The 2008 Wall Street Bailout

This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Money, Power and Wall Street" traces the unprecedented decisions made by the U.S. government to intervene in the financial crisis of 2008.

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20-Year Map of Global Rainfall

This visualization from NASA shows global rainfall patterns over a 22-year span. It incorporates data from a combination of remote-sensing and ground-based sources.

70% Female

This 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.

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Abolitionist Leader William Lloyd Garrison

This video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” profiles William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The Liberator and a leader of the American Anti-Slavery Society, whose position on the slavery question generated strong and often violent resistance to the abolitionist cause.

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Achieving Peace

This 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.

Affirmative Action and the USA

In this video from Wide Angle, two American NAACP lawyers arrive to advise Brazilian civil rights organizations, leading to a discussion of differences between race relations in the U.S. and Brazil.

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Alexander Hamilton: Early Influences

In this video segment from American Experience, learn about how the events of Hamilton's youth in the West Indies influenced the direction of his life.

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All-Female Enterprise

This Wide Angle video looks at the advantages and disadvantages of running a small-scale, female-only business.

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All for One

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the influence of the communist values of organization, discipline and collectivism on North Korean society.

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Altruism

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, explore the subject of altruism, the idea of people doing good things without expecting anything in return.

American Buddhism

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about two different groups of Buddhist practitioners in the West.

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American Muslim Women

Learn about the perceptions and challenges of being a Muslim woman in the U.S., in this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.

Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Botswanans express some of their attitudes toward the influx of Zimbabwean migrants in this Wide Angle video segment.

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Archaeology

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K looks at some of the objects found in King Tutankhamun's tomb. An Egyptologist discusses the significance of the objects and why the tombs exist.

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Arduous March

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the Arduous March, a dark period of hardship and famine in recent North Korean history.

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Are Teens Addicted to Texting?

In this resource featuring video segments adapted from Wide Angle Youth Media: “Textaholic,” a teenager explores the role of texting in her life and speculates on whether teens are addicted to texting.

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Ataturk

This Wide Angle video segment illustrates Islamic and secular elements of life in Turkey, and introduces Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the first president of Turkey, and his reforms.

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The Atlanta Riot

Learn about the events leading up to the Atlanta Riot of 1906 in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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At the University of Brasilia

Consider the opposing views on the policy implemented at the University of Brasilia in this Wide Angle video.

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Baha'i

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the Baha'i faith and its mission to promote peace and equality around the world.

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Ballot boxing: The problem with electronic voting machines

In this video adapted from Need to Know, correspondent Rick Carr investigates why new voting machines with the latest in technology may not be a panacea for what troubles the American voting system.

Baptism

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, explore the rite of baptism and the diversity of practices among different Christian denominations.

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Barbara Johns of Farmville, Virginia

In this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, learn about 16-year old Barbara Johns, a high school student who, in 1951, organized a student walk-out to protest inferior educational conditions at Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia.

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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.

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The Bayonet Constitution

This video from American Experience describes the events that forced Hawaiian King Kalakaua in 1887 to accept a new constitution for Hawai‘i that limited his power and gave increased influence to white landowners.

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The Beginning of the Cold War

American Experience: This Cold War video examines the steps that Harry Truman took to provide American support for governments threatened by the spread of Communism, a policy that came to be known as the Truman Doctrine.

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Beijing Riviera

This video from Wide Angle takes viewers to the Beijing Riviera, an exclusive gated community for elites who have access to luxury goods and services on an unprecedented scale.

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Bhopal, 25 Years Later

This audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast revisits a pesticide factory in Bhopal, India, where a 1984 gas leak caused as many as 8,000 deaths.

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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.

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The Birth of a Nation

This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow highlights the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, directed by D. W. Griffith, which presents a distorted image of African Americans in the South and created a heightened atmosphere of violence upon its release.

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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: The Conflict

This video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow highlights W.E.B. Du Bois’ criticism of Booker T. Washington for focusing on the economic advancement of blacks and accepting the injustices of Jim Crow.

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Botanicas: Markets of the Divine

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about botanicas, shops in Latino communities that cater to all kinds of physical, spiritual and religious needs.

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Botswana Today

Learn about the achievements and national problems of the African nation of Botswana in this video segment from Wide Angle.

