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Professor Scharff weaves the story of the Civil Rights movement with s tories of the Vietnam War and Watergate to create a portrait of a deca de. Lyndon Johnson emerges as a pivotal character, along with Stokely Carmichael, Fanny Lou Hamer, and other luminaries of the era.
Amidst the chaos following World War I, Ezra Pound urged poets to " ;Make it new!" This call was heeded by a large range of poets, ranging from T. S. Eliot to Jean Toomer. This program explores the mo dernist lyrics of two of these poets: William Carlos Williams and Langston Hughes. What is modernism? How did these poets start a re volution that continues until this day?
In his tribute to Revolutionary War sites in New York City, Dave also pay tribute to contemporary New York, the eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway in New York City, and the New York tradition of Lombardi's pizza. Beginning at the Shrine to Liberty on Long Island, Dave recalls how their overnight retreat and the dense fog that descended saved Washington's troops. Dave explains that prisoners of war were kept in horrible conditions on ships in the Hudson River and that 20,000 of the 30,000 Hessian troops hired to supplement the British army died from unsanitary conditions, rather than battle wounds. The defeat at Fort Washington is followed by the Battle of Harlem Heights that renews the faith of Americans that they can win the war against the British.
Organisms as different as flies, fish, and humans share a set of genes , known as a genetic toolkit, which guides development. This session p resents new perspectives on the remarkable similarity in these molecul es and processes and the ethical questions involved in this research.
The discovery of electromagnetic induction in 1831 creates an importan t technologicalnbreakthrough in the generation of electric power.n
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
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.
In Jamestown, Virginia, Dave recalls the hardships encountered by English settlers who established the colony in 1607. He reviews the biography of Pocahontas and credits the Powhatan Indians with saving the colony from certain disaster. A tour of Colonial Williamsburg allows Dave to explore life as lived in Colonial Times. Standing near canon emplacements at Yorktown, Dave recalls details of the British surrender and Thomas Nelson's role in the Battle of Yorktown.
Arts teachers develop relationships with community members and organiz ations by bringing artists into the classroom, taking students beyond school walls, and asking students to draw inspiration from the voices of their community. In this session, participants see a guest choreogr apher who challenges the students with her working style and expectati ons. A visiting theatre artist helps playwriting students develop mono logues based on interviews with people in the neighborhood. A visual a rt teacher and her students work with community members to create a sc ulpture garden in an empty courtyard at their school, drawing inspirat ion from a nearby sculpture park. A band teacher invites alumni and lo cal professional musicians to sit in with her classes, giving students strong musical role models.
In France the old order collapsed under revolutionaries' attacks and t he monarchy's ownnweakness.