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Content Provider: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History

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Breaking Up is Hard to Do

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: The collapse of the Soviet State in 1991 was followed by Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev's declaration of the Chechen Republic's independence from Moscow. Concerned over the loss of its territorial integrity, Russian troops invaded the breakaway republic and a civil war ensued. In l996, Chechen rebels ... More »

Dying to be a Martyr

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: The Middle East conflict and terrorism are issues we hear about almost daily in the news. This lesson will use video clips from WIDE ANGLE's 'Suicide Bombers' (2004), Internet sites, and primary sources to examine the roots of the Middle East conflict. The video contains interviews with young Palestinians ... More »

Extreme Global Makeover

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: Modernization is an important issue in the New York State Global History and Geography curriculum. Students are expected to understand how modernization may impact such areas as society, politics, the economy, and the environment. In the Global History and Geography curriculum, a study of historical ... More »

Girls Speak Out

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: Today, over 115 million children have never set foot inside a school. The fact is that for children living in developing countries, the dream of a first day of school is yet to be realized. The daily realities of poverty, political instability, regional conflict, geography, and cultural or traditional ... More »

I'm Watching You 24/7

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: The post-Renaissance world saw the nation-state mature and confront the issue of how to control the lives of its citizens. Two models of political organization, democratic and authoritarian, gradually developed. During the twentieth century, as some nations granted individuals and groups more and more ... More »

On the Road Again

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: The movement of people and goods is an important part of the New York State Global History and Geography Curriculum. It is listed as one of the themes that are emphasized in the core curriculum. Students are expected to understand why people migrate and what the impact of migrations has been on people, ... More »

One Nation: Two Futures?

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: Since the mid-l970s, economic reforms have transformed China from one of the most egalitarian societies into one of the most unequal in the world. Wide disparities currently exist between the income levels of a relatively few rich and middle-class Chinese and their fellow citizens who number in the hundreds ... More »

Rwanda: You Go, Girls!

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: The PBS WIDE ANGLE documentary series analyzes a number of significant and current global issues. In 'Ladies First' (2004), WIDE ANGLE delivers a riveting report on the political and socio-economic success of the Rwandan women after the genocide of 1994 that divided the country's major ethnic groups, ... More »

This Land is Our Land

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: Throughout history, as the concepts of empire and nation-states took hold, individual countries secured their borders and tried to keep unwanted migrants out. As we enter the 21st century Anwarul K. Chowdhury, an Under-Secretary of the United Nations, says, 'The first step towards examining the road ... More »

Women Wanting to Work

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
Grade Level: Secondary

Abstract: Worldwide, women are influencing businesses and economies on an unprecedented scale. WIDE ANGLE's '1-800-INDIA' (2005) and 'Pickles, Inc.' (2005) give us insight into two instances of economic and social shifts being wrought by the entry of women into local and international economies. In this lesson, ... More »

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