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The Tempest and Post-Colonial Theory: Prospero and Caliban
This video delves into the complex interplay between Prospero and Caliban in Shakespeare's "The Tempest," examining the depiction and implications of their relationship as colonizer and colonized. The discussion explores how historical...
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The Tempest and Post-Colonial Theory: Perspectives on History and Shakespeare's Narrative
This video delves into the complexities of interpreting historical events and literary works, focusing on Columbus's arrival at Hispaniola and Shakespeare's The Tempest. It examines how perspectives shape our understanding of history and...
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Pbs: African/african American Culture: Hambone
Watch the hambone, an African-American rhythm technique that uses the whole body as a "drum set" to produce different sounds, demonstrated.
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Pbs Learning Media: Lincoln Oath | History Detectives
A museum curator is investigating the authenticity of a note signed by Abraham Lincoln honorably discharging a soldier of the Civil War in 1864. What detective work is necessary to determine whether the document is real or a forgery?
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David Hunter: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
A video featuring methods to gather valuable facts and interpretations and how to differentiate between the two. [5:21]
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Pbs: Georgia Stories: 201: Early Inhabitants of Georgia, Before 1732
This video episode discusses primarily the Cherokee tribe in Georgia and how their traditions and beliefs shaped their lives.
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Pbs: Georgia Stories: John Ross, a Georgia Biography
From 1828 to 1860, the Cherokee people were led by the remarkable Native American John Ross who presided over the birth of Cherokee Nation, the removal of his people from their homeland, and the founding of a new nation in a distant place.
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Pbs: Wyoming's Native Americans: Native American Veterans
Learn about Wyoming's Native American Veterans as three United States military veterans who call the Wind River Reservation home tell their stories.
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Pbs: Native American Culture: Cherokee Singer
Watch Cherokee singer Paula Nelson perform two songs that were taped at the 2006 Festival of Native Peoples in Cherokee, N.C.
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Pbs: Georgia Stories: Mary Musgrove, a Georgia Biography
Known as Coosaponakeesa by the Creek Indians, Mary Musgrove's mixed heritage, linguistic skills, and intimate knowledge of native culture made her a unique and influential character in early Georgia history.
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Pbs: Georgia Stories: The Thirst for New Land
A spurt in growth occurred in Georgia after the American Revolution as new people poured into central and north Georgia wanting to own land.
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Pbs: Georgia Stories: Native Traditions, Past and Present
Modern Cherokee Indians struggle to hold on to their ancient traditions and crafts. 3 different Cherokees artists teach their art and stories to the next generation, passing down cultural traditions so they will survive.
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Pbs: Georgia Stories: Sequoyah, a Georgia Biography
Sequoyah created a system of writing for an unwritten language that became the Cherokee language.
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Pbs: Native America: The Teotihuacan Fire Ceremony
The New Fire Ceremony was a ritual held every 52 years in November upon the completion of a full cycle of the Aztec solar year.
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Pbs: Historic Archaeology at Ashland: Artifacts in a Privy
In this video segment, Dr. Kim McBride discusses the discovery and analysis of the artifacts archaeologists found during an archaeological survey at Ashland, the estate of politician, farmer, and horse breeder Henry Clay in Lexington,...
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Pbs: Japanese Culture: Koto
Kazue Sawai, a well-known koto player performs "Midare" ("Chaos") on the traditional Japanese instrument.
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Pbs: Japanese Culture: Kabuki Actor's Technique
A description of Kabuki acting technique and the training that Kabuki performers, traditionally all male, go through in order to learn how to play male, female, young, and old characters.
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Pbs: Japanese Culture: Kabuki Makeup
video discussion about how makeup is applied and how colors and lines help suggest character and express a character's personality.
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Pbs: Japanese Culture: What Is Kabuki?
This video presents students with an overview of Kabuki, pointing out major characteristics such as male actors, stylized acting, and audience and also discusses the distinction between Kabuki and Noh theater, the other classical...
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Pbs: Japanese Culture: Kabuki Fan Symbolism
Video discusses the origin of fan use in Kabuki theater and demonstrates the common usage and symbolism of the various fan movements.
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Pbs: Japanese Culture: Bunraku
In this excerpt from a documentary on Bunraku, students meet an apprentice studying to be a puppeteer at Bunraku Theater in Osaka and learn a little bit about the history of this classic Japanese art form and see puppets being manipulated.
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Pbs: Japanese Culture: Japanese Aesthetics
Video provides a brief overview of Japanese aesthetics and explains the major differences between Western and Japanese aesthetics.
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Pbs: Indian Pride: Spirituality, Part 2
Interview describes storytelling protocols, and tells the creation story of the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribe.
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Pbs: West Nile Virus Outbreak in Nyc
This video segment follows Tracey McNamara, lead pathologist at the Bronx Zoo, and her work to explain why crows in New York City were literally falling dead from the sky during one summer. It turned out that the same virus-West Nile...