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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: Women in Parliament

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about the representation of women in Rwanda's parliament.
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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: Breathing

For Students 9th - 10th
Breathing shows an underwater scene and asks the students to answer the question, How do the people, fish and turtle get the oxygen they need?
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Pbs Learning Media: A Bright Idea

For Students 9th - 10th
A Bright Idea shows several different power sources and asks students to write about friction, electricity, combustion or light.
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Pbs Learning Media: Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
Cars shows a car speeding away up a street and asks students to respond to the question, Do you ever feel unsafe and out of control when someone else is driving?
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Pbs Learning Media: Drugs

For Students 9th - 10th
The "Write Now" writing prompt on drugs shows a variety of technology and drug paraphernalia and asks the student to describe some of the benefits or problems associated with drugs.
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Pbs Learning Media: Gravity of the Situation

For Students 9th - 10th
Gravity of the Situation asks students to describe what role gravity plays on the movement of the three groups of kids in the video.
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Pbs Learning Media: Sunset

For Students 9th - 10th
What are the things you watch for to determine what season it is?
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Pbs Learning Media: Sunrise or Sunset?

For Students 9th - 10th
What difference does a sunrise or sunset make in your mood and which one do you prefer?
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Pbs Learning Media: Yawn!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write about something that you used to enjoy doing but that you no longer find interesting. What has changed and what have you learned?
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Pbs Learning Media: Lehigh Valley Tempo: Canal History

For Students 9th - 10th
The Lehigh Valley became a major part of the Industrial Revolution after coal was discovered in the area. In this short video, learn about the canal system that was built as a way to transport the coal from the local mines to New York...
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Pbs Learning Media: James Buchanan

For Students 9th - 10th
James Buchanan had an extraordinary political career before the presidency, serving as a state representative, a congressman, and as ambassador to Russia. This video highlights his career.
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Pbs Learning Media: Bang

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to generate questions about fireworks that could be answered through scientifice evaluation.
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Pbs Learning Media: Bird in Flight

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain the characteristics of the bird in flight and how adaptations would allow the bird to fly a particular way. [0:32]
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Pbs Learning Media: Diffusion

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain the process shown as the red material is placed in the colorless liquid.