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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
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Abstract: examines the rich mix of societies coexisting in the New World before Europeans arrived. It looks at what was life like here before 1492; how Europeans, Africans, and Americans reacted to each other; and the immediate results of their contact.
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
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Abstract: provides photos, letters, and other documents about one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history. Although it lasted only about a minute, the quake and its fires left over 500 city blocks in ruins and more than half of San Francisco's population homeless.
19th Century Public Sphere: Mass Communication (con't) from the course History of Information
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Abstract: InfoSys C103: History of Information - Fall 2006. This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as 'the information age.' We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the ... More »
19th Century Public Sphere: Mass Communication from the course History of Information
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Abstract: InfoSys C103: History of Information - Fall 2006. This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as 'the information age.' We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the ... More »
20th Century Public Sphere from the course History of Information
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Abstract: InfoSys C103: History of Information - Fall 2006. This course explores the history of information and associated technologies, uncovering why we think of ours as 'the information age.' We will select moments in the evolution of production, recording, and storage from the earliest writing systems to the ... More »
9-11-01 Remembrance
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Abstract: offers firsthand accounts of September 11 by National Park Service employees. It includes interviews and photos from a dozen sites, including the Statue of Liberty, Washington, D.C., and western Pennsylvania. One site -- Federal Hall National Memorial, located a few blocks from the World Trade Center ... More »
9th Annual International Health Conference: War, Poverty and Population
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Abstract: The Relationship between Population Growth and Poverty Robert Engelman , Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute, Washington DC. Numbers: Mind the Gap Theogene Rudasingwa ,, Former Rwandan Ambassador to the United States. The Return of the Population Factor Martha Campbell ... More »
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
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Abstract: includes documents from the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention and ratification debates, and the first two federal congresses. These documents record American history in the words of those who built our government.
A Class Divided 1: The Daring Lesson
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Abstract: This segment from FRONTLINE: "A Class Divided" profiles an experiment in discrimination based on eye color that took place in a third-grade class in 1970.
A Class Divided 2: Day Two
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Abstract: This segment from FRONTLINE: "A Class Divided" profiles the second day of an experiment in discrimination based on eye color that took place in a third-grade class in 1970.
A Class Divided 3: An Interview with Jane Elliott
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Abstract: In this Web-exclusive interview for FRONTLINE, Jane Elliott discusses her abiding sense that her lesson on bigotry is as necessary today as it was in 1968.
A Crisis in Human Rights: Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
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Abstract: Focusing on the crisis in Darfur, the speakers will offer a comprehensive view of how and why a conflict evolves into a full-fledged genocide. The Darfur genocide has involved not just the outright immediate killing of people, but also the creation of conditions that have made life impossible by chasing ... More »
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
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Abstract: shows the typewritten draft of the December 8, 1941, speech in which Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. The draft shows Roosevelt's hand-written edits, including his change of the phrase a date which will live in world history to a date which will live in infamy. Students can ... More »
A Europe of the Regions?
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Abstract: What role will the 'regions' play in the emerging governance structures of the European Union? This unit examines the rise of the regions and regionalism in Western Europe. You will look at the possible development pathways for Europe: will it become a Federal super-state or a decentralised 'Europe of ... More »
A global dimension to science education in schools
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Abstract: Is your science teaching very 'Western-oriented'? This unit is aimed at those teachers who would like to give a more global feeling to their teaching. You will learn how to source scientific articles with a greater emphasis on science and technology beyond the Western world and experience how such articles ... More »
A Grand Tour of the Cosmos from the course Introduction to General Astronomy
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Abstract: Astro 10: General Astronomy - Fall 2006. A description of modern astronomy with emphasis on the structure and evolution of stars, galaxies, and the Universe. Additional topics optionally discussed include quasars, pulsars, black holes, and extraterrestrial communication, etc. Individual instructor's ... More »
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
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Abstract: is a documentary on this movement within Orthodox Judaism. The Hasidic ideal is to live a hallowed life in which even the most mundane action is sanctified. Hasidim live in tightly-knit communities centered around a rebbe, the community's political and religious leader. Most of the 200,000 American Hasidim ... More »
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
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Abstract: tells the story that began during World War II, when nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced from their homes into detention camps established by the U.S. government. Many spent three years living under armed guard, behind barbed wire.
A Multiverse? The Search for Life from the course Introduction to General Astronomy
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Abstract: Astro 10: General Astronomy - Fall 2006. A description of modern astronomy with emphasis on the structure and evolution of stars, galaxies, and the Universe. Additional topics optionally discussed include quasars, pulsars, black holes, and extraterrestrial communication, etc. Individual instructor's ... More »
A Nation Repays Its Debt: The National Soldiers' Home and Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio
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Abstract: tells how the federal government created a network of soldiers' homes and national cemeteries to honor Civil War veterans. The 110-acre Dayton cemetery contains the remains of veterans from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, and all 20th ... More »