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What factors shape the ways in which the basic resources are exploited by a society? From Southeast Asia to Russia, Africa, and the Americas , the ratios between land availability and the usable labor force were the primary basis of pre-industrial economies, but politics, environm ent, and culture played a part as well.
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.
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Modern medicine, atomic energy, computers, and new concepts of time, e nergy, and matter allnhave an important effect on life in the 20th cen tury. n
What does the study of families and households tell us about our globa l past? In this unit examining West Asia, Europe, and China, families and households become the focus of historians, providing a window into the private experiences in world societies, and how they sometimes be come a model for ordering the outside world.
What was haunting the American nation in the 1850s? The three writ ers treated in this program — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melvill e, and Emily Dickinson — use poetry and prose to explore the dark side of nineteenth-century America.
Competition and cooperation can be studied mathematically, an idea tha t first arose in the analysis of games like chess and checkers, but so on showed its relevance to economics and geopolitical strategy. This u nit shows how conflict and strategies can be thought about mathematica lly, and how doing so can reveal important insights about human and ev en animal behaviors.
Review and explore transformations such as translation, reflection, an d rotation. Apply these ideas to solve more complex geometric problems . Use your knowledge of properties of figures to reason through, solve , and justify your solutions to problems. Analyze and prove the midlin e theorem.
We all require food, air, and water to survive — which are contam inated to some extent by man-made pollutants. Two studies, one in a ru ral western mining town and another in a dense urban population, revea l how these exposures impact health, and what can be done to reduce th e risks.
A different approach to educating autistic students in Visalia. UCLA opens a new community school in South Central. Lodi schools serve local food grown by local farms.
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.
What lasting impacts did modern imperialism have on the world? The pro found consequences of imperialism are examined in the South African fr ontier and Brazil, where politics, culture, industrial capitalism, and the environment were shaped and re-shaped.
Settlements in the Fertile Crescent gave rise to the great river civil izations of the Middle East.n
This episode looks at how writers use language to communicate with the ir readers. Voice, style, format and point of view are presented as wa ys to taylor writing to a particular audience. Teachers and writing ex perts discuss types of language to use and to avoid for conciseness in expressing ideas.
Will world population outrun food resources? The "Green Revolution" of the 20th century multiplied crop yields, in part through increasing i nputs of pesticides and fertilizers. How can farmers reduce their use of agricultural chemicals and still produce enough food?