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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 |
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The Civil Rights Cases This video from the series The Supreme Court details both the Court’s contribution to the end of Reconstruction and its first major dissent. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
The Coffee Crisis
This video from Wide Angle presents the efforts taken by the Ethiopian government to mitigate the impact of the 2008 global economic collapse, by calling upon the fledgling Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) to start trading coffee—the nation’s primary cash crop—before it is prepared to do so.
Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
A Colony of AliensIn this video segment from Faces of America, learn about Benjamin Franklin’s objection to German immigrants in colonial Pennsylvania. Accessibility features: Transcript |
7-12 |
Video |
A Community of People Now In this video segment from the documentary American Masters: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man, Bill T. Jones struggles to find meaning and relevancy for the life of Abraham Lincoln in today’s social and political landscape. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
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 |
Confirmation This video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly explores the rite of confirmation as it is practiced in the Roman Catholic Church. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
Video |
Coping with the CrisisThis video from Wide Angle explores the life of an Iraqi refugee in Jordan and examines the challenges faced by host countries Jordan and Syria. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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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.
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9-12 |
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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. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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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 |
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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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9-12 |
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Debate BeginsA third grade class in Wuhan province, China holds debates for the election of class monitor in this segment from Independent Lens. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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A Decision is MadeIn this video segment from Africa, Flora explains why she is content to return to the bush. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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 |
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DetaineesIn this video from Wide Angle, learn about the conditions that have caused some Zimbabweans to leave their homeland for Botswana. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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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.” Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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The Dickerson Case Against expectation, Justice William Rehnquist upholds the Miranda warnings in the case of Dickerson v. The United States in this video from the PBS series The Supreme Court. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Digging Out of DebtA 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. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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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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9-12 |
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