Absolute Beginner S2 #14 - Finding Your Friends in Japan
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you get on the elevator in Japan, you press the button for the sixth floor, which is where you are meeting a Japanese client for a meeting. As you press the number, you notice something unusual about the panel of numbers written in Japanese. You blink and look again, thinking [...]
Refresher #25 - Think You’ve Seen it all in Latin America?
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Everyone has been raving about a new American horror flick with subtitles written in Spanish, but you can’t bring yourself to go to the theater. Your friends tell you that you have no choice but to go with them to see it: they insist in Spanish that they are picking you [...]
President Kennedy Assassinated
In this video clip, listen and watch a newsreel report from 1963 that gives the details of President John F. Kennedy's last days. (2:18)
ISS Update - July 9, 2012
The International Space Station video update for July 9, 2012.
Viruses, Simplified
A virus is genetic material without nucleus or cell. Based on "Simplification of Everything - for a Better Understanding" . (08:40)
Credit Default Swaps
Introduction to credit default swaps. (10:57)
Integration of themes
The pupils hear, speak, read and write about the same topic at the same time
Introduction The case studies in this unit introduce various typologies of heritage and the methods used to study them. The case studies help to draw attention to the fact that the heritage traditions in England, Scotland and Wales are not the same and are enshrined in slightly different legislation. Every study of heritage requires an understanding of the legal context and the traditions and history governing the object of heritage. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from <
Sustainable Energy Systems - Chapter Introduction
George Crabtree
In this module, the following topics are presented: 1) an outline of the history of human energy use, 2) challenges to continued reliance on fossil energy, and 3) motivations and time scale for […]
Learning outcomes By the end of this unit you should be able to: have an understanding of how the Grand Louvre has come to be as it is; critically discuss the claim that the collections in the Louvre constitute a significant part of the canon of Western European art; ask questions of museums and collections that are appropriate to art history. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see Author(s): Inkoopprijs, verkoopprijs, winst en verlies Werkblad waarop leerlingen de inkoopprijs, verkoopprijs, winst of het verlies moeten berekenen. The Milkman The National Archives UK posted a photo: Description: "Photograph of a milk cart with 'Devonshire Dairy' [10 Royal Hill, Greenwich] painted on the side, and man handing can of milk to a boy.&quo Learning outcomes After studying this unit you will have: developed your knowledge and understanding of the terminology associated with the culture, identity and power relevant to the Roman empire, as treated both in ancient sources and modern scholarship and presentation. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made Introduction This unit introduces key terms that are essential for understanding the Classical Roman world. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire (AA309) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this subject area Learning outcomes After studying this unit you should have: an awareness of the problems related to evidence for supporting claims on ‘ordinary’ people’s attitudes; an awareness of popular responses to the South African War (1899-1902); an understanding of attitudes to imperialism held by Americans. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see Author(s): Introduction Historians on both sides of the Atlantic have argued that the empire was not an issue of popular interest in the late nineteenth-century Britain and the United States. This unit examines some of the evidence available to assess the truth of this claim. More broadly, the unit raises questions related to evidence: is it possible to discover what ‘ordinary’ people thought about expansionism? ‘I couldn't give a damn’; ‘I don't know anything about politics’; ȁ Upper Beginner #14 - Snakes and Supermarkets Don’t Mix in Japan Fang Chase Castro's Revolutions
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are deathly afraid of snakes, and your biggest fear in Japan is having one slither out in front of where you’re walking. Your Japanese friends know this about you, and they decide to play a practical joke on you. You are innocently walking up the path to your home when [...]
This video clip discusses Fidel Castro and his ability to encourage numerous successful revolutions in Cuba and other countries. (1:12)
