"Frozen" goes global! The song "Let It Go" is sung in numerous languages (none in African, though, I noticed). You see the singers with a little window showing the scene in the movie.
Frontline's "Putin's Way" is about 55 minutes long and discusses the criminal charges against Putin, how he ruthlessly got and keeps his power, and shows the crisis in Ukraine and Putin's rejection by Western leaders. Use the closed captioning, or kids will not be able to follow interviews because of the Russian accents.
In The Story of India, a landmark six-part series airing in January 2009 on PBS, Michael Wood will embark on a dazzling and exciting journey through today's India, seeking in the present for clues to her past, and in the past for clues to her future.
Website includes lots of video clips, images, and timelines
Thousands of the Tower of London ceramic poppies are to tour the UK to enable more people to see parts of the popular artwork.
Have students watch the attached video. It shows the poppies surrounding the Tower of London, one for each death in the UK and Commonwealth during WWI.