Weston Woods Animated Children's Books
Weston Woods Animated Children's Books
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Connections can be physical, as with bridges, or immaterial, as with f riendships. Both types of connections can be understood using the same mathematical framework called network theory, or graph theory, which is a way to abstract and quantify the notion of connectivity. This uni t looks at how this branch of mathematics provides insights into extre mely complicated networks such as ecosystems.
Weston Woods Animated Children's Books
Dave tours historic locations in Philadelphia recalling battles of the American Revolution and the lives of the Founding Fathers who attended the Constitutional Conventions held there. He spends some time at Franklin House where he reviews the biography of the great statesmen and inventor. Locations, such as the American Philosophical Society, Declaration House, and Carpenter's Hall bring to mind the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution, documents whose common sense approach to freedom and liberty is extolled throughout the episode. Dave also recalls the history of the Liberty Bell, the design of the Great Seal, and the establishment of the American bald eagle as the symbol of the United States and its freedoms.
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While the North develops an industrial economy and culture, the South develops a slave culture and economy, and the great rift between the r egions becomes unbreachable. Professor Masur looks at the human side o f the history of the mid-1800s by sketching a portrait of the lives of slave and master.
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.
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?
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What role has food played in human societies? Studying the production and consumption of food allows historians to uncover hidden levels of meaning in social relationships, understand demographic shifts, and tr ace cultural exchange. This unit examines the earliest impact of globa lization including changing cuisine, environmental impact, and the ris e of forced labor as a global economic force.