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High schoolers are developing high flying ambitions thanks to aviation programs that teach students the basics of piloting an airplane. A free lunch program called Lunch at the Library is keeping kids fed, and well read. Meet a school bus driver for special needs children. A mobile agricultural classroom inspires students to think about their food.
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.
How did colonialism and eventual de-colonization mutually affect the colonizer and the colonized? From Zanzibar to India, colonial and post-colonial identities are examined through clothing.
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Professor Miller explores the tension between the messy vitality of cities that grow on their own and those where orderly growth is planned. Chicago -- with Hull House, the World's Columbian Exposition, the new female workforce, the skyscraper, the department store, and unfettered capitalism -- is the place to watch a new world in the making at the turn of the century.
Media Arts Center Showcase highlights media created by the Media Arts Center San Diego
I Choose My Future, a captivating presentation and video series, provides viewers with comprehensive, straightforward insight into how substance abuse impacts the individual, their families, and society.
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.
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This, the first of five science programs lays the foundation for the science track. It explains the four main areas of science that will be covered on the GED test and in the next four episodes (life science, earth and space science, chemistry and physics). The host explains the basic format of the test - the fact that there are 50 multiple choices questions based on passages that test takers read. Throughout the program sample questions are reviewed, the correct answers are provided and an explanation is given for why the other answers are incorrect. The program includes commentary from the Executive Director of the GED Testing Service who provides insight into how the new test differs from the previous version and offers suggestions for taking the test (such as reading carefully and learning to recognize what is being asked). The program also features commentary from researchers, teachers and others in biology, chemistry, and other fields who describe how they use science and their professional and everyday lives. The GED hotline phone number (1-800-626-9433) and the LiteracyLink Web site (www.pbs.org/literacy) are both mentioned in the program (and on screen) as resources for additional information.