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I WONDER - What Sort Of Landscape Does California Have?
This video is answering the question of what sort of landscape does California have.
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The Development of the Southwest Region
Dr. Forrester discusses the westward expansion of the United States. She discusses the importance of the Santa Fe Trail, the Chisholm Trail, and the Gadsden Purchase.
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Quaoar - Dwarf Planet Candidate & Kuiper Belt Object
Learn about Dwarf Planet Candidate Quaoar with this Dwarf Planet Song! Quaoar may potentially be a Dwarf Planet in our Solar System but until the evidence is in confirming this status, Quaoar will remain a Kuiper Belt Object! Brought to...
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Actinide Metals/Periodic Table Song
Learn about the Actinide Metals in the periodic table with this fun educational music video and parents. Brought to you by KLT. Don't forget to sing along.
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The Historic First Space Shuttle Launch: Columbia's Journey into Space
This video describes the historic first launch of the space shuttle Columbia in 1981, highlighting the excitement and significance of the event. From liftoff to reentry, it details the intricate processes and tests undertaken by the crew...
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Yuri Kochiyama: Unyielding Voice for Justice
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, thousands of Japanese-Americans were interned on U.S. soil. Determined to right this wrong, Yuri Kochiyama testified to Congress and helped those affected win $20,000 in compensation.
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Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
In the early 1900s, President Theodore Roosevelt's progressive legislation, dubbed the Square Deal, aimed to limit the power of corporations, protect consumers, and conserve natural resources. The Square Deal drastically changed the...
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Octavia Butler
First popularized as a genre of literature in the 1920s, for decades science fiction was dominated by white male authors. That is until Octavia Butler, an African American woman, rewrote the script.
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Gladys Bentley: Breaking All the Rules
At a time when homosexuality was illegal in the United States, LGBTQ+ artist and pioneer Gladys Bentley broke all the rules to become one of the wealthiest Black performers of her time.
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Forced Removal to Mexico: Repatriation Drives
During the Great Depression, the U.S. government detained and deported almost 2 million Mexican American citizens and people of Mexican descent, in an initiative known as the Repatriation Drives.
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Angela Davis
Despite being on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list, Angela Davis went on to become an international symbol of resistance against social injustice.
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Amanda Gorman
The youngest inaugural poet in history, Amanda Gorman introduced a new generation to the lyrical power of poetry and became a modern-day icon in the process.
The Guardian
Drying up: inside the Californian communities without enough water
California's Central Valley grows a large portion of America's food – and that requires a huge amount of water. But the region is experiencing a drought and drying up the surface water that farms rely on. So farms are now pumping water...
The Guardian
The solution to California's drought: if you eat beef, don't wash
Would you stop showering if it meant that was the only way you could keep eating beef? California's ongoing drought needs radical action. But in a state dependent on water-hungry meat production, it would be politically dangerous to...
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Meet and Greet: Gizmo & Gadget
Meet Gizmo and his friend Gadget the sugar gliders! They're super cute, but there's more to their story than just a pretty face. Here's their rescue story, how they met, and what they enjoy doing every day.
Mr. Beat
Affirmative Action for College? | Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
In episode 45 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man claims to be reverse discriminated against when he applies for UC Davis Medical School. Does affirmative action go against the Constitution?
Mr. Beat
When the Supreme Court Justified Japanese Internment Camps | Korematsu v. United States
In episode 36 of Supreme Court Briefs, after the United States government forces Japanese American citizens into relocation centers during World War II, one man refuses and gets himself into some big trouble.
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Making Better Decisions
Political scientist Josiah Ober describes how we might concretely improve our ability to make political decisions within a democratic framework, highlighting so-called deliberative and epistemic approaches to decision-making.
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Geography of the West Region of the United States
Geography of the West Region of the United States evaluates the characteristics of the West region of the United States by exploring geographical information such as landforms, water forms, and landmarks.
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Unintended Consequences
UC Berkeley psychologist Stephen Hinshaw explains the thinking behind his research that public policy for school accountability in the United States inadvertently played a key role in raising the rate of ADHD diagnoses.
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Memory in the Courtroom, Part II
Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) describes the effect of DNA evidence on convincing judges of the problematic nature of eyewitness testimony.
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Fostering Social Impact
Elyn Saks, Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC, discusses the social impact of USC’s Saks Institute through its annual conference, citing the example of jail-diversion systems.
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The Watergate Tapes
Installed in selected rooms at the White House on the President’s orders, this is the story of how a state-of-the-art recording system ultimately led to Richard Nixon’s downfall.