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Pbs Learning Media: Concerned White Citizens of Alabama Scrapbook
These materials document the philosophy and activities of the Concerned White Citizens of Alabama, who fought for racial equality and voting rights for African Americans; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
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Pbs Learning Media: Rev. Frank Dukes: Selective Buying Campaign
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Frank Dukes describes his role in the 1962 boycott of discriminatory stores and businesses.
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Pbs Learning Media: Desegregation Mandate: Jefferson County, Al
A 1967 federal court order resulted in this document, which mandated school desegregation in Birmingham.
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Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist: Burke Marshall
Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall, in this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, remembers mediating the 1962 desegregation of the University of Mississippi.
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Pbs Learning Media: Voter Registration Training Tool
Students at Miles College in Birmingham developed this "crib sheet" and questionnaire to help black citizens become registered voters and to document racial discrimination in the voting process in the 1950s.
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Pbs Learning Media: Black Urban Poor, William Julius Wilson
In this 1998 FRONTLINE interview, Harvard sociologist Dr. William Julius Wilson explains why, despite an overall increase in the standard of living among African Americans, a segment of the population is falling farther and farther behind.
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Pbs Learning Media: Freedom Riders, Jim Zwerg
In this interview transcript from People's Century, northern civil rights activist and Freedom Rider Jim Zwerg describes his experiences.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Atom
In this interactive activity from ChemThink, students will take a closer look at atomic structure, properties, and behaviors. Includes background reading material and discussion questions.
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Pbs Learning Media: A Class Divided 3: An Interview With Jane Elliott
In this Web-exclusive interview for FRONTLINE, Jane Elliott discusses her abiding sense that her lesson on bigotry is as necessary today as it was in 1968.
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Pbs Learning Media: Get Close to a Nuclear Fission Reaction!
Learn how scientists regulate a nuclear reactor in this animation-enhanced essay from the FRONTLINE Web site.
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Pbs Learning Media: Fa Qs About Nuclear Power
Nuclear physicist, Dr. Charles Till, answers questions about nuclear power in this interview from the FRONTLINE Web site.
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Pbs Learning Media: Sources of Radiation
This interactive activity from the NOVA: "Dirty Bomb" Web site explores sources of radiation, both harmful and beneficial, natural and manmade.
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Pbs Learning Media: How Big Is the Universe?
In this media-rich essay from the NOVA Web site, astronomer Brent Tully of the University of Hawaii walks you through the latest scientific theories about the size of the universe.
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Pbs Learning Media: Airplanes: Designing for Stealth
Explore this NOVA: "Battle of the X-Planes" interactive activity to see how engineers have modified a military plane's sound, shape, and heat emissions to minimize detection.
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Pbs Learning Media: Sharks in Our Future
In this video segment from Nature, see the value that sharks can have on the tourism industry in an area. [1:41]
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Pbs Learning Media: New Confidence
This Wide Angle video looks at the reservations that a traditional Indian family had about their daughter taking a job in India's outsourcing industry.
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Pbs Learning Media: Triangles: Designing a Straw Bridge
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast tries to design and build a bridge made out of drinking straws that will support the weight of 200 pennies. [4:02]
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Pbs Learning Media: A Cow's Digestive System
Learn how a cow eats and digests food in this video segment from Nature.
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Pbs Learning Media: Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice Indicator
In this video segment, the ZOOM cast demonstrates how to use cabbage juice to find out if a solution is an acid or a base.
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Pbs Learning Media: Galileo: Timeline of His Life
This illustrated timeline from the NOVA Web site turns back the clock to the late 1500's to relive the dramatic life of one of the world's most renowned scientists.
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Pbs Learning Media: On Human Cloning
Three cloning experts share their opinions of cloning in these interviews from NOVA: "18 Ways to Make a Baby."
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Pbs Learning Media: Garden Spiders
In this video segment from Garden Insects, learn about six varieties of spiders that live in one garden. [2:40]
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Pbs Learning Media: Floating and Sinking: Hot Air Balloons
Why do hot air balloons float? This resource from the NOVA Web site offers a series of interactive activities that illustrates the physics of hot air balloons.
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Pbs Learning Media: On Fire
Learn about the chemical reactions that take place when things burn in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.