Director Marije Meerman blogs from China, where she's shooting a film about the gaokao, China's national college entrance exam.

Before Aaron makes his WIDE ANGLE debut on Tuesday, July 1, he's participating in PBS's "Five Good Questions" feature, which allows you to interact with the people who appear on PBS.

Explore in-depth, video-centric lesson plans at Windows into Global History.

Use this lesson to explore the theme of economics. Students investigate the impact of the World Trade Organization in developing countries.

In this lesson, students get a glimpse of education's status, role, and impact in developing and developed nations; explore the factors that impede schooling; examine efforts to ensure universal access to education; and undertake a project that supports these efforts.

Students identify and analyze the positive and negative effects of China's changing legal system. They examine the nation's rule of law to determine its improvement potential and build on their findings to design a program to promote a just and efficient legal system in China.

With this case study, students will explore the question of whether violence is an acceptable means of resistance to oppression or whether diplomacy and political solutions must be pursued instead.

Explore the plight of fishing families in Scotland by researching the impact of the European Union's fishing policies on the social/personal, environmental, economic, and political realities of a small community.

In order to help children explore those issues that are specific to themselves and to children's/human rights, one must first explore the basic similarities and common needs of all people.

This lesson plan provides an opportunity to explore human rights violations and international courts of law. Students focus primarily on the case study of Slobodan Miloseviç's regime.

Students will learn about the history of Rwanda and the genocide that killed 800,000 men, women, and children.

In this lesson, students will view the film "Turkey's Tigers," as well as explore these topics of religion and economy more closely through using articles and information available on the Internet.

Student filmmakers from New York University in Shanghai take Wide Angle inside the Yu Xin Elementary School.

In this lesson, students will look at the harsh realities of gang life, the impact of gang life on El Salvador society, and what is and isn't being done to resolve the issue.