America is enveloped in total war, from mobilization on the home front to a scorching air war in Europe. Professor Miller's view of World Wa r II is a personal essay on the morality of total war, and its effects on those who fought, died, and survived it, including members of his own family.
Set in the antebellum American South, but written after Emancipation, Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a classi c of American literature. This program compares Twain
Dave visits Mount Vernon, Monticello and Montpelier recalling the achievements of the Presidents who lived there and their aims for the estates they called home. He highlights features of Georgian and Palladian architecture and provides insightful anecdotes associated with each home. These anecdotes concern the lives of African slaves and indentured servants, epithets on the graves of the tree Presidents, and stories of Dolley Madison's successes in Washington. Viewers gain an understanding of the private lives of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, and Madison.
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New diseases arise and old diseases, such as malaria and influenza, ar e returning with renewed vigor. This session studies the complex cause s and far-reaching impacts of emerging infectious diseases around the globe.
The law of Biot and Sarvart, the force between electric currents, and Amp
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.
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.
Dave begins this journey at the home of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish engineer who was a compatriot of Benjamin Franklin and became head engineer of the Continental Army. Leaving land and goods to the benefit of released American slaves, Thaddeus ultimately returned to Poland to participate in a revolution in his native country. At Germantown, Dave visits the house that General Howe successfully defended and tells the little-known story of George Washington returning General Howe's dog after the conflict. At Valley Forge, Dave recall the harsh winters of 1777 and 1778, when General Von Steuben transformed the beleaguered Revolutionary army into an 18th century fighting force.
Arts teachers create a safe environment where students feel free to ex press their thoughts and feelings and take creative risks. In this ses sion, participants meet an Acting I teacher who helps students let go of their inhibitions and an Acting II teacher who encourages students to take creative risks as they interpret monologues. In a dance class, a teacher asks students to work closely in pairs so they can study su btle aspects of movement technique. In a visual art department, the te achers work together to create a community that gives students multipl e outlets for artistic learning. Finally, a music teacher builds his s tudents
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.
For more than a century, the quarrels of Protestants and Catholics tor e Europe apart.n
This program on Ratio, Proportion and Percent is the sixth of 13 progr ams on mathematics and the 32nd of 39 programs overall in the series, GED Connection. Many guests from various disciplines are featured in r oll-ins to explain the basics and how that knowledge is useful in diff erent jobs or settings. Ratios are fractions which can be simplified R atios are explained by using the unit price of apples and their weight to calculate the total cost. Featured is a city builder who uses floo r area ratio to determine the size of a building compared to the size of the lot. Percentages, or parts per 100, are explained in the contex t of calculating car payments and how much of those payments is princi pal and much is interest. The importance of Compound interest, or inte rest on already earned interest is highlighted. Also shown is how to c alculate a magazine's price using a percentage discount. Proportional ratios are used to solve missing variable by multiplying cross-product s. A cartoonist and a filmmaker demonstrate how they use proportions i n their crafts.
Systems of synchronization occur throughout the animate and inanimate world. The regular beating of the human heart, the swaying and near co llapse of the Millennium Bridge, the simultaneous flashing of gangs of fireflies in Southeast Asia: these varied phenomena all share the pro perty of spontaneous synchronization. This unit shows how synchronizat ion can be analyzed, studied, and modeled via the mathematics of diffe rential equations, an outgrowth of calculus, and the application of th ese ideas toward understanding the workings of the heart.