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Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: Arduous March

For Students 9th - 10th
Wide Angle video about the Arduous March in the 1990s and one family's experience during this period of hardship and famine in recent North Korean history. [2:18]
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Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: Ataturk

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video segment illustrates Islamic and secular elements of life in Turkey, and introduces Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the first president of Turkey, and his reforms. Focuses on fashion, specifically Islamic dress in response to...
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Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: Barshefsky Interview

For Students 9th - 10th
Wide Angle video of Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. Trade Representative, discussing her views on economic change in China and China's participation in the World Trade Organization. [1:50]
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Pbs Learning Media: Two Brazils

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Wide Angle video, two college hopefuls discuss the new racial quota system for applicants to the University of Brasilia.
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Pbs Learning Media: All Female Enterprise

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video looks at the advantages and disadvantages of running a small-scale, female-only business.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Fence

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the fence that is part of the border security system between Botswana and Zimbabwe.
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Pbs Learning Media: Grozny University

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Dadashev, a professor of physics on the shattered campus of Grozny University, conducts a tour of the war-torn campus in this video segment from Wide Angle.
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Pbs Learning Media: Guerilla War

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, learn about Chechen rebels who have turned to guerilla warfare in order to combat Russian military forces.
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Pbs Learning Media: Increased Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet two sisters who have migrated from Poland to Ireland, one of three countries in the EU that welcomes immigrant workers from Eastern Europe, in this Wide Angle video.
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Pbs Learning Media: Industry and Islam

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video segment explores economic and religious development in Kayseri, a city in central Turkey.
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Pbs Learning Media: Joab: The Class Prefect

For Students 9th - 10th
This video from Wide Angle profiles Joab, a boy from Kibera, Kenya, who has returned to school after dropping out following his mother's death. Joab is chosen class prefect by the other students.
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Pbs Learning Media: Ken & Joab: A Comparison

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video segment provides a comparison of two classrooms in the state-supported free primary schools of Japan and Kenya.
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Pbs Learning Media: Martyrdom

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, 18-year-old Mohanned Abu Tayyoun discusses the reasons behind his decision to conduct a martyr operation.
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Pbs Learning Media: Mass Games

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video features the Mass Games, a colossal spectacle of rhythmic gymnastics, which celebrate the North Korean state.
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Pbs Learning Media: Neeraj

For Students 9th - 10th
Neeraj, a young girl in rural India who performs her household chores during the day and goes to school at night, is profiled in this video segment from Wide Angle.
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Pbs Learning Media: New Worker Class

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Wide Angle video, Dwanzhi She, a "gold-collar" worker in Beijing, gives viewers a tour of his new apartment.
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Pbs Learning Media: Night Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
This video from Wide Angle looks at transportation needs and services provided for the workers of India's outsourcing industry.
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Pbs Learning Media: Pankisi Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, visit the Pankisi Valley, a no-man's-land in the Northeast of Georgia that has become home to the rebels and refugees of the Chechen war.
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Pbs Learning Media: Pifer Interview

For Students 9th - 10th
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven Pifer discusses the United States' stance toward the Russian/Chechen conflict in this video from Wide Angle.
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Pbs Learning Media: Refugee Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Wide Angle video segment, meet 16-year-old Rajap, a Chechen refugee who attempts to continue his education while living in a tent city.
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Pbs Learning Media: Sex Ed & Community Values

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, Egyptian men react to a discussion of an initiative in Qatar to include sex education in schools, a sensitive issue in many countries.
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Pbs Learning Media: Shopping Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This video [2:19] from Wide Angle provides a look at the new opportunities and consumerism created by the success of India's outsourcing sector.
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Pbs Learning Media: Home Village

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Wide Angle, tour a village in the rural Chinese countryside.
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Pbs Learning Media: Racism in the Media

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, an Afro-Brazilian model discusses the predominance of whites in the Brazilian advertising industry.