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What are traditions and how are they transmitted? Islamic Spain, Korea , and West Africa provide examples of many different modes of transmis sion, including oral, written, artistic, and architectural.
Global 3000 is Deutsche Welle's weekly magazine that explores the intersection of global development and the environmental and social conditions of the diverse cultures of the world. In each program, host Michaela Kufner presents three to four video-rich segments that profile a different part of the planet where man's quest for economic and industrial strength is jeopardizing the ecosystems and the social and economic structures of people thousands of miles away. The program not only documents where those struggles are taking place - but how some groups and individuals are finding solutions to the growing problems of global development.
Liverpool: A Tale of Two Cities
Burdened with the legacy of colonial imperialism, the Third World rush ed development to catchnup with its Western counterparts.n
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The Enlightenment brought new ideals and a new notion of selfhood to t he American colonies. This program begins with an examination of the i mportance of the trope of the self-made man in Benjamin Franklin
Probability is the mathematical study of randomness, or events in whic h the outcome is uncertain. This unit examines probability, tracing it s evolution from a way to improve chances at the gaming table to moder n applications of understanding traffic flow and financial markets.
Explore the properties of polygons through puzzles and games, then pro ceed into a more formal classification of polygons. Look at mathematic al definitions more formally, and explore how terms can have different but equivalent definitions.
Scientists from the Smithsonian Center for Tropical Research document the astounding abundance of diversity in tropical rainforests to disco ver why so many species coexist that are competing for the same resour ces. In North America, the Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction project exp lores why removing just one species dramatically changed the distribut ion of plants and animals up and down the food web.
Former gang members and at-risk students turn their lives around through the power of flight in Salinas. Students discover career options in Chico. A day in the life of an Oakdale football coach. Fresno special ed students serve and learn at a district-owned cafe.
Global 3000 is Deutsche Welle's weekly magazine that explores the intersection of global development and the environmental and social conditions of the diverse cultures of the world. In each program, host Michaela Kufner presents three to four video-rich segments that profile a different part of the planet where man's quest for economic and industrial strength is jeopardizing the ecosystems and the social and economic structures of people thousands of miles away. The program not only documents where those struggles are taking place - but how some groups and individuals are finding solutions to the growing problems of global development.
In Good Shape is the weekly health show on DW, covering all aspects of health care: what's new in medical treatment, alternative medicine, wellness and fitness - as well as nutrition and beauty. In our studio interview we discuss topics in-depth with specialists, and offer you opportunities to pose your own questions. Dr. Carsten Lekutat and Stefanie Suren are alternate hosts of the program and will provide a combination of video-rich features and insightful interviews that grapple with some of the larger issues in medical treatment and healthcare. As an interactive feature of the program we also ask viewers to request a program topic Dr. Carsten Lekutat is a qualified General Practitioner and works as a doctor in Berlin. He is also responsible for training medical students at the Berlin Charite hospital. Stefanie Suren is executive producer and presenter of In Good Shape. 'Keep it simple and straightforward' - that is her goal as a reporter, producer and presenter.
How were water routes used as conduits of expansion and trade? The tra ders of the Indian Ocean, the early Mississippians, and the Norsemen c arried death and disease, skills and technologies, philosophies and re ligion down rivers and across oceans.
Public education and mass communications created a new political life and leisure time.n
This episode of GED Connection is about Geometry. Geometry deals with objects, surfaces, lines and angles. This program reviews where geomet ry came from, definitions used in geometry, and properties of angles a nd triangles. The GED test may have questions that ask for angle measu res on intersecting lines where some angle measures are given and some are not. The definitions that are provided in this program include th at of a point, line, ray, angle, and vertex. The types of angles that are discussed are congruent angles, right angles, complementary angles , supplementary angles, acute angles, and obtuse angles. Several types of triangles are covered as well, including right triangles, isoscele s triangles, and equalateral triangles.
The human population of our planet now exceeds 6.5 billion and is risi ng. Much of this growth is projected for the most environmentally frag ile regions of the world. Will studying the history of the world's pop ulation growth help predict the Earth's "carrying capacity"?