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Pbs Learning Media: I Farm
Learn about a California pistachio farmer who developed an iPad app to improve irrigation. [4:59]
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Pbs Learning Media: Nyc Family's Struggle to Survive on a Fast Food Salary (2013)
Between food, housing and baby supplies, Shenita Simon struggles each week to support her family of seven. The 25-year-old from New York makes $8 per hour and is one of the fast food workers nationwide advocating for higher wages. [8:44]
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Pbs Learning Media: Judge and the General: Human Rights Abuses Around the World
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...
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Pbs Learning Media: Digital Activism: shayfeen.com Film Module
This module examines the use of digital technology to further civic engagement in the face of repression. Shayfeen.com activists support the brave judges who step forward and ask for an investigation of election abuses. The women of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Security in the Central African Republic Crisis (2013)
A story about twelve civilians killed in Central African Republic, a nation that fell into chaos. The United Nations vote on sending forces into the country, where 600 French soldiers had been dispatched. [12:03]
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Pbs Learning Media: Haiti: Relief Efforts Meet Staggering Obstacles
Correspondent Martin Smith travels to Haiti to bear witness to this humanitarian crisis and the ill-coordinated relief efforts on the ground.
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Pbs Learning Media: Crisis in Sudan
The NewsHour's Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on Sudan's humanitarian crisis, where drought and food shortages are contributing to violence, political instability and death. [6:43]
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Pbs Learning Media: Germany Phases Out Nuclear Power
Learn about Germany's controversial decision to end its nuclear energy program. [4:45]
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Pbs Learning Media: Compare and Contrast: Education in Japan and Kenya
Economic factors greatly influence the quality of education. The educational systems of developing countries are often on a substandard level when compared to nations of economically advanced countries. View and compare the classrooms of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Going Home?: Wide Angle
Explore the challenges Iraqi refugees face and the tough decisions they make to either stay in a host country or return home. [3:28]
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Pbs Learning Media: Coping With the Crisis: Wide Angle
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...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: Wide Angle
This video segment from the Wide Angle film "Iraqi Exodus" provides an overview of the Iraqi refugee crisis and challenges the refugees face. [2:23]
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Pbs Learning Media: The Israeli Palestinian Conflict: Wide Angle
Join hosts Aaron Brown and Gordon Lichfield (deputy editor of economist.com) discussing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and why it persists. [4:26]
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Pbs Learning Media: Hispaniola: An Island Divided
Immediately following the devastating Haitian earthquake of January 2010, many Haitians sought refuge in the neighboring Dominican Republic (D.R.) but their arrival resulted in escalating tensions between the two nations. Despite...
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Pbs Learning Media: Us Transparency of Civilian Deaths From Drone Strikes? [2013]
Two human rights advocacy groups published and presented a report on United States drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen to the public. [10:58]
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Pbs Learning Media: The Cost of Human Rights: Women, War, & Peace
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...
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Pbs Learning Media: Human Rights
Human rights play a major role in how a country is viewed on the world stage. [3:28]
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Pbs Learning Media: Empowerment
This video from Women, War & Peace demonstrates the power of women and suggests that in today's world, especially with the evolution of communication, the presence of women at peace talks is necessary and inevitable. [7:44]
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Pbs Learning Media: No More Tears Sister: Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal
Set during the violent ethnic conflict that has enveloped Sri Lanka over decades, the film recreates the courageous and vibrant life of renowned human rights activist Dr. Rajani Thiranagama. Mother, anatomy professor, author and symbol...
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Pbs Learning Media: Polio Outbreak in Syria
From a news story in 2013, ten cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria- the first appearance of the disease in the country since 1999. PBS NewsHour explores how the outbreak adds to the challenge of the humanitarian crisis and how...
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Pbs Learning Media: Solving the Doctor Shortage in Mozambique: Wide Angle
This video from the Wide Angle film "Birth of a Surgeon" provides an overview of the issue of maternal mortality in Mozambique and an innovative program to try to tackle this problem. The program trains midwives and nurses to perform...
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Pbs Learning Media: Rural Healthcare in Mozambique: Wide Angle
This video segment from the Wide Angle film "Birth of a Surgeon" describes healthcare at the Hospital Rural de Manjacaze, a rural hospital in Mozambique. [1:55]
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Pbs Learning Media: Making Women's Health a Priority: Wide Angle
An interview with Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) about a program which trains midwives to perform surgeries during pregnancy and childbirth in Mozambique, a country suffering from a shortage of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pakistanis Stand With Malala: Pbs News Hour
Arooj, a junior reporter from Youth Journalism International, recently wrote about the Pakistani public's reaction to Malala's shooting, and the widespread backlash against the Taliban and their interpretation of Islamic law.