Summary: Some of the most widely known paintings in the history of English art were produced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, whose work stands out as the most intensely romantic aspect of Victorian painting in England. Founded in 1848 to protest against the outmoded academic conventions of the day, the Brotherhood's influence lasted until the end of the century, affecting fashion, interior design,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The U.S. government spends far more money every year than it takes in, thus increasing the national debt. To help balance the federal budget and pay for programs and services, should the government raise taxes on the richest one-percent of the population, or are the rich already taxed enough?
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: Congressional debate over MX missile (part 3)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1982
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Summary: Congressional debate over MX missile (part 2)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1982
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Summary: Congressional debate over MX missile (part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1982
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Summary: Congressional debate over MX missile (part 4)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1982
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Summary: UN Security Council discusses Egypt/Israel War; Brit delegate decries danger to shipping; proposes Anglo-French peacekeeping force
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1956
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Summary: UN Security Council discusses Egypt/Israel War
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1956
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Summary: With awareness of global warming rising, going "green" and reducing one's "carbon footprint" have become pop culture catchphrases. But addressing climate change on a global, governmental level is still a matter of heated debate. With potentially staggering costs involved, are efforts to make major reductions in carbon emissions worth the price? Would the money be better spent elsewhere? Or,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The history and social structures of Latin America's native peoples were neither simple nor peaceful before the arrival of Europeans. Wars were fought, empires were created and destroyed, and-as this program illustrates-narrative tapestries of fact and fiction were woven in the process. Underscoring the linguistic sophistication that flourished for thousands of years in the region, the program...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The history and social structures of Latin America's native peoples were neither simple nor peaceful before the arrival of Europeans. Wars were fought, empires were created and destroyed, and-as this program illustrates-narrative tapestries of fact and fiction were woven in the process. Underscoring the linguistic sophistication that flourished for thousands of years in the region, the program...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: For celebrities and public figures, there's only one thing worse than being talked about-and that is not being talked about. Similarly, most corporations have a need to both nurture and control publicity, and that means hiring a public relations firm. This program features two respected PR specialists who discuss what they do and how they do it. Outlining the differences between public...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Supporters of a minimum wage argue that it fights poverty by providing all workers a basic income to enable them to afford food, rent, and other necessities. Opponents argue that it increases unemployment. Should the minimum wage be abolished?
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2013
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Summary: Response to intervention, an effective method for helping struggling learners achieve academic success, can be a powerful management approach to challenging behaviors. In this program educational consultant Jim Wright explains how RTI can be used in the classroom to address defiant, non-compliant, hyperactive, impulsive, and inattentive behaviors. He also explains how tier 1 techniques can be...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: As a peacekeeper, the UN has had dubious results. It did nothing for Darfur. Its 17,000 blue helmets have failed to stop the violence in North Kivu. And it never reached a resolution on whether to intervene in Myanmar. Is the United Nations terminally paralyzed-and does the democratic world need a new forum of its own? That is the two-part question in this Oxford Union-style debate as panelists...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In Canada, retailers lose more than a million dollars every day to employee theft. Enter the pre-employment honesty test. Using a case study of a woman denied employment on the basis of an honesty test as a springboard for discussion, this program provides an overview of this controversial screening device. Issues of question validity, test discrimination, and the proper use of psychometric...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: In the current economic downturn, much attention has been paid to the volatile stock market and efforts to overhaul financial regulations. But there's another market out there that some say is even riskier for potential investors: the art market. Does a lack of oversight permit art dealers to manipulate prices? Or is the value of art not determined by money? Is the art market less ethical than...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Surveying the vast biodiversity of the medicinal plant world, this program examines the challenges facing countries rich in such natural resources. The video presents interviews with numerous alternative health experts-including Dr. Jean-Pierre Willem, renowned surgeon, ethnologist, and the last field assistant of Dr. Albert Schweitzer-and documents their knowledge in a wide range of herbal and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The global financial crisis has called into question the viability of the American model of capitalism. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have shown the limits of American might. And the spending of the U.S. government has grown hazardously dependent on offshore investors. Is the era of American dominance over? That is the question in this Oxford Union-style debate as panelists make their case....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Should the United States, with its enormous military might, act as a global sheriff, policing the world's trouble spots? The proposition team argues that a policeman is necessary in an otherwise anarchic international system, and nobody besides the U.S. is capable. The opposition team argues that, necessary or not, the U.S. is in relative decline and has neither the power nor the legitimacy to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: With 33 percent of adults and 17 percent of children obese, the United States is facing an obesity epidemic. Obesity increases risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other maladies and costs the U.S. health care system nearly
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: The American edge in digital technologies-upon which our financial, communications, and defense systems are built, and on which they depend-may also represent a serious American Achilles' heel. This technological prowess also provides one great big and sprawling target to enemies determined to discover the choke points that can cripple us in a time of war. It's alarming to contemplate-but...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In spite of a growing dependence on technology, studies show that as students move through grade levels they become progressively less interested in the sciences. This program illustrates how teachers can use inquiry-based learning, a powerful teaching method, to motivate students to deepen their understanding about the world around them. Students tackle problems and ask questions instead of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Analyzing pivotal moments from four decades of televised sparring and showmanship, this public broadcasting program explores the presidential debate process through the eyes of those who know it best: the candidates themselves. The NewsHour's Jim Lehrer presents interviews with contenders in every debate from 1976 to 1996 and sheds light on the prototype of all presidential debates, Nixon vs....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009