English Resources
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Selected videos are presented here for English language classroom use. Note the “CC” button; it will allow your students to read the script while they listen to the audio. Feel free to download* to your computer if your classroom does not have an internet connection.
Videos
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Green Revolution Series: Electric Vehicles (6:53)
Learn about electric vehicles and how they can help you go green.
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Education: Youth Volunteers (2:25)
American high school students share their volunteering experiences.
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Muslim Fashion Designer (02:50)
Young Muslim starts own fashion line that makes trendy, yet conservative garments.
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Diversity: California BBQ (02:31)
BBQ competition brings out diversity in team members.
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Youth Empowerment Through Hip Hop (01:51)
Extra-curricular group in Washington D.C. meets to broadcast hip hop radio station.
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Diversity: Language Immersion (02:26)
There are over 300 languages spoken in America and schools across the country are helping immerse children into a diverse world of spoken communication.
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Youth Empowerment
This video was produced by the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs in February 2012. It features U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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RACE: Are We So Different?
This video was processed by the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs in July 2011. It accompanies the story “What’s Race Got to Do with It?”
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America Out West: An Architectural Tradition
This video was produced by the U.S. State Department in December 2011. It features Baker Morrow, landscape architect; Nancy Owen Lewis of the School for Advanced Research; and Brian Vallo, tribal projects coordinator.
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America Out West: Helicopter Cowboys
This video was produced by the U.S. State Department in January 2012. It features Aubrey and Kyle Lange, who own their own family helicopter-herding business.
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Sports in America: Women’s Sports
Speakers include Kathryn Olson, CEO of the Women Sports Foundation; Julie Foudy, captain of the 1999 U.S. women’s national soccer team (U.S. WNT); Heather O’Reilly, midfielder for the U.S. WNT; and Hope Solo, goalkeeper for the U.S. WNT.
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Global Entrepreneurship – Evergreen Version
Speakers include President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, David Munir Nabti of Rootspace, Sheikha Hanadi Nasser Bint Khaled Al Thani of AMWAL, co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo Jerry Yang, Sandiaga Uno of Saratoga Capital, and Waed al Taweel.
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Sports in America: Before the Aspiring Heart
Speakers include Farah Pandith, special representative to Muslim communities, U.S. Department of State; Oday Aboushi, football player, University of Virginia; Rashid Ghazi, director, Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football; Baquer Sayed, wide receiver, Fordson High School; and Ephraim Salaam, offensive tackle, National Football League (NFL).
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Private Space Flight in America
The speakers are Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of Xprize Foundation; Bob Marks, director of supply chain for The Spaceship Company; Kirstin Grantham, director of communications for SpaceX; Jeff Greason, CEO and co-founder of Xcor Aerospace; Keith Colmer, a test pilot with Virgin Galactic; Michael Moses, vice president of operations for Virgin Galactic; ...
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Bike for the Environment
Appearing in this video are Brandon Schmittling, Washington resident; Dan Hoagland, DC Bike Ambassador for the Washington Area Bicyclist Association; Jim Sebastian, bicycle program coordinator, D.C. Department of Transportation; and an unnamed member of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association.
*How to download the above videos:
- Install http://www.realplayer-plus.com/ (free) in the setup you can choose a location where the video will be saved
- Go to the video you wish to download
- Click play
- While the video is playing, hover the mouse over the right hand side of the video window
- “Download this video” will pop up on the right corner
- Click download.
- Video is now saved in the selected folder on your computer or by default in the library of realplayer under “download and recording”
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Teachers Network
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This site is for American and French teachers (and student teachers) to meet one another, exchange ideas and tips, connect their classrooms with each another, and provide information on travel abroad for both students and teachers in America and France. It’s free to join and use. Take a look!
