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Annenberg Classroom: Executive Branch: What Does a Mayor Do?
I Do Solemnly Swear: What Does a Mayor Do? explores the role and responsibilities of mayors in the United States. High school students interview the mayors of Orlando, Fla., and Houston, Texas, about their duties and follow them as they...
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Annenberg Classroom: The Right to Remain Silent: Miranda v. Arizona
This documentary explores the landmark Supreme Court decision Miranda v. Arizonathat said criminal suspects, at the time of their arrest but before any interrogation, must be told of their Fifth Amendment protection...
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Annenberg Classroom: The Story of the Bill of Rights
Eleven short documentaries tell the story of these individual freedoms that often are taken for granted today. But in 1787, when they were first discussed at the Constitutional Convention, the Founding Fathers rejected them. Why were...
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Annenberg Classroom: Mandate: The President and the People
The complex relationship between the presidency and public opinion is examined by leading historians, political scientists and public figures who also offer insight into the office and its occupants from George Washington to Franklin D....
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Annenberg Classroom: Search and Seizure: Mapp v. Ohio
In 1957, Dollree Mapp stood up to police who tried to enter her home without a search warrant. Her act of defiance led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling in Mapp v. Ohio that limited police powers.This documentary explores the Fourth...
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Annenberg Learner: Models of the Atom
Animation looking at various models of the atom that have been proposed by J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, and Niels Bohr, with a brief look at the Quantum Mechanical Model. [2:23]
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Annenberg Learner: Sedimentary Rock Formation
Investigate the formation of sedimentary rock in this video. [3:18]
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Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: Journey to the Earth's Interior
Material to begin an exploration of the Earth's interior. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on igneous rock, seismic waves, and the Earth's layers, and ideas for teaching this unit in...
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Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Measures of Center
It's helpful to know the center of a distribution, which is what the clerical workers in Colorado Springs found out in the 1980s when they campaigned for comparable wages for comparable work. Mean and median are two different ways to...
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Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Models for Growth
Video program looks at linear growth, least squares, and exponential growth, and applies statistics to examine growth patterns in real-life situations: a study of growth problems in children and grwoth of world oil production over time.
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Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: What Is Probability?
A video program on probability, covering relative frequency, randomness, sample space, and probability rules. Includes a discussion about statistician Persi Diaconis' work with probability theory. [29:06]
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Annenberg Learner: Teacher Resources: Journey North
Four video-segments highlight the study of seasonal change through the "Journey North" website: "Introduction," "Seasonal Migration," "Plants and Seasons," and "Sunlight and Seasons."
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Annenberg Learner: Conversations in Literature
A series of 8 instructional videos, each about 60 minutes in length, designed to model effective reading habits through envisionment building. Topics include Responding As Readers, Envisioning, Stepping In, Moving Through, Rethinking,...
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Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Many Planets, One Earth (Video)
With this resource, users learn how rocks from millions of years ago give evidence of the emergence of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. Make the connection between this evidence and the presence of complex animal life on our planet. [28:27]
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Annenberg Learner: Art of Teaching of the Arts Choosing Instructional Approaches
A video workshop for high school arts teachers. This program encourages teachers to examine reasons for choosing certain instructional approaches for teaching the arts and to broaden their repertoire of teaching strategies. Includes...
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Annenberg Learner: Art of Teaching the Arts: Creating Rich Learning Environments
A video workshop for high school arts teachers. This program focuses on creating an environment in the classroom where students feel safe to take risks and use artistic expression. The workshop encourages teachers to provide constructive...
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Annenberg Learner: Art of Teaching the Arts Addressing Diverse Needs of Students
A video workshop that helps foster teaching the arts to a diverse student population. This program focuses on how to adapt teaching to different learning styles, recognizing students come from diverse cultural background, and adjusting...
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Annenberg Learner: The Arts in Every Classroom: Teaching Dance
Any classroom that is looking to integrate dance as an art form into the curriculum could use this resource for ideas. There are suggested activities and discussion for professional development, curriculum planning and community outreach.
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Annenberg Learner: Engaging With Literature: Building Community
In this video [18:59], you will watch Latosha Rowley working with her fourth and fifth graders in a multiage setting as they discuss their novels - all historical fiction - in small groups. You will then join them as they decide on a...
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Annenberg Learner: Engaging With Literature: Finding Common Ground
In this video [18:59], Bileni Teklu often focuses classroom instruction on developing her students' enjoyment of reading and appreciation for literature. Beginning each lesson with a brief 10- to 15-minute mini-lesson, Ms. Teklu devotes...
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Annenberg Learner: Engaging With Literature: A Video Library: Sharing the Text
This video clip serves as a source for professional development. In the video, third grade teacher, BJ Namba, shares her approach in facilitating book clubs. Her goals are related to empowering students to take charge of their...
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Annenberg Learner: Annotating Across Disciplines
Students use microscopes to look at single-celled organisms. [3:48]
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Annenberg Learner: Thinking and Communicating Like a Biologist
The goal of this seven-day unit is to look at the big ideas in science literacy. This video on how to think and communicate like a biologist is the first lesson in the unit. [7:23]
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Annenberg Learner: Challenges in the Hinterlands Andalucia and Iceland
A video presents two case studies that introduce the geography themes of economic development and globalization. The first part discusses the economic development of Andalucia region of Spain. The second part explores the cultural and...