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Breaking New Ground

This video from Wide Angle provides a look at some of the women who are leading Rwanda in government, business and promoting peace.

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Buddhist Ash Interment

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the beliefs and practices surrounding Buddhist ash interment.

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Building The Case

In 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.

Building the Erie Canal

In this video segment adapted from American Experience, learn about the construction of the Erie Canal, the biggest public works project of its time.

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Bush on Lincoln

In this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviews former president George W. Bush about Abraham Lincoln and the controversial choices they both faced as wartime leaders.

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A Case for the Separation of Powers

This video segment adapted from American Experience introduces how John Adams called for the separation of powers in the Massachusetts Constitution into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

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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.

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The Causes of the 2008 Financial Crisis

This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Money, Power and Wall Street" explores the changes in the U. S. financial market that ultimately led to the 2008 financial crisis.

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Censorship

In 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.

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Changes in Turkey

In 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.

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Charles Hamilton Houston: Laying the Groundwork for Integration

In this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, observe how Charles Hamilton Houston laid the groundwork for the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education as he documented separate and unequal conditions for black and white students in the south.

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Charles Hamilton Houston and His Legal Challenge Against Jim Crow

This video fromThe Rise and Fall of Jim Crow profiles Charles Hamilton Houston, the chief council for the NAACP, and his legal challenge against Jim Crow.

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Charlotte Hawkins Brown

Learn about Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of an educational institution for young African Americans, in this video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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China’s Innovative Past

This audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast explores the roots of China's creative past and examines why China, a country that over 1500 years came up with some of the most important inventions the world had ever seen, might have lost its innovative edge to the West.

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Creativity in Chinese Education

In this audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast we look at the Chinese education system which has long favored a culture of rote memorization over creativity and independent thinking. China needs a new generation of critical thinkers, but is the Communist Party truly ready for that?

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Chinese New Year

Find out about the history and customs of the Chinese New Year in this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

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Choosing words: The controversy over Texas textbooks

This video adapted from Need to Know examines controversial decisions made by the Texas State Board of Education regarding the social studies curriculum standards for Texas public schools.

Church for Sale

This 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.

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Climate Migrants in Bangladesh

This 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.

Collecting Data Below the Earth's Surface

This video segment adapted from Discovering Women demonstrates how scientists use sound waves to collect data about the structure of Earth's crust.

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Complications of Identity

This 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.

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Confirmation

This video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly explores the rite of confirmation as it is practiced in the Roman Catholic Church.

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The Cost of Human Rights

This 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.

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Country Store Journals, ca. 1895

Ken Gloss, appraiser of books and manuscripts, examines a group of journals, ledgers and logbooks kept between 1893 and 1895 by the owner of a Walle Township, North Dakota country store, in this video from Antiques Roadshow.

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The Crisis: A Weapon Against Jim Crow

Learn about W.E.B. Du Bois’ crusade against American segregation and discrimination in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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Cultural Achievements

The cultural achievements of early civilizations have shaped the world as we know it today. Take a trip back in time and learn more about this important topic.

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.

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Day of the Dead

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the traditions associated with Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos.

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The Dealmakers

In this video segment from What’s Up in Finance?, two teams of high school students learn how to value a company’s equity through a simulation of a mergers and acquisition transaction.

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Deciphering the Maya Code

This video segment adapted from NOVA examines the ancient Maya writing system and looks at what they recorded in their writings.

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Declining Profits

In 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.

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Deforestation in Bolivia

This visualization adapted from NASA features two satellite images from 1984 and 2000 that show the dramatic deforestation of the Bolivian rainforest.

Detainees

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the conditions that have caused some Zimbabweans to leave their homeland for Botswana.

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Devotion to Kali

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about Goddess Kali, considered by some Hindus to be the “prime cosmic energy.”

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Digging Out of Debt

A college student learns a valuable lesson about excessive credit card debt, and how to deal with the problem, in this video segment from Your Life, Your Money.

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The Disappearing Aral Sea

This visualization adapted from NASA features satellite images showing how more than 60 percent of the Aral Sea has disappeared during the last 30 years.

Diverse Turkish Women

This Wide Angle video segment compares two families in Turkey– one more religious, and one more secular.

