Browse results: Major Global Trends (1945-Present)
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70% FemaleThis Wide Angle video features the women of Rwanda who have emerged as outspoken leaders and the great strides they have made toward rights and equality. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Achieving PeaceThis video from Women, War & Peace features a sit-in and other nonviolent actions conducted by the women of Liberia in 2003 to get participants at the peace talks in Accra, Ghana to sign a peace agreement in order to bring about the end of civil war in Liberia. |
9-12 |
Video |
All-Female EnterpriseThis Wide Angle video looks at the advantages and disadvantages of running a small-scale, female-only business. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
All for OneIn this video from Wide Angle, learn about the influence of the communist values of organization, discipline and collectivism on North Korean society. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Anti-Immigrant SentimentBotswanans express some of their attitudes toward the influx of Zimbabwean migrants in this Wide Angle video segment. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
At the University of BrasiliaConsider the opposing views on the policy implemented at the University of Brasilia in this Wide Angle video. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Barshefsky Interview In this video from Wide Angle, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. Trade Representative in the Clinton Administration, discusses her views on economic change in China. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Bhopal’s Unlikely Legacy This audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast explores how the 1984 gas leak in a pesticide factory in Bhopal, India has increased public awareness about toxic threats, and has been a catalyst for new legislation here in the United States. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
Audio |
Breaking New GroundThis video from Wide Angle provides a look at some of the women who are leading Rwanda in government, business and promoting peace. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Building The CaseIn this video from Women, War & Peace, students learn about the precedent set by Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal prosecutors in establishing rape as a specific war crime, and the bravery of the witnesses they called to testify. |
9-12 |
Video |
Cauca's Most Valuable Resources This video segment from Women, War & Peace introduces Cauca, a resource-rich region in Colombia whose residents are threatened with internal displacement due to the interests of potential investors.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
CensorshipIn this Wide Angle video, the people behind Kalam Nawaem, or “Sweet Talk,” a popular Arab television, discuss how they must carefully choose their topics and tone to not only increase audience interest, but to keep their program on the air. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Changes in TurkeyIn this Wide Angle video, learn how the owner of a clothing manufacturer that creates conservative fashions for Turkish women has balanced his devout faith and commerce. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Church for SaleThis Wide Angle video reports on the sale of The Sacred Heart Church in central Limerick, Ireland which has been holding services for almost 150 years. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Climate Migrants in BangladeshThis audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast explores the plight of the rising numbers of migrants, in the South Asian nation of Bangladesh, forced to leave their homes because of climate changes. |
9-12 |
Audio |
Complications of IdentityThis video from Wide Angle tells the story of two identical twins, one of whom was classified as white and the other as black, highlighting the difficulty in defining race in Brazilian society. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
The Cost of Human RightsThis video segment from Women, War & Peace follows Clemencia Carabali, a community activist from Cauca,Columbia as she travels to Washington, D.C. to share with congressional staffers the perspective of Cauca’s residents who are facing displacement.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Cycle of Violence In this video segment from Women, War & Peace, the eviction date for residents of La Toma, Columbia has been set by the mayor.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Declining ProfitsIn this video from Wide Angle, learn about the farmers of Vidarbha in central India who have seen a loss in profits due to the high cost of borrowing money and the low prices for their crops in a globalized market. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
A New World Order This video from Women, War & Peace explains how women and their dependents are most affected by the changed nature of warfare since the end of the Cold War.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
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