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		<title>Education Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~Educational Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil in Black and White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discussion Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dishing Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold Futures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WIDE ANGLE Discussion Guide gives you an exciting way of using public television programs to enrich political science, journalism, economics, and AP social studies courses. It includes video segments from the programs Dishing Democracy, Gold Futures, Brazil in Black and White, and The People's Court. We've also included program themes, essays by experts, maps, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dishing Democracy: Discussion Guide Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Power & Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[female talk show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of the press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dishing Democracy goes behind the scenes at Arab television channel MBC in Cairo and its hit all-female talk show, Kalam Nawaem. Similar in style to ABC's The View, the top-rated program is hosted by four hosts of different ages, nationalities, and points of view who tackle such sensitive issues as homosexuality, domestic violence, women voting, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The People&#8217;s Court: Discussion Guide Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~Asia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edu~By Title]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~By Topic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Power & Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal system]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The People's Court takes viewers inside the courtrooms and law schools of China to provide an unprecedented portrait of its rapidly growing legal system. The documentary follows itinerant judges, law students, a human rights lawyer, and ordinary Chinese citizens seeking justice as the country tackles the massive task of establishing a legal framework for its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Futures: Discussion Guide Introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/gold-futures/discussion-guide-introduction/4514/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/gold-futures/discussion-guide-introduction/4514/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~By Geography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~By Title]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~By Topic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Europe & Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Power & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eminent domain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmentalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gold Futures is a David-and-Goliath story set in a scenic Romanian village in the heart of Transylvania. At stake: a massive deposit of gold ore -- and a 2000-year-old village community that has existed since the ancient Romans founded a mining town on the edge of their empire. Now, as a Canadian company plans the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil in Black and White: Discussion Guide Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Latin America & Caribbean]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affirmative action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial quotas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Brasilia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[American style affirmative action is coming to Brazil, a country that has long seen itself as a colorblind society. WIDE ANGLE follows the lives of four students from diverse backgrounds competing to win a coveted spot at the elite University of Brasilia, where 20 percent of the incoming freshmen must qualify as Afro-Brazilian. Brazil has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking “The Tall Test”: Chinese Prep School: Lesson Overview</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/taking-%e2%80%9cthe-tall-test%e2%80%9d-chinese-prep-school/lesson-overview/6122/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/taking-%e2%80%9cthe-tall-test%e2%80%9d-chinese-prep-school/lesson-overview/6122/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eva glaser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaokao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Funding for the educational materials was provided by The Overbrook Foundation.

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GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

TIME ALLOTMENT: Two to three 45-minute class periods

OVERVIEW

In this lesson, students will examine the culture of a Chinese prep school as its graduating class studies for the national college entrance exam—the Gaokao. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative Approaches to Healthcare in Mozambique and Beyond: Lesson Overview</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/innovative-approaches-to-healthcare-in-mozambique-and-beyond/lesson-overview/6105/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/innovative-approaches-to-healthcare-in-mozambique-and-beyond/lesson-overview/6105/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 18:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eva glaser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childbirth; doctors; governments; health care; maternal mortality; medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midwives; Mozambique; obstetrician; surgery; training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Funding for the educational materials was provided by The Overbrook  Foundation.

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GRADES: 9-12

 

TIME ALLOTMENT: Two 45-minute class periods

OVERVIEW

Using segments from the PBS program: Wide Angle: Birth of a Surgeon, students learn about limited health resources in Mozambique and innovative approaches taken in Mozambique and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trading Up: Bringing Ethiopia’s Economy Into The 21st Century: Lesson Overview</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/trading-up-bringing-ethiopia%e2%80%99s-economy-into-the-21st-century/lesson-overview/6027/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 15:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eva glaser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Famine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, students will learn about the efforts of Ethiopian reformers to create a modern agricultural commodities exchange in an economic environment historically dominated by inefficient tradition and government corruption.    ]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Difference in the Midst of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Lesson Overview</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/making-a-difference-in-the-midst-of-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/lesson-overview/6004/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/making-a-difference-in-the-midst-of-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/lesson-overview/6004/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eva glaser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~Conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenin; West Bank; Israel; Israeli; Palestinian; conflict; peace; organ donation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Using segments from the PBS program: Wide Angle: Heart of Jenin, this high school lesson explores the history and complexity of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and examines the roles individuals and organizations can play in promoting understanding and peace.]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking a Home Away from Home: Exploring the Plight of Refugees from Iraq and Beyond: Lesson Overview</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/seeking-a-home-away-from-home-exploring-the-plight-of-refugees-from-iraq-and-beyond/lesson-overview/5988/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eva glaser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~Conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edu~Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees; Iraq; history; human rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Using segments from the PBS program: Wide Angle: Iraqi Exodus, students learn about refugee crises throughout history. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Heavens: Escaping North Korea: Lesson Overview</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/a-tale-of-two-heavens-escaping-north-korea/lesson-overview/6043/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/a-tale-of-two-heavens-escaping-north-korea/lesson-overview/6043/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eva glaser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authoritarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[borders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brainwashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Jong-Il]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korean War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[propaganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=6043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Funding for the educational materials was provided by The Overbrook  Foundation.

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GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

TIME ALLOTMENT: One to two 45-minute class periods

OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students will learn about the conditions in authoritarian North Korea that have compelled many North Koreans to attempt a dangerous escape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/for-educators/lesson-plans/5668/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/for-educators/lesson-plans/5668/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[For Educators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chechnya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesson plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peacebuilding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE's documentaries are valuable resources for teachers and students. These lesson plans and activities for middle and high school classes serve as a guide to exploring the themes of the films. Most WIDE ANGLE episodes may be purchased for educational and non-theatric use from Films Media Group.

LESSON PLANS:

Accountability for Human Rights Violations

This lesson plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Window into Global History</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/window-into-global-history/837/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/window-into-global-history/837/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edu~Educational Materials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Explore in-depth, video-centric lesson plans at Window into Global History. Themes include human rights, migration, politics and conflict.


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		<title>The Effects of Globalization: Introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/the-effects-of-globalization/introduction/190/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/the-effects-of-globalization/introduction/190/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an institution dealing with rules of trade between nations. Its goal is to "ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible. [The] result is a more prosperous, peaceful and accountable economic world" (WTO Web site). This result, however, is not universally acknowledged, as evidenced by the [...]]]></description>
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