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Pbs Learning Media: Victoria, Season 3: Cholera and Contagion
Discover how the work of Dr. John Snow during the London cholera epidemic of 1853 led to the discovery of how the disease was transmitted, in this video [2:17] excerpt from the 2019 series Victoria, Season 3, Masterpiece. Challenging the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Victoria, Season 2: A Woman Mathematician
Explore how Ada Lovelace, a brilliant mathematician, was not only able to escape the narrow expectations for 19th-century women, but also helped advance computing, in this video [2:17] excerpt from the 2018 series Victoria, Season 2,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Victoria, Season 1: Victoria Becomes Queen
Meet young Victoria as she makes her first appearance as queen to address the advisors who make up her Privy Council, in this scene from the 2017 drama series Masterpiece: Victoria. Accompanying Teaching Tips and Essays explore the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Victoria, Season 2: Motherhood and Monarchy
Learn how Queen Victoria both defined and defied the role of women in Victorian England in this video [1:32] excerpt from the 2018 series Victoria, Season 2, Masterpiece. Although Victoria supported the 19th-century notion that women...
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Pbs: Victoria, Season 1: Queen Victoria and the Anti Slavery Movement in England
Learn about the role of the English anti-slavery movement in helping abolish slavery around the world, in this scene [1:59] from the 2017 drama series Masterpiece: Victoria. When English abolitionists ask