What is the impact of the individual in world history? This unit examines the role of individual and collective action in shaping the world through the lives of such diverse figures as Mao Zedong, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo.
The program opens with teachers sharing passionate insights about why they teach the arts to young people. Then short classroom segments illustrate how arts teachers employ seven
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This session employs market simulations and exercises to illustrate key concepts of the market
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Arts teachers are aware of and respond to the many differences they find among their students. In this session, participants meet a visiting theatre artist who takes advantage of the different backgrounds and learning styles of ninth-graders to help them understand and embrace the playwriting process. A visual art teacher brings together honors art students and students with disabilities, so they can learn from each other. As a music teacher works with different classes, she addresses needs common to all students. Finally, in a movement class for non-dance majors, teachers help students explore human anatomy.
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How does historical scholarship change over time, and why do the perspectives of historians shift? This unit recaps the economic and political events that led to the rise of the West, but examines and re-examines those events through differing opinions of its causes, reflecting changes in historical interpretation.
Simmering regional differences ignite an all-out crisis in the 1850s. Professor Martin teams with Professor Miller and historian Stephen Ambrose to chart the succession of incidents, from 'Bloody Kansas' to the shots on Fort Sumter, that inflame the conflict between North and South to the point of civil war.
Amid religious wars, a few cities learned that tolerance increased their prosperity.n
Global energy use increases by the day. Polluting the atmosphere with ever more carbon dioxide is not a viable solution for our future energy needs. Can new technologies such as carbon sequestration and ethanol production help provide the energy we need without pushing the concentrations of CO2 to dangerous levels?
Part I: Traces the origins of humanism and the immortal classical style to Ancient Greece. Part II: The genius of Roman engineering and architecture was used to build an empire, while portrait sculpture exalted its rulers.
Global 3000 is Deutsche Welle's weekly magazine that explores the intersection of global development and the environmental and social conditions of the diverse cultures of the world. In each program, host Michaela Kufner presents three to four video-rich segments that profile a different part of the planet where man's quest for economic and industrial strength is jeopardizing the ecosystems and the social and economic structures of people thousands of miles away. The program not only documents where those struggles are taking place - but how some groups and individuals are finding solutions to the growing problems of global development.
World War II is fought to its bitter end in the Pacific and the world lives with the legacy of its final moment: the atomic bomb. Professor Miller continues the story as veterans return from the war and create new lives for themselves in the '50s. The GI Bill, Levittown, civil rights, the Cold War, and rock 'n' roll are discussed.
The U.S. and Soviet Union dominated Europe and confronted each other in Korea.n
This program on problem solving is the 3rd of 13 episodes designed to help students prepare for the mathematics section of the GED exam. Problem solving is an acquired skill that can be improved through practice. People need to know how to get the answer more than having the answer itself. A host and several guests present 5 principles for math problem solving in the context of a person wanting to buy a car. The first step is to identify and understand the problem. One should focus on the problem to ensure one knows how to proceed. Second, one should locate all needed information. This includes doing any homework beforehand and reading the fine print. The easiest decision isn't necessarily the smartest one. Third, one sets up the problem, looking for similarities to a previous problem that could guide one's approach, as well as cues that reveal the functions to be performed. Fourth, one works the calculations, seeking a ballpark estimate before reaching the final answer. When calculating, it's essential to know the PEMDAS order of operations: a) first solve within parentheses; b) simplify exponents; c) multiply and divide from left to right of equation; d) add and subtract from left to right. Lastly, it's important to check that one's answers make sense.