PBS documentary on the global economy

[Diane Monaco <dmonaco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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]