Weston Woods Animated Children's Books
Watch this program in the 10th session for K–2 and 3–5 teach ers. Explore how the concepts developed in this course can be applied through case studies of K–5 teachers who have adapted their new k nowledge to their classrooms.
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.
Watch this program in the 10th session for grade 3-5 teachers. Explore how the concepts developed in this course can be applied through case studies of grade 3-5 teachers (former course participants) who have a dapted their new knowledge to their classrooms.
Watch this program in the 10th session for K
Investigate the difference between a count and a measure, and examine essential ideas such as unit iteration, partitioning, and the compensa tory principle. Learn about the many uses of ratio in measurement and how scale models help us understand relative sizes. Investigate the co nstant of proportionality in isosceles right triangles, and learn abou t precision and accuracy in measurement.
At Pennsbury Manor Dave recalls William Penn's upbringing in England. Viewers learn that the King of England granted Penn the largest land charter ever given, hoping that other Quakers would follow Penn to the New World. Dave explains how Penn founded Philadelphia as a city of tolerance and how he created a system of government that provided for the separation of powers and checks and balances. Dave's final stop is Betsy Ross' house, where he tells the story of the creation of the first U.S. flag.
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.
In Part I, Jorge Arredondo
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How do religions interact, adopt new ideas, and adapt to diverse cultu res? As the missionaries, pilgrims, and converts of Buddhism, Christia nity, and Islam moved around the world, the religions created change a nd were themselves changed.
Nearly a thousand years after Rome's fall, Constantinople was conquere d by the forces of Islam.nn
In this program we look at some of the basic concepts in economics, fr om theories on how and why people in society make economic choices to how the government and each one of us influences the economy. Economic s is the study of choices, what people want and how they obtain it. Ec onomics is a social science and can be used as a way of solving proble ms, a way of viewing the world, or a way to study the choices people m ake when they're faced with scarcity. Important definitions that are c overed in this program are: opportunity cost, market, demand, supply, competition, inflation, and employment. Examples of how economics is i nvolved with such things as credit cards, labor unions, voting, minimu m wage, environmental regulations, and taxes are also given. Key econo mic concepts like monetary policy, fiscal policy, consumer price index , and gross domestic product are introduced. Keeping up with economic news and knowing how to read charts and graphs that contain economic i nformation will help when preparing for this portion of the GED test.
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