(A) Miscellaneous topics

A1. Zimbabwean Farmers in Nigeria

A2. France: Police Above the Law

A3. Frontline (PBS): Battle for Syria--(how the Syrian conflict began)

A3(a). Frontline (PBS): Syria Behind the Lines--(Syrian conflict two years later)

A3(b). Syrian Conflict: A 5-minute History

A3(c). Syrian Conflict: The Child Victims

A4. Ukraine Protests: An Insider's Appeal

A5. Sprawling from Grace: The Consequences of Suburbanization
A6. 2013 U.S. Presidential Inaugural Address (transcript of address available here)
A7. The FBI Terror Factory

A8. Birth of a Giraffe (zoo)

BF2. The Future of Food

BF3. Food, Inc. (If link does not work, view the DVD in the campus library, or stream it for about $3.00 at YouTube or Amazon)

BF4. What's in Your Burger? (the "pink slime" story)

BF5. Film Trailer: Fed Up (big business, the sugar craze, and health)

C1. *The Day the Universe Changed: Episode 2: Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason: In the Light of the Above. (Notes on this video are available here.)

C2. *The Day the Universe Changed: Episode 6: The Factory and Marketplace Revolution: Credit Where Its Due. NOTE: If the video does not work try this link here or here (or do an internet search using key words from the title above).

C2(a). *The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really? (Crash Course World History #14) (length: 12 min  07 sec)

C3.  *When the Moors Ruled in Europe. NOTE: Take detailed notes; there may be a lot of questions on this film. If link does not work, view the DVD in the undergraduate library. (length: 1 hr  40 min)

C3(a). *What is Islam (CrashCourse #13) (length: 12 min  21 sec)

C3(b). *Christianity from Judaism to Constantine (Crash Course World History #11) (length: 11 min  36 sec)

C4. *WWI: The Assassination Part 1; Part 2, Part 3 (NOTE: you must see all parts)
C4(a). *WWI: Brief Summary
C4(b). WWI: Technology
C4(c). WWI: Slaughter
C4(d). *WWI: How it Started (CrashCourse #209) (length: 9 min 09 sec)
C4(e). *WWI (CrashCourse #13) (length: 11 min 09 sec)
C4(f). *WWI: Archdukes... (CrashCourse #36) (length: 11 min 44 sec)

C5. Why We Fight (2006) NOTE: DVD is available in the undergraduate library--length 1hr 40 min). Study guide is here. Preview is here. Playlist of comments from the filmmaker is here. Transcript of filmmaker interview on PBS is here. Film divided into twelve parts may be here. If this link does not work, try this link or this link, or do a general search on YouTube if these links no longer work. May also be available on Netflix and its rentable from Amazon.com (see PART I for link). It may also be accessible elsewhere on the internet--do a search. Important: C5 is long and there may be many questions on it. Watch the film twice and take notes. There is also a study guide for the film; read only chapter 6 of the study guide (link is in the same paragraph of C5). NOTE: relying only on the study guide alone will not help you to answer the questions correctly; therefore you must see C5 in its entirety.

C6. Empire in Africa (NOTE: Also available in the undergraduate library.)
C6(a). Manufacturing Poverty in Africa
C6(b). The Congo and Africa's "World War" (CrashCourse #221) (length: 12 min 57 sec)

C7. Berlin (background on Roger Waters concert)

C8. September 11, 1973 (The other 9/11)

C9. Tiananmen Square
C9(a). Tiananmen Square (length: 7 min 59 sec)
C9(b). Tiananmen Square (length: 9 min 57 sec)
C9(c). Tiananmen Square (May also be available here. If you wish to read the transcript of program then its available here, and a timeline of this event is available here.)  (program length: 1 hr  18 min 41 sec)

C13. (China) To Live (length: 125 min., but broken into 20 parts) --Interview with Gong Li

D1. Race, Class, and the Environment.

D2. Neo-Nazis in Germany Today

D2(a). Neo-Nazis in the U.S.

D3.Stereotypes (about Africans)

D3(a). Stereotypes (shopping while black)

D3(b). Science, stereotypes, and racist ideology (length: about 1 hour)

D3(c). Race on campus ("Dear White People" film)  (film website)

D3(d). Race, stereotype, turban, employment (What Would You Do?) (length: 7min 10 sec)

D3(e). Dark Girls and Stereotypes

D3(f). *Prejudice and Discrimination (CrashCourse #39) (length: 9 min 53 sec)

D4. Race, children, "textual erasure" (See course glossary for definition of "textual erasure")  (length: 9 min. 30 sec.)

D4(a). Children and Skin Color--The Way Kids See It (length: 7 min.)

D4(c). Children and Skin Color--Parents' Reactions (length: 8 min. 42 sec.)

D4(d). On Being a Mixed Race Person (length: 58 min. 18 sec.)

D5. Origins of the Human Race (Homo Sapiens) (length: 4 min 19 sec)

E1. Plastic Trash Island Disaster (Pacific Gyre)

E1a. Trash Vortex

E1b) North Pacific Gyre (Plastic Garbage Patch)

E1c) World biggest garbage dump - plastic in the Ocean

E1d) Charles Moore: Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

E1e) Video: Planet 100: The Pacific Trash Vortex Explained

E1f) The Pacific Ocean Plastic Garbage Dump

E1g) Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic (part 1)

E3. An Inconvenient Truth

E4. Home (Our Planet) Alternative link

E5. Shipbreaking (length: 22mins. 05 sec.)

G1. The Cartel

G2. Inside the Teenage Brain

G3. Higher Education in China

G4. I Need an A: I am a Good Student

G4(a). Female Professors

G5. The Great Debaters (Also available on YouTube for 3 dollars viewing fee here.)

G6.  Something the Lord Made

G7. Prep School Negro (documentary trailer; website for documentary is here)

G8. Waiting for Superman

G8(a). Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman (Additionally, read these reviews and explore this site as well: http://www.notwaitingforsuperman.org)

G9. What Teachers Make (slam poetry).

G10. Brain Scans and Changing the Brain (TED talk) (14:36)
G10(a). Changing the Brain: Learning (TED talk) (11:18)
G10(b). Changing the Brain: The Teenage Brain (TED talk) (16:30)
G10(c). Changing the Brain (TED talk) (14:24)

 

H1. The Joy of Stats (with Professor Hans Rosling)

H2. Khan Academy