Visual French - Activity and Career Titles
This video gives the titles of various activities and careers in French. (There is no English spoken on the video.) The French words accompany the image. There are several 'volumes' within this video.Â
Let's Discover French 3: Que Fais Tu?
This animation, from the Let's Discover French Level 1 course, is aimed at grades 6 and 7. This animation explains various careers in French. Could also be used as a refresher for more advanced French language learners. Video is entirely in French.
Using Global Insight
A presentation on how to find data using Global Insight www.globalinsight.co.za
EO Global Warming
Earth Expeditions: Global Warming has been designed to provide students with an interactive multimedia environment where they can learn about the causes and possible effects of the rise in concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for more than a century. How will Earth’s environment be affected if this rise continues over the next century? The multimedia package provides background information about radiation from the Sun and Earth, the Earth’s energy balance, and the greenhouse ef
Zoonotic Diseases Go Global
This recent Whyfiles feature offers a detailed look at zoonotic diseases, or those diseases that spread to people from other animals. Zoonotic diseases, such as monkeypox and West Nile virus, make up two-thirds of all infectious diseases and may represent a growing threat. This 4-page Whyfiles piece provides an insightful and easy-to-understand discussion of emerging zoonotic diseases, including a short section on the hazards presented by our own household pets.
Looking Forward: Our Global Environment
Earth's essential systems are being stressed in many ways. There are many tipping points in the environment, beyond which there could be serious consequences. Will human ingenuity, resiliency, and cooperation save us from the worst outcomes of our global experiment?
French Revolution (Part 4) - The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
The instructor, Sal Khan, continues discussing the reign of terror from part 3 and explores the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. The instructor uses computer software and still images for demonstration and discussion.
French Revolution (Part 3) - Reign of Terror
The instructor, in this installment, discusses the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. The instructor uses computer software with still images.
French Revolution (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of a video series of the French Revolution. The instructor discusses what France was like before the revolution, the Convocation of the Estates General up to the storming of the Bastille. The instructor uses computer software with still images.
CARLINK - First global presentation
First presentation about the CARLINK PROJECT. The main purpose is to develop an intelligent wireless traffic service platform between cars supported by wireless technologies (VANETs). Author - Jamal Toutouh
Global Grocery
This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here, they take a behind-the-scenes look at the biodiversity that's part of the many things they eat and use daily. The site opens by asking kids a series of questions to get them thinking about the ingredients in common foods and products. Then it takes them to a well-stocked kitchen, where they can mouse over everything from chocolate chip cookies and coffee to cough drops and cold m
Learn French- Learn 10 Sentences (Review All 70 Sentences in This Video)
Learn 10 simple French sentences. Each sentence is said by a native French speaker 3 times. When the head on the right side 'blinks', that is the time for the viewer to say the sentence aloud. Each sentence is accompanied by an appropriate image. The video would be better served if there was a English translation. (This is the longest video in the series- 32:16)
Learn French-Learn 10 Sentences, Part 7
Learn 10 simple French sentences. Each sentence is said by a native French speaker 3 times. When the head on the right side 'blinks', that is the time for the viewer to say the sentence aloud. Each sentence is accompanied by an appropriate image. The video would be better served if there was a English translation.
(Some examples of simple sentences included: He relaxes. He dresses. He steals a radio.) [NOTE: There is stereotypical image of a black male who is stealing a radio. I can o
Learn French-Learn 10 Sentences, Part 6
Learn 10 simple French sentences. Each sentence is said by a native French speaker 3 times. When the head on the right side 'blinks', that is the time for the viewer to say the sentence aloud. Each sentence is accompanied by an appropriate image. The video would be better served if there was a English translation.
(Some examples of simple sentences included: He plays the guitar. He plays the trumpet. He plays the harmonica.)
Learn French- Learn 10 sentences #4
Learn 10 simple French sentences. Each sentence is said by a native French speaker 3 times. When the head on the right side 'blinks', that is the time for the viewer to say the sentence aloud. Each sentence is accompanied by an appropriate image. The video would be better served if there was a English translation.
(Some examples of simple sentences included: He does his homework. He barbecues. He winks his eye.)
Learn French- Learn 10 Sentences, Part 3
Learn 10 simple French sentences. Each sentence is said by a native French speaker 3 times. When the head on the right side 'blinks', that is the time for the viewer to say the sentence aloud. Each sentence is accompanied by an appropriate image. The video would be better served if there was a English translation.
(Some examples of simple sentences included: He is coloring. He plays American football. He golfs.)
History & Culture
offers educators Park Service resources that help teach about our nation's cultural heritage, and which look at how the NPS is protecting and preserving them. Subjects include archaeology, historic buildings and structures, mapping, military history, and national historic landmarks. The resources may be in the form of learning programs, case studies, lesson plans, teachers' handbooks, and more.
Global Village: Diamano Coura West African Dance Company
African artists Dr. Zak Diouf and Naomi Gedo Washington direct their company, Diamano Coura, and prepare the group for an annual repertory performance. This Educator Guide is about distinctive musical structures and dance traditions unique to West Africa.
Finding Racial Stereotypes in Popular Culture
In this lesson students analyze current media and determine if racial stereotyping exists and consider causes of and remedies for racial stereotyping.
Daughter from Danang: Culture Clash, a Perspective From Vietnam
The lesson focuses on the cultural differences and the impact to family structure and dynamics. A Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter are reunited after 22 years. Both have dreamed of a joyful reunion but cultural differences and years of separation cause a different result. This film is about a war in the past and making peace in the present. The topics of culture, adoption and the meaning of family will be explored in this lesson.
