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Fixing the debates: a better way to interrupt
Debates are broken. Here’s how to fix them. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The presidential debates have become major media events, but a decreasing share of Americans are watching them. Although that proportion slightly...
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Annenberg Learner: Earth Revealed
To support or supplement a course in earth science or geography, Annenberg Media offers twenty-six Videos on Demand (VoDs). The topics coverd range from why Earth can sustain life, to plate tectonics, to rock types and landscape...
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: Elizabeth Bishop
Information about Elizabeth Bishop and her poetry. Includes a video (with transcript) on the life and works of the poet. Part of the "Voices and Visions" series by Annenberg Media. [57:29]
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Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Earth's Changing Climate (Video)
Take a deeper look into two scientific research projects: one that looks into the past, and the other which looks into the future. Applying the information learned through these projects can help us understand better ways to cope with...
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: t.s. Eliot
Information about T.S. Eliot, and a video (with transcript) on his life, influence, and poetry. There are also several links to other scholarly resources. Part of a 13-episode series entitled "Voices and Visions." [57:10]
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: Robert Lowell
Video on the life and poetry of Robert Lowell. There are also several links to other resources about Lowell. Part of a 13-episode video series entitled "Voices and Visions." Lowell reads his poetry himself and others discuss his style....
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: Marianne Moore
Video on the life and works of poet Marianne Moore where her friends and critics analyze her work. There are also links to several other resources about Moore. Part of a 13-episode video series entitled "Voices and Visions." [58:49]
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: Wallace Stevens
Archival footage illustrates Wallace Stevens's poetry in a video from "Voices and Visions," a 13-episode series on American poets. There are also several links to other resources about Stevens. Includes a video transcript. [57:54]
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Annenberg Learner: Voices and Visions: Robert Frost
Information about Robert Frost, and a video featuring readings and interviews with the poet. Past of a thirteen-hour series entitled "Voices and Visions." Includes a downloadable video transcript. [57:15]
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Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Histograms
Meteorologists use histograms to map when lightning strikes and this visualization technique helps them understand the data in new ways. [9:42]
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Annenberg Learner: Strength to Overcome: South Africa and Kenya
Video program featuring two case studies about Africa entitled South Africa: This Land is My Land and Kenya: Medical Geography. The first study explores the post-apartheid government and economy. The second study investigates health care...
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Annenberg Learner: Science in Focus: Energy: Heat, Work, and Efficiency
Video workshop explores how heat is generated and harvested to do useful mechanical work. Video also describes efficiency of an engine, expansion and compression of gases, and friction's relationship to heat. [56:54]
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Annenberg Learner: Developing Countries: Cote D'ivoire and Gabon
This video program featuring two case studies on Africa entitled Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa and Change and Gabon: Sustainable Resources? The first study explores the Ivory Coast and its cocoa production and the second study investigates the...
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Annenberg Learner: The Maritime Connection: Indonesia and Malaysia
This video program featuring two case studies about Southeast Asia entitled Indonesia: Tourist Invasion and Multicultural Malaysia. The first study explores tourism and the economy within Bali, and the second study investigates the...
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Annenberg Learner: Power of Place: Ethnic Fragmentation in Canada
This video program featuring two case studies on Canada, entitled Vancouver: Hong Kong East and Montreal: An Island of French. The first study explores the rising Hong Kong Chinese immigrant population and the second study investigates...
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Annenberg Learner: The Constitution: That Delicate Balance
View this collection of Emmy award winning Videos on Demand which draw attention to many present day controversial topics and are debated by various professionals.
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: Langston Hughes
James Baldwin and biographer Arnold Rampersad discuss the works and influence of African American writer Langston Hughes. There are also several links to other resources about Hughes. Video is part of a series entitled "Voices and...
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: Sylvia Plath
Video on the life and poetry of Sylvia Plath, with archival footage and visualizations of her work. Includes a video transcript. There are also several links to other resources about Plath. Part of a thirteen-hour series entitled "Voices...
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: Ezra Pound
Part of a video series that "explores the lives and works of 13 of America's most famous poets," this site consists of a video (with transcript) and a series of links to resources about Pound, including an excerpt of "Canto LXXXI." [56:59]
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
Video on the life and poetry of Walt Whitman. Includes a video transcript. There are also several links to other resources about Whitman. [57:01]
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Annenberg Learner: Voices & Visions: William Carlos Williams
Video on the life and works of poet William Carlos Williams. Includes a transcript. There are also several links to other resources about Williams. Part of a series on American poets. [57:14]
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Annenberg Learner: Mathematics Illuminated: The Primes
A detailed look at the importance of prime numbers, not only in math, but also in science and in the field of cryptography. [28:27]
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Annenberg Learner: Mathematics Illuminated: Geometries Beyond Euclid
Video presentation will help you visualize non-Euclidean geometry, comparing flat space with curved space and how they affect shape. Contains a history of non-Euclidean geometry, detailed discussion of curved vs. flat surfaces, and...
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Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Normal Calculations
Video program shows viewers how to use standard deviation, compute relative frequencies, find percentiles, and determine whether a distribution is normal. Real-life connections made by examining data from vehicle-emissions standards and...