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Pbs Frontline: Obama's War ActivityPbs Frontline: Obama's War Activity
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Pbs Frontline: Obama's War

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A detailed report of the war in Afghanistan put together in 2009. Insight into the approach and progress of President Obama's administration. Interviews with top officials, map, chronology are provided.

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afghanistan

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obama administration, obama and afghanistan, obama and war, pbs, pbs frontline, war on terror, war in afghanistan, u.s. involvement in afghanistan during obama administration

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Pbs Frontline: The War Scroll

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Pbs: Frontline: The Gulf War

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Pbs: Frontline: Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier

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Pbs Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda

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Pbs Frontline: Al Qaeda's New Front

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Pbs: Frontline: Calming Tensions Between Arabs and Iraqi Kurds

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Pbs: Frontline: From Arms Race to Arms Sales

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During the Cold War, nations like the U.S. and he U.S.S.R. were in a race to develop arms to defend themselves, but what happens to those nations when they collapse and have a stockpile of arms? This activity examines the surplus of arms...
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"Truth, War and Consequences"

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View a film called "Truth, War and Consequences," available for purchase on PBS, with your class. They answer comprehension questions and practice their critical thinking skills as well. 
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