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Diwali

See how Hindus celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights, in this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

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Do It Yourself

A young entrepreneur discusses the responsibilities of managing business income and expenses in this video segment from Your Life, Your Money.

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Drawing the lines: Parties fight for redistricting power

In this video adapted from Need to Know, students learn about redistricting and the impact it has on elections, and democracy, in America.

Dutch West India Company (1621)

This segment from Dutch New York describes the formation of the Dutch West India Company, which established some of the earliest settlements in North America.

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Early America: Dr. Thomas Walker

In this video segment from the KET Kentucky Life series, members of the Bell County Historical Society celebrate Bell County as the “Gateway to the American West” and discuss early explorer Dr. Thomas Walker. By reviewing Walker’s journal, historians have been able to document the settlement of Kentucky.

Earth as a System

This visualization adapted from NASA maps progressive global changes onto a rotating globe. Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are shown to be dynamic and interconnected.

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Easter East and West

Learn about Easter, Christianity’s most important festival, in this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

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Economic Boom

In this Wide Angle video, learn about the economic boom that has transformed Ireland into a prosperous nation.

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The Effects of the Columbian Exchange

This resource featuring video segments adapted from Chronoscope: Exploring 1492: “Columbian Exchange” describes the movement of plants, animals, and disease that characterized the Columbian Exchange and explains how this changed the world.

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Eid al-Fitr

In this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, learn how Muslims in America celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the “Feast of Breaking the Fast.”

Eliza Law Custis Lap Desk, ca. 1795

In this video from Antiques Roadshow, C. Wesley Cowan, a decorative arts appraiser, examines a lady's lap desk given as a gift to Eliza Parke Custis, the granddaughter of Martha Washington, by the Marquis de Lafayette.

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Empowerment

This video from Women, War & Peace demonstrates the power of women and suggests that presence of women at peace talks is essential.

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English Ships (1664)

This segment from Dutch New York describes how, in 1664, the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.

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Environmentalist Bill McKibben, 1990

In this 1990 archival news footage from Cambridge Community Television, environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks about the possible effects of climate change at an Earth Day celebration in Cambridge, MA.

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Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste Landfill

This video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: “Toxic Racism” talks about the early days of the environmental justice movement and how the health of minority communities can be compromised by the disproportionate numbers of hazardous waste facilities located there.

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Environmental Justice in Dallas

Follow a Dallas community's fight to receive federal Superfund status to clean up the damage from a high-polluting lead smelter, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism."

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Ex-slave Frederick Douglass Joins the Abolitionists

This video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” describes the contributions of Frederick Douglass, a former slave, to the abolitionist movement in the early 1840s.

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The Exchange Student

This video segment from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes the experience of Jim Zwerg, a white college student who was among the Freedom Riders seeking to end illegal discrimination against African Americans during the civil rights era.

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Explore Colonial Boston

Explore the town of Boston and its natural and human-made features in colonial times in this interactive activity produced by WGBH and featuring materials from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

Exploring Religious America

In this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, learn about Muslims in Lawrenceville, Georgia, their plans to build an Islamic cemetery and the stiff objections from their Christian neighbors.

Farm and City

This video from Wide Angle reports on the increasingly difficult conditions for farmers in China that have caused many rural Chinese to flee the countryside.

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Farmer's Dilemma

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the new challenges the farmers of Ireland are facing amidst the country’s economic boom.

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Farmers in Peril

In this video from Wide Angle, the sparse life of the rural farmer in India is compared to the wealth of consumer goods available to wealthier city dwellers.

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Fashion Show

In this video from Wide Angle, visit Istanbul, Turkey for the fashion show of Tekbir, a clothing line of conservative fashions for Muslim women.

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The Female Workforce

Irish women discuss social and economic changes that have taken place over the last half century in this video from Wide Angle.

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The Fence

In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the fence that is part of the border security system between Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Fighting to Be Heard

This video from Women, War & Peace looks at how the women of Afghanistan to participate in government and the peace process.

Foot and Mouth

In this Wide Angle video, learn about the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in Botswana.

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Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation

This video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes how a group of black and white Americans planned to challenge illegal racial segregation by riding buses across Southern states.

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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.

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