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Pbs Learning Media: Made in l.a.: Examine Labor Practices in the Garment Industry

9th - 10th
In this clip, a Mexican immigrant and garment worker talks about the working conditions in the garment factory. [2:14]
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Pbs Learning Media: Tomatoes of Wrath: Lucas Benitez

9th - 10th
Lucas Benitez worked picking tomatoes in Southern Florida for wages that were barely enough to live on. Conditions were deplorable and workers faced a climate of intimidation, fear and violence right here in the United States. Lucas...
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Pbs Learning Media: Southern Africa: Troubled Water

9th - 10th
In 2005, FRONTLINE/World featured the PlayPump, a promising new technology that pumped fresh water when children played on a merry-go-round. The story appealed to the good intentions of politicians, celebrities, and funders, who gave...
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Haiti: Relief Efforts Meet Staggering Obstacles

11th - 12th
Correspondent Martin Smith travels to Haiti to bear witness to this humanitarian crisis and the ill-coordinated relief efforts on the ground.
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Pbs Learning Media: Sustainable Small Business Solutions for World's Poor

9th - 10th
Listen as Jacqueline Novogratz discusses investing in sustainable small business solutions for the world's poor. The goal, says Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund, is to find a way to bring essential services to low income people not just...