Recalculating - Full Video

Can technology help them prove it’s their land? In the national forests of Gujarat, India, the tribal people have been seen as encroachers, thieves who dare to produce food for their families on land claimed by the government. Rama Bhai and his family have worked land in the Sagai village for generations. Sagai has no electricity, no running water. No one kept records of who was farming which plots of land. So when the laws changed and they were allowed to claim the land, they faced a challenge – how could they prove they’d been farming specific plots in the past? The technology we use to find our way to unfamiliar places came to their rescue. Learn how GPS operates, and how it, along with Google Maps, saved the day for the poorest of the poor in India. As Seen on Public Television! Recalculating covers numerous educational standards across several subject areas including Science, Mathematics, and Social Studies for grades 5-12. To learn more about this educational program, and which standards it covers specific to your grade, subject area, and which standards your district is using, visit our educational program summary section for this video here: http://izzit.org/products/detail.php?video=recalculating Subject Areas: ■ Business ■ Economics ■ Geography ■ Government ■ Mathematics ■ Science ■ Technology ■ World History Topics: ■ GPS & Satellites ■ India ■ Map Skills ■ Property Rights ■ Area & Perimeter Want more great FREE educational stuff to go with this video? Head over to http://www.izzit.org and grab the full teacher’s guide, use the online quizzes, find additional teacher resources and more! Check out our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/izzit Visit our other educational programs here: http://www.izzit.org/products/index.php Make sure you enroll as an izzit.org member to receive your FREE teacher resources, click here to sign up now: http://www.izzit.org/join/index.php You can Tweet at us here: https://twitter.com/izzit_org Chapters 0:00 Introduction 2:33 A Bad Situation 4:47 The Law Changes 7:01 Solution – GPS & Google Maps 9:30 Life Improves 12:53 Conclusion 13:57 Discussion Question