LBJ's Great Society
Through newsreel footage, archival photos, and interviews, this video segment adapted from American Experience surveys the array of civil rights and social welfare legislation that President Lyndon Johnson championed in pursuit of what he characterized as the "Great Society." Johnson's success in enacting reforms in the areas of civil rights, voting rights, education, health care, and housing were quickly met by budgetary constraints, including those imposed by increased spending on th
Mussolini Dagger
THE DETECTIVE: Wes Cowan THE PLACE: Reno, Nevada THE CASE: In the late spring of 1945, in some of the bloodiest fighting of World War Two, Allied forces move north through Italy, liberating towns from Fascist control. Italy’s leader, Benito Mussolini, is in hiding. A deadly cat and mouse game unfolds as members of the American spy service, the OSS, hunt for Mussolini, to try him as a war criminal. But Il Duce has terrorized Italians for twenty one years – and the US Military are in a
A Comedy Segment About Leap Year
This comedy segment explains the purpose of February having twenty-nine days every four years, known as Leap Year. Children will be entertained by the performer, a grown man, saying that he is only seven years old!
Traveling around the U.S.A
Sing along with Wilson and Ditch as they highlight the diversity of the U.S.A! Viewers see images of places across America and hear all about activities like riding the subway in NYC and going on a ferry ride in Minnesota! (2mins)
An Introduction to the Martin Baker MK16A Ejection Seat
An Introduction to the Martin Baker MK16A Ejection Seat
An Introduction to the Martin Baker MK16A Ejection Seat was developed by Peter Hughes
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5th University Administrators Workshop
5th University Administrators Workshop
The Role of International Officers in Globalized Higher Education
1st AEARU Symposium on the Culture of Chinese Characters
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The song "Volare" :Transcript and simple exercise
The song "Volare" :Transcript and simple exercise.
Rejection of the Father - new subs
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How Cool Cap saved this baby’s life
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has treated more than 200 babies with Cool Cap since 2006. Researchers are looking at ways to extend the therapy to premature infants.
Counting Sets of Coins
Counting Sets of Coins
Common Cockle--An Overview
This short video gives excellent real life footage of a Common Cock in its natural environment. Students will enjoy listening to the ocean sound as they watch the close up views of this amazing creature. This well-known edible cockle has a solid shell, consisting of two valves, which feature prominent ribs and concentric growth-lines. The outer surface of the shell is off-white, yellowish or brown, and the inner surface is white. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge a
Cyber Chow Combos
In this Cyberchase video clip, Jackie and Matt must find the correct combination of keys and knobs in order to open a locked door. Students will learn that the best way to organize various combinations is to create a grid of possibilities. (2mins)
Stories from the Stone Age - 10of15
This ten minute video shows the expansion of early villages and how goats earitng young trees and the need for wood destroyed many villages and forced early man to move. Stresses who fast farming techniques spread and the development of the Long House People.
Body Matches
In this video segment from Cyberchase, someone has kidnapped Chewcrocca, a giant cybercrocodile. The CyberSquad must act as crime scene investigators as they search for the kidnapper. In order to generate a profile of the suspect, they use their only clues, a footprint and a handprint, along with the "body match" information they collect by measuring their own bodies. (4:03)
Where may truth lie? Fiction in memory, memory in fiction
The award-winning author and memoirist Candia McWilliam attests to the edifying power of fiction and biography in the third lecture in the Weinrebe series from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing. The award-winning author and memoirist Candia McWilliam attests to the edifying power of fiction and biography to help us see the world through the eyes of others, in the third lecture in the Weinrebe series from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing. McWilliam overcame writer's block following a period of
Trying to do more good than harm in health care
The 2012 Wolfson College Haldane Lecture was given by leading health services researcher Sir Iain Chalmers, currently Coordinator of the James Lind Initiative, Oxford, UK. Sir Iain Chalmers is a leading health services researcher who has spent the past 30 years trying to ensure that health professionals and patients have free access to unbiased evidence of the effects of medical and other treatments. Sir Iain qualified in medicine in the mid-1960s. He practised as a clinician for seven years in
Engineers Without Borders at Marquette University
Engineers Without Borders would not have been possible without the vision and dedication of Dr. Bernard Amadei. To learn more about the Marquette University chapter of Engineers Without Borders, visit www.eng.mu.edu/ewb/
Sacred Calendars: Ash Wednesday with Alison Milbank
Ash Wednesday begins, for Christians, the preparation for their central feast: Easter. Now linked to giving up smoking, its name comes from the practice of placing ashes on the forehead: a reminder of repentance.
