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 do diverse political structures and relationships distribute power and material resources? Through the rise of the Chinese empire, Mayan regional kingdoms, and the complex society of Igbo Ukwu, this unit considers the origins of centralized states and alternative political and social orders.
Technology and mass production reduced famine and ushered in higher standards of living.n
Storytelling is a relentless human urge and its power forges with memory to become the foundation of history. Novelists Charles Johnson (Middle Passage), Arthur Golden (Memoirs of a Geisha), and Esmeralda Santiago (America's Dream) join Professor Miller in discussing the intersection of history and story. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., closes the series with a reflection on the power of the human imagination.
Vocabulario: money; business; renting and buying; tourist needs; restaurants; hotels; sports; relationships; pastimes.nGram
This episode of GED Connection focuses on Algebra. Algebra is a symbolic language used to describe relationships among numbers. On the GED test you'll be expected to know how to use algebra to simplify equations, and how to solve for variables. You'll also need to know how to work with signed (positive and negative) numbers. Some of the important terms discussed in this program are: equation, balance, unknowns, variables, and inverse operations. Other important concepts such as isolating the variable, simplifying the equation, commutative properties, distributive properties, and positive and negative numbers are also discussed.