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Sustainable Housing Practices in Switzerland: The CODHA Experience
This video provides an overview of CODHA's housing cooperatives in Switzerland, emphasizing sustainable building practices, energy performance, and community living. Building Tomorrow episode 6, part 5
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I WONDER - Why Did The Viking Raid Other Countries?
This video is answering the question of why did the Viking raid other countries.
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I WONDER - What Religion Was Important During The Iron Age?
This video is answering the question of what jobs did people do in the iron age.
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I WONDER - How Do Humans Impact Endangered Animals?
This video is answering the question of how do humans impact endangered animals.
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The Tempest Act 2: Ambition
This video essay delves into the ambitious characters and intricate plot of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," highlighting how personal desires for power and revenge set the stage on a mystical island. As we explore Act Two, we analyze the...
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Crowd Funding Tuition for a Green Education
The Green School in Bali attracts families worldwide, including Yoel from Britain, who discovered the school online. To cover the high tuition and travel costs, Yoel and his father, Loic, successfully raised funds through crowdfunding....
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The Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Dr. Forrester talks about Columbus’s famous first voyage to the New World on the Pinta, the Niña, and the Santa María. She then introduces Amerigo Vespucci and explains why America was named after him.
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The Native American Impact on Our Culture
Dr. Forrester asks the question, “How did the Native Americans get to The New World?” She also discusses the Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory. She then gives examples of Native American words still used in our vocabulary today.
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Simile/Metaphor: It's a Figure of Speech
Mr. Griot explains and models writing similes and metaphors.
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Vespucci and Ponce de León
Dr. Forrester tells about the voyages to the New World of two famous Spanish explorers, Amerigo Vespucci and Juan Ponce de León.
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Columbus’s Second Voyage
Dr. Forrester talks about Columbus’s second voyage to the New World with seventeen ships and a thousand men.
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Coming to America
Dr. Forrester describes how immigrants from all over the world came to America to make up what is now a melting pot of American people. She describes why many of the immigrants came and what they found when they immigrated to the New World.
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Sustainable Tourism on Cholé Island
On Cholé Island, Tanzania, Anne and Jean de Villiers built an off-grid eco-lodge using local materials and traditional techniques, integrating it perfectly with the environment. Despite lacking roads, electricity, and drinking water, the...
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Building Eco-Housing Solutions for a Sustainable Future
Explore the evolution and importance of eco-housing in response to growing environmental challenges. This video introduces us to Benoit Lavigueur, an architect in Quebec,Canada who is working to make sustainable housing more accessible....
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The Plymouth Colony and Colonial Life in the 1600s
Dr. Forrester tells the story of the Plymouth Colony and how difficult life must have been for the early settlers like the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
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Daniel Boone and the Pioneer Way of Life
Dr. Forrester tells the story of a brave pioneer Daniel Boone.
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Pioneers
Dr. Forrester gives several reasons why immigrants to the United States may have wanted to become pioneers and move west. She then talks about caravans and the Conestoga wagon.
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William Penn
Dr. Forrester tells story of William Penn, the father of the city of Philadelphia and the founder of the state of Pennsylvania.
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The Buildup to the American Revolution
Dr. Forrester talks about taxation, religious freedom, and other important issues that led the colonists to break away from Great Britain.
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European Immigration and Ellis Island
Dr. Forrester talks about the variety of immigrants who have come to America and the various reasons they came. She then talks about the immigration center at Ellis Island.
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Hernando de Soto and Don Pedro Menéndez
Dr. Forrester tells about the famous Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his expedition to the Mississippi River. She then tells the story of the Spanish explorer who followed, Don Pedro Menéndez.
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Community Changes over Time
Dr. Forrester teaches the student about rural, urban, and suburban communities and how they have developed and changed over time.
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My Neighborhoods Geography
Humans have had a significant impact on their environment. Housing developments, urban sprawl, roads, and more have made changes to local geography.
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Bird’s Eye View
Dr. Forrester talks about aerial photography and how it gives us a clear picture of the earth.