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Young children spontaneously pursue mathematical interests and questions during everyday play. It is important to understand that children are intrinsically motivated to explore mathematical concepts well before entering formal education. By understanding the mathematical problems that capture young children's interest we are better able to create learning experiences that build upon and extend children's developing mathematical knowledge. In the...
3) Cold War
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The final remaining participants face the onslaught of Mongolia's brutal winter. Relentless hunger and savage cold test them like never before and in the end, only one will walk away with the $500,000 prize.
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Shanghai Tower isn't just a skyscraper - it's a vertical city, a collection of businesses, services and hotels all in one place, fitting a population the size of Monaco into a footprint the size of a football field. Within its walls, residents can literally work, rest, play and relax in public parks, looking up through 12 stories of clear space. Not just one, however, but eight of them, stacked on top of each other, all the way to the 120th floor....
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A brief history of the Italian Risorgimento provides the context for the great flight from the mezzogiorno region, as well as the roots of the first generation's distinctive psychology. Through the travels of Italian migrant workers, we understand the transnational nature of these Birds of Passage. By the late 19th century, Italians begin to put down roots. Little Italy's spring up in urban areas throughout the U.S. But the first generation holding...
6) The Pilgrims
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The Pilgrims' narrative has been shrouded in myth, embedded in Thanksgiving Day feasts, football, and parades. Who were the men and women who constituted this band of English Protestants whom we call "the Pilgrims"? A documentary film by award-winning director Ric Burns, The Pilgrims chronicles the deep history, origins, and critical first decade of the first permanent English colony in New England.
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FREEDOM RIDERS is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives{u2014}and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment{u2014}for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders met with bitter racism...
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Google has grown from nothing in 1998 to a multinational tech giant. We tell that story, we identify the drivers of success. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin didn't want to sell advertising at first. Now Google search is a giant advertising cash cow ... MODEL EMPLOYER We go inside the Googleplex near San Francisco to find the people and projects. Google prides itself on being a model employer, offering great pay and benefits to its staff whose...
9) Blue/Orange
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In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic young man claims, among other things, to be the son of an exiled African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. In a fiery and suspenseful debate, his doctor and consultant clash over the patient's diagnosis and treatment. What ensues is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying NHS. Filmed on location in London, this dynamic and often very...
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Charting artmaking in London, Beijing, and along the United States-Mexico border, this season follows an international mix of innovative visual artists - including Anish Kapoor and Xu Bing - as they create big and bold photographs, paintings, sculptures, films, performances and public artworks that respond to the places where they live and work.
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Nothing is more fascinating to us than, well, us. Where did we come from? What makes us human? An explosion of recent discoveries sheds light on these questions, and NOVA's comprehensive, three-part special, "Becoming Human," examines what the latest scientific research reveals about our hominid relatives--putting together the pieces of our human past and transforming our understanding of our earliest ancestors ... Featuring interviews with world-renowned...
12) Art Of Faith
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Travel to the four corners of the world in this visually sumptuous series that captures the best examples of the art and architecture of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Each film brings to life the most significant religious buildings. Art of Faith enables viewers to enter into the lives of the people who worship and celebrate their faith and gain a deeper understanding of the three Abrahamic faith traditions.
14) Materia Wood
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In Italy there's a strong tradition of working with wood. In this documentary we start in the Forest of Violins in Paneveggio. Each tree is specially selected and felled for its quality grain. The forest is never over-harvested, with a mindfulness of preserving the forest and the traditional trees that are used to make the world's finest violins and other objects of art. You will be introduced to fascinating Cremona, where the best violin makers work....
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Jane returns from her aunt's deathbed to find Rochester paying court to the beautiful Blanche Ingram, however she.soon discovers that it is Jane herself that he really loves. But as they are about to wed, a mysterious overseas visitor.brings trouble to Thornfield. Jane's fears are confirmed when Rochester's secret past is revealed, destroying her chance.of happiness and forcing her to flee Thornfield. Penniless and hungry, she finds shelter and friendship...
18) Jesus: His Life
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"JESUS: HIS LIFE" explores the story of Jesus Christ through a unique lens: the people in his life who were closest to him.
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In November 2020, American voters will go to the polls to decide whether President Donald Trump or his Democratic challenger will lead the country for the next four years. In a polarized and bitterly divided country, voter enthusiasm is already at record levels with turnout predicted to be the highest in a century. FRONTLINE's The Choice 2020 will explore the character of the candidates by examining the formative episodes in their lives through interviews...
20) Split Decision
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Talented boxer Jesus "El Matador" Chavez finds his rise to the world championship cut short when he is deported to Mexico for a youthful crime in his past. Back in the country he left as a child, Jesus faces two new battles: the fight for the right to return to his family and career in the U.S., and the struggle to find acceptance in the country of his birth.