PBS documentary on the global economy

Diane Monaco dmonaco at pop3.utoledo.edu
Tue Apr 9 08:11:45 PDT 2002


Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy is a three-part,

six-hour documentary series and Web site. Providing a comprehensive

history of the ideas, events, and values that have shaped the present

global economy, the Commanding Heights Web site examines the history

of the global economy and demonstrates how key economic theories have

evolved in the context of historical events. The three-part television

series includes: Part One -- "The Battle of Ideas" -- which aired last

Wednesday, April 3rd at 9pm; Part Two -- "The Agony of Reform" --

which airs this Wednesday, April 10th at 9pm; and Part Three -- "The

New Rules of the Game" -- which airs Wednesday, April 17th at 9pm.

Internet users not able to view the television series will have the

opportunity to watch streaming online videos of all three programs.

The Commanding Heights Web site is available in both high and low

bandwidth versions, offering a time map, an interactive atlas of

economic history that allows users to track changes in political

boundaries and major shifts in economic policies in more than thirty

nations from 1910 to the present, and an online forum for users to

discuss contemporary economic issues raised by the broadcast.

Forthcoming is an online teachers' guide that will provide suggestions

for applications of the Web site in classroom instruction. This guide

will be available in versions for both high school and post-secondary

educators. [MG]



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