Consider how jewelry enhances one's personality and understand the significance of body decoration in different cultures. Explore how a 2-dimensional drawing can be transformed into a 3-dimensional object by creating a piece of jewelry from clay. Details »
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Explore the genre of landscape painting, examining various styles of painting used throughout history and use positive and negative spaces to create new paintings. Hear from James Lavadour, an abstract expressionist, on his style of landscape painting. Details »
Examine the effects of the Pipeline Project, an Exxon oil pipeline running from an oil field in Chad through Cameroon to the coast. Question whether the lives of people in Cameroon are worse than before the pipeline. Details »
Journey through the Caribbean with a group of Kalinago, the indigenous people of the islands, as they explore their cultural roots while correcting the misconceptions other groups had about their ancestors. Details »
Explore the effects lobbyists have on the legislative process and examine their influence on the health care reform bill. Review how a bill becomes a law, identifying when provisions can be made. Details »
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