Spain
In this video you will learn about Spain's political systems, location, culture, religion, language, natural resources, economic systems, main urban centers, and main industries. (Amateur video with slides, text, and Spanish music)
Stem Cell Breakthrough
This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW tells the story behind one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs in the past decade. Human embryonic stem cells, once thought to be the key to curing countless debilitating diseases, have sparked a decade-long firestorm of ethical and political debate in the United States that has greatly curtailed their use in scientific research and medical therapies. Now a revolutionary method of creating stem cells—without embryos—may pave the wa
Stem Cells Breakthrough
This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW tells the story behind one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs in the past decade. Human embryonic stem cells, once thought to be the key to curing countless debilitating diseases, have sparked a decade-long firestorm of ethical and political debate in the United States that has greatly curtailed their use in scientific research and medical therapies. Now a revolutionary method of creating stem cells—without embryos—may pave the wa
Immigration (1946)
Video reviews the history of immigration to the United States up to the restrictive law passed in 1924. Immigrants came to America for economic, political, and religious freedoms. Video discusses where immigrants came from, when the great migration happened, what happened when people arrived at the immigration stations, and what happens once immigrants are in the new land. Video then shows on a map where Germans, Scandinavians, a
Reaction to New Immigration- late 1800s
This video is accompanied by text. "The influx of millions of new immigrants into America’s cities had a powerful effect on city governments. At the time, state and federal governments did little to help immigrants adjust to their new lives in America, leaving city governments burdened with the enormous task. Due to the rapid rate of urban growth, cities could scarcely keep up with city dwellers' needs for transit, water, sewers, street cleaning, and fire and police protection. This lack of go
Immigration
Immigration is an 11 minute video that is old, but useful because it shows a view of immigration that is influenced by the times it was made. Reviews the history of immigration to the United States up to the restrictive law passed in 1924. A dramatized scene in a European steamship office is used to show the economic, political and religious motives for immigration. Contains scenes of Ellis Island and New York City in the early 20th century.
Biography: Albert Einstein
Biography of Albert Einstein. He was the twentieth century's greatest thinker. An immigrant who fled Nazi oppression and re-invented himself as a political idealist and humanitarian.
Considering Communism
This video, done by a high school student in Santa Clara, California, attempts a balanced exploration of the strengths and weaknesses of communism as a political philosophy. This video is part of the video collection at NextVista.org (http://nextvista.org), a proud partner of Curriki.
Communism: The Promise and The Reality - Red Flag [pt 1/6]
Communist regimes around the Globe are responsible for a greater number of deaths than any other political ideal or movement, including Nazism (death toll totals more than 94 million people). In the USSR alone communists killed more than 20 million people. Despite that Western world refuse to accept the fact that their Allie, the Soviet Union in fact committed war crimes and genocide even larger in scale than that of Nazi regime. Communism - the extraordinary social experiment promising equality
Communism: The Promise and The Reality - Red Flag [pt 2/6]
Communist regimes around the Globe are responsible for a greater number of deaths than any other political ideal or movement, including Nazism (death toll totals more than 94 million people). In the USSR alone communists killed more than 20 million people. Despite that Western world refuse to accept the fact that their Allie, the Soviet Union in fact committed war crimes and genocide even larger in scale than that of Nazi regime. Communism - the extraordinary social experiment promising equality
Communism: The Promise and The Reality - Red Flag [pt 3/6]
Communist regimes around the Globe are responsible for a greater number of deaths than any other political ideal or movement, including Nazism (death toll totals more than 94 million people). In the USSR alone communists killed more than 20 million people. Despite that Western world refuse to accept the fact that their Allie, the Soviet Union in fact committed war crimes and genocide even larger in scale than that of Nazi regime. Communism - the extraordinary social experiment promising equality
Communism: The Promise and The Reality - Red Flag [pt 4/6]
Communist regimes around the Globe are responsible for a greater number of deaths than any other political ideal or movement, including Nazism (death toll totals more than 94 million people). In the USSR alone communists killed more than 20 million people. Despite that Western world refuse to accept the fact that their Allie, the Soviet Union in fact committed war crimes and genocide even larger in scale than that of Nazi regime. Communism - the extraordinary social experiment promising equality
Communism: The Promise and The Reality - Red Flag [pt 5/6]
Communist regimes around the Globe are responsible for a greater number of deaths than any other political ideal or movement, including Nazism (death toll totals more than 94 million people). In the USSR alone communists killed more than 20 million people. Despite that Western world refuse to accept the fact that their Allie, the Soviet Union in fact committed war crimes and genocide even larger in scale than that of Nazi regime. Communism - the extraordinary social experiment promising equality
Communism: The Promise and The Reality - Red Flag [pt 6/6]
Communist regimes around the Globe are responsible for a greater number of deaths than any other political ideal or movement, including Nazism (death toll totals more than 94 million people). In the USSR alone communists killed more than 20 million people. Despite that Western world refuse to accept the fact that their Allie, the Soviet Union in fact committed war crimes and genocide even larger in scale than that of Nazi regime. Communism - the extraordinary social experiment promising equality
Germans
This program tells the fascinating story of the socialist political movement as part of the history of German immigration to Pennsylvania. Video is of average quality and appropriate for middle elementary and middle school students.
Chinese Immigrants - mid 1800s
This video is accompanied by text. "The discovery of gold in California in 1848 prompted people from all over the world to seek their fortunes on the Pacific Coast of the United States. The discovery came during a period of political turmoil and economic hardship in China. The Chinese Empire was losing control of the nation and imperial powers from Europe were forcing their way into the country. As a result, many Chinese left their homeland to make a living in America. They sailed to San Francis
Sartre 2 of 7 Video starts when Sartre is a school teacher, in his spare time he developed a strong interest in phenomenology, a new branch of philosophy that offered a radical account of the workings of human conscience. In 1933 he went Berlin to study with a leader in that field. When he came back to Paris, the big idea he came back with was to relate to an item in the world rather than a representation of it in your he
Population Growth- Baby Boom
After World War II had drawn to a close, the United States experienced unprecedented population growth that to this day has shaped the social and political landscape of the country, and changed how and where many Americans live. Known as the "baby boom," this population expansion took place between the years 1946 and 1964, with the peak occurring in 1957. The elevated birthrate, unparalleled in American history, added more than 50 million babies by the end of the 1950s. (Video is narrated with s
Social Revolution
This is a video presentation accompanied by text. "The political revolution in the late eighteenth century that resulted in the Articles of Confederation also caused a social revolution. Riots and social conflict marked the Revolutionary era in America. The Revolution brought the concept of equality into mainstream American thought. Many colonists seized the opportunity to introduce social reform as they created their state constitutions.
The spirit of equality was represented in many way
The Roman Empire in the First Century - Episode 2: Years of Trial
Caligula grips Rome in fear; Judea's religious and political establishment finds Jesus a threat.
