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Autopsy Elusive Peace, Israel and the Arabs Every child can succeed Felipe II (Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)) Fortune Hunters: Turning Trends into Profits From Jesus to Christ Heaven on earth (Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) : 2006) Master teacher Mundo que hered? Felipe II Reading, thinking. And concept developmentFilter By Series
Autopsy Elusive Peace, Israel and the Arabs Every child can succeed Felipe II (Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)) Fortune Hunters: Turning Trends into Profits From Jesus to Christ Heaven on earth (Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) : 2006) Master teacher Mundo que hered? Felipe II Reading, thinking. And concept developmentSummary: Many people who have suffered from cardiac arrest live in constant fear of complete heart failure. This program makes clear that, for the average heart attack survivor, nothing could be further from the truth. Viewers will learn about current procedures and treatments, including exercise, state-of-the-art medications, and heart transplants, that have helped heart attack patients live healthy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: In Japan, where even kindergarten has an entrance exam, education begins in the womb. In this program, social psychologist Dr. Masao Miyamoto, author of Straitjacket Society; Dr. Makoto Shichida, founder of Shichida Children's Academy; the president of Keio University; and others address the true price of making the grade in a society in which only the most intelligent can thrive-or in some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: When a child is promised some kind of prize-such as candy, a toy, or money-for completing a task successfully, his or her drive to succeed often surges. But what effect does such carrot-dangling have on long-term motivation and progress? This program explores the relationship between rewards and human development, contrasting performance goals with learning goals. Simple observational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In The Caseworker Files, Frontline follows caseworkers in Maine's Department of Human Services as they confront the heart-wrenching decision of whether or not to remove children from their homes. The film explores three individual stories: twenty-three-year-old Shaleigh Anthony puts her training to the test as she faces her first case involving allegations of serious neglect; veteran caseworker...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: When leaving no child behind amounts to holding many children back, parents and politicians raise their eyebrows. This ABC News program seeks to understand the ramifications of high-stakes advancement and exit exams-tests that are being used to measure schools' effectiveness, to allocate funding, and to shape the future of the nation's children. The dilemma of how to cope with students...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: As headlines trumpet cases of children becoming “lost”—and in some cases, dying—while in the care of the state or when the state does not act promptly to take custody, child welfare policies have come under intense questioning. But the answers are not simple. This award-winning Fred Friendly Seminar is presented in collaboration with the Institute for Child and Family Policy at Columbia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: When oil conglomerate Shell stunned investors by announcing a 20 percent reduction in its proven reserves, pensions and portfolios suffered around the world. This program reveals a pattern of exaggeration and cover-up at the company's top level-specifically involving the former chairman and head of production. An unflinching analysis of a failure in business ethics, Shell Shock raises complex...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Thanks to medical advances, renal failure has evolved from a fatal disease into a manageable condition. This program illustrates causes, physiological changes, and treatments associated with renal failure, focusing on medical strategies and lifestyle modifications that help patients cope with the ailment. Using detailed animated diagrams, the video explains both acute and chronic renal failure....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Over the course of this three-segment program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel tracks the progress of Lesley-Diann Jones' combined class of fourth- and fifth-graders, from opening day in September to February 1st, when the students re-took the state English exam that they had failed the previous year. Amidst Ms. Jones' efforts to help her students improve their learning and test-taking abilities,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The Taking of Logan Marr tells the tragic story of a young girl who was killed while in state custody. On January 31, 2001, 5-year-old Logan Marr was found dead in her foster mother's home in Chelsea, Maine. The foster mother, Sally Schofield, was a highly-respected former caseworker for Maine's Department of Human Services (DHS) who would later be convicted of manslaughter. As suspected, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: How does a teacher develop the skill, courage, and stamina to teach disadvantaged youth-the children given up on by virtually everyone else? In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel delivers three more reports on Lesley-Diann Jones and her class, covering January to graduation day in June. In addition to her concerns over chronic absenteeism and the future prospects of her students, Ms....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In the West, Islam is often oversimplified-to the detriment of better understanding this complex religion and the diverse interpretations inspired by its tenets. The Aspen Institute and Bill Moyers brought together eight journalists and scholars from the U.S., Pakistan, France, Iraq, Turkey, India, and Britain to join in a conversation about the history and motives of the states too easily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: At the end of the 19th century, socialism was an idyllic dream among intellectuals. Sixty years later it had become a reality for much of the world. This program describes the expansion of socialist and Communist rule into Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and western Europe-showing the weaknesses that developed in the practice of socialism even as it reached the apex of its popularity....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: No longer a narrow specialty niche served by local grocery stores and co-ops, organically grown food is popping up in practically every aisle of the supermarket. This program focuses on BoboBaby, a line of fresh-frozen certified organic baby food, and its new companion line, BoboKids. Also profiled on the show are millionaires Diane Shaskin, Mark Craft, and Darren Krissie, cofounders of Planet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Frequent and regular assessment of student progress is an effective method for driving schools towards equity and academic excellence. This program focuses on how student assessment data can be used to evaluate and improve instructional priorities and strategies, to communicate high expectations, and to involve parents and the community in a school's efforts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: With the help of cutting-edge science, the criminal justice and counterintelligence communities have declared a new war on deception. In this program, recent advances in lie detection technology are put to the test. Viewers will encounter alternatives to polygraph testing currently in development in the U.S. and Australia-such as thermal imaging of facial blood flow and MRI scanning that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program shows why repeat drunk driving offenders are still on our roads, endangering our lives. On the street, a man caught driving drunk three times insists that he is being harassed and does not have a drinking problem. In a hospital, we visit a 16-year-old victim, run down by a repeat drunk driver, on a breathing machine, fighting for his life. In a courtroom, we see a four-time repeat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program examines what stands between our children becoming literate adults or school dropouts. It explores the experiences of students on the edge of success or failure in school, shares the feelings of students who fail and those who triumph, visits classrooms around the country where teachers encourage literacy across content areas and promote cognitive development for all their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In the first part of this documentary, Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Barak persuades President Bill Clinton to help make peace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The story of Philip II's reign is a chronicle of invasion, intervention, suppression, and colonial expansion. This program evaluates the martial record of Philip II, ranging from his victories against France, Portugal, and the Ottoman Empire to the ignominious defeat of his "Invincible Armada," sent against England. Philip II biographer Geoffrey Parker, Adreas Dorpalen Professor of History at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In Jackson, Mississippi-a city only grazed by Hurricane Katrina-thousands of African-Americans face conditions familiar to the people of New Orleans. This NBC News documentary looks at problems that persist in Jackson and other American cities, despite progress, decades after the civil rights movement. Following several students at an inner city Jackson high school over the course of an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Part three of the series From Jesus to Christ follows the story of the first attempts to record the life of Jesus: the Gospels. The Gospels were products of social and religious reconstruction in the period after the war, ranging from roughly 70 to 100 CE The program looks at how these stories were passed down before they were written, and how the writing of each Gospel reflects the experiences...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Summary: At the head of the Fair Labor Association, Auret van Heerden takes a practical approach to workers' rights, persuading corporations and NGOs to respect the role of labor in global supply chains. In this TEDTalk, the committed activist makes a reasoned business case for fair labor while exploring the next frontier of employee-management friction - globalized industries in which no single...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In this program, anatomist Gunther von Hagens conducts a meticulous autopsy in order to address the subject of poisoning-but the toxins he searches for have been manufactured within the deceased. Von Hagens and pathologist John Lee dissect the body of a man who suffered kidney failure, showing how the body can be contaminated if critical organs such as the kidneys and the liver can't filter out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007