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The 2008 Wall Street BailoutThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
Video |
Abolitionist Leader William Lloyd GarrisonThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
Video |
Alexander Hamilton: Early InfluencesIn 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
Video |
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
Video |
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. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
Video |
The Bayonet ConstitutionThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
8-12 |
Video |
The Beginning of the Cold WarAmerican 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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Bhopal, 25 Years LaterThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
Audio |
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 |
Building the Erie CanalIn this video segment adapted from American Experience, learn about the construction of the Erie Canal, the biggest public works project of its time. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
Video |
A Case for the Separation of PowersThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
Video |
The Causes of the 2008 Financial CrisisThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
Video |
China’s Innovative PastThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
Audio |
Creativity in Chinese EducationIn 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? Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
Audio |
Collecting Data Below the Earth's SurfaceThis video segment adapted from Discovering Women demonstrates how scientists use sound waves to collect data about the structure of Earth's crust. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
Video |
Deciphering the Maya CodeThis video segment adapted from NOVA examines the ancient Maya writing system and looks at what they recorded in their writings. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
Video |
Earth as a SystemThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
Video |
The Effects of the Columbian ExchangeThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
Video |
Environmentalist Bill McKibben, 1990In 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
Video |
Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste LandfillThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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