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This film explores the impact of debate-based education in U.S. schools and highlights how this approach may help foster critical thinking, communication and active participation a...
PBS
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From Series: Dante: Inferno to Paradise
Interweaving soaring scenes from the second and third parts of The Divine Comedy with key events of Dante’s biography, Part Two chronicles the poet’s journey up the mountain of Pur...
Valor Collegiate Academy in Nashville encourages students to share what's going on in their lives and to accept support, creating what they call a community of care. In this NewsHo...
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From Title: Part 1: The Inferno (1216-1308) (Dante: Inferno to Paradise)
Dante wakes from a stupor to find himself with Virgil outside Limbo. Those who are there committed no sins of their own but lived outside the kingdom of God, like pagans who lived...
The Gate of Dis is the entrance to the lower levels of Hell. The sixth circle is for heretics, who lay in flaming, opening tombs. Virgil explains to Dante the layout of Hell and th...
From Title: Part 2: Resurrection (1309 and After) (Dante: Inferno to Paradise)
In "The Divine Comedy," Virgil and Dante reach the shores of Purgatory on Easter Sunday. They meet Roman Senator Cato of Utica, the guardian and gatekeeper. Purgatory represents a...
The concept of Purgatory is not well defined before Dante writes about it. Dante's Purgatory mirrors the nine circles of Hell in reverse. Souls in Purgatory constantly move up and...
Souls who must wait to ascend fill the lower levels of Purgatory. Dante and Virgil encounter a sworn enemy of the Catholic Church. He tells Dante about the importance of hope and t...
The Avignon Papacy begins and Dante, like most Italians, opposes it. Henry VII becomes Holy Roman Emperor and Dante supports him, believing he will end corruption in Florence.
Dante makes Purgatory a personal journey for everyone, who must overcome their faults. Virgil and Dante meet love poets Guido Guinizelli and Arnaut Daniel. Dante must cross a wall...
On the steps before the terrace, Virgil tells Dante he can go no further. Virgil knows Dante can make the rest of the journey on his own. Dante crosses the final terrace into parad...
Still saddened by the loss of Virgil, Dante meets Beatrice in paradise; his name is said for the first time. Beatrice is not the same as Dante remembers and she is severe with him....
Dante publishes "Inferno" and "Purgatory" in 1314. With his new popularity, officials in Florence offer him a chance to return. Dante rejects the humiliating terms, which require a...
In the realm of Mars, Dante meets his ancestor who was a crusade soldier. He shares his love for Florence with Dante. Dante learns he will be forced out of Florence once he returns...
Dante finishes most of "Paradise" in 1321 and expresses concerns about its reception. He contracts malaria while travelling and dies on Sept. 14, 1321. He is buried in a modest chu...
After Dante's death, his friends and family realize he did not finish "Paradise," The last 13 cantos cannot be located and remain lost until 25 years after his death.
After his death, writers in Florence become outraged about Dante's exile. Writer Giovanni Boccaccio writes "The Decameron" in the Florentine vernacular in honor of Dante. He writes...
Dante describes what he feels during his last experience in paradise, but not what he sees. Having the final cantos of "Paradise" makes "The Divine Comedy" one of the most impactfu...
Filmed over 34 years, we see how two families struggle to survive in a changing American economy. Through hard times, falling wages, and loss of manufacturing jobs, the continuatio...
Frontline
From Series: Conversation Skills
A sensitive topic is one that people respond to emotionally. It might be a controversial issue that everyone has an opinion about, or it could be something that is very personal to...
Seven Dimensions
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The end of a conversation leaves the last impression so we need to do it well. It is important to know when and how to end a friendly, casual conversation. Psychologists Eve Ash an...
Trace ground-breaking discoveries that have transformed our picture of the universe over the past 50 years, shedding light on everything from exoplanets to supermassive black holes...
NOVA
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From Series: Decoding the Universe
When we look at the world at the tiniest scales in the subatomic realm, things get weird - very weird. Take a wild ride through the quantum world, from the discoveries that reveal...
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Investigating the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In an historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal key moments...
Rapport is a connection with another person, which can happen instantly or develop over time. In this program, psychologists Eve Ash and Peter Quarry explain how to build rapport t...
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