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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
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.	9-12	QuickTime Video
At the University of Brasilia Consider the opposing views on the policy implemented at the University of Brasilia in this Wide Angle video.	9-12	QuickTime Video
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.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Debate Begins A third grade class in Wuhan province, China holds debates for the election of class monitor in this segment from Independent Lens.	6-12	QuickTime Video
A Decision is Made In this video segment from Africa, Flora explains why she is content to return to the bush.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Dogon and the Dama n this video segment from Africa, learn about the Dama, a rare event and rite of passage for the Dogon in Mali.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Final Speeches In this segment from Independent Lens, three candidates for class monitor make a final speech to grab the win.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Flora's Background and Motivation Learn about what motivated Flora, a woman from the city, to move to the African bush in this video segment from Africa.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Girls Speak Out This lesson follows girls in several developing countries to evaluate their access to education, a basic human right. (India, Benin)	9-12	Lesson Plan
A Hard and Lonely Life In this video segment from Africa, Flora describes her life in the African bush of Tanzania.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Invasion of the Modern World Loggers steal trees from the rainforest of Cameroon, one of Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, in this video segment from Africa.	4-12	QuickTime Video
Jefferson: Safe Haven In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the safe haven that school provides for the children of Brazil’s shantytowns.	9-12	QuickTime VR Video
Jefferson: The Bolsa Familia The challenges of growing up in one of Brazil’s largest favelas (shantytowns) are the focus of this Wide Angle video.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Joab: The Class Prefect This video from Wide Angle profiles Joab, a boy from Kibera, Kenya, who has returned to school after dropping out following his mother’s death. Joab is chosen class prefect by the other students.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Ken & Joab: A Comparison This Wide Angle video segment provides a comparison of two classrooms in the state-supported free primary schools of Japan and Kenya.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Nanavi In this video segment from Wide Angle, meet Nanavi, a young girl in Benin who has a rare opportunity to go to school.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Night School In this video from Wide Angle, visit a makeshift night school in rural India designed to allow child laborers who work during the day to obtain an education.	9-12	QuickTime Video
On the Road Again What factors spur migration? Contemporary examples frame a discussion of migrations past and present. (China, Botswana, Zimbabwe)	9-12	Lesson Plan
Pankisi Valley In this video from Wide Angle, visit the Pankisi Valley, a no-man's-land in the Northeast of Georgia that has become home to the rebels and refugees of the Chechen war.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Race and Politics In this Wide Angle video, one of Brazil’s few black senators discusses racial discrimination in Brazilian governmental, political and economic life.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Racism in the Media In this video from Wide Angle, an Afro-Brazilian model discusses the predominance of whites in the Brazilian advertising industry.	9-12	QuickTime Video
School in Benin The education of young girls in Benin is the focus of this video from Wide Angle.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Shugufa: Struggle to Learn In this Wide Angle video, Shugufa, a 13-year-old Afghani girl, attends schools where she studies religion, math and language and has made it to the 6th grade, surpassing all odds.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Shugufa: Struggle to Study This Wide Angle video segment visits Afghanistan to explore the home life of Shugufa, a young girl caught between the traditions of Afghani society and modernization.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Taking a Stand The Baka are a semi-nomadic forest people who live in the republic of Cameroon in central Africa. In this video from Africa, the Baka men meet with a government official for help to protect their forest.	4-12	QuickTime Video
Transformed Workplaces In this Wide Angle video, learn about the transformation of the Indian workplace due to a new influx of young, mostly female workers into India's outsourcing industries.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Two Brazils In this Wide Angle video, two college hopefuls discuss the new racial quota system for applicants to the University of Brasilia.	9-12	QuickTime Video
The Value of a Girl In this video from Wide Angle, meet Santosh Kohli, a worker in India's BPO industry who hails from a family of modest means.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Who Are the Baka? This video segment from Africa features the Baka, people who live in the rainforest in southeast Cameroon.	4-12	QuickTime Video