jewish rebels who fought against the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son Antiochus V Eupator. ...
Hanukkah (Hebrew: ×—× ×•×›×”â€Ž), Festival of Rededication (also known incorrectly as the Festival of Lights) is an eight-day Jewish holiday beginning on the 25th day of Kislev, which can occur in very late November, or throughout December. ...
Harriet Tubman (c. ...
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871–January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867–May 30, 1912), are Americans generally credited with making the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903. ...
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer. ...
The Mona Lisa Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. ...
Joan of Arc, also known as Jeanne dArc,[1] (c. ...
Marco Polo (September 15, 1254 – January 8, 1324) was a Venetian trader, born in Dalmatiam a region in Croatia, and explorer who gained fame for his worldwide travels, recorded in the book Il Milione (The Million or The Travels of Marco Polo). ...
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Maria Skłodowska-Curie (born Maria Skłodowska; known in France where she lived for most of her life as Marie Curie, aka Madame Curie; Warsaw, November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934, Sancellemoz, France) was a Polish-French physicist and chemist. ...
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