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Pbs Learning Media: Judge and the General: Human Rights Abuses Around the World

9th - 10th
Chileans remember the plight of political prisoners who were "disappeared" during Pinochet's regime. Judge Juan Guzman talks about writing rejections of appeals to investigate the disappearances earlier in his career. Students should...
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Southern Africa: Troubled Water

9th - 10th
In 2005, FRONTLINE/World featured the PlayPump, a promising new technology that pumped fresh water when children played on a merry-go-round. The story appealed to the good intentions of politicians, celebrities, and funders, who gave...
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Coping With the Crisis: Wide Angle

9th - 10th
Gain insight into an Iraqi refugee's life in Jordan, as well as his life before leaving Iraq. The video explores how host countries Jordan and Syria are coping with the Iraqi refugee crisis and features an interview with Jordan's Queen...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Reckoning: Should Us Join the International Criminal Court?

9th - 10th
Learn about the history of this judicial body and the struggles it has faced since it was organized in 2002. Classrooms can use this film to explore U.S. policy related to the International Criminal Court. [5:11]
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Pbs Learning Media: The Cost of Human Rights: Women, War, & Peace

9th - 10th
Follow Clemencia Carabali, a community activist from Cauca, as she travels to Washington, D.C to share with congressional staffers the perspective of Cauca's residents- while the Colombian government has one story to tell, many of its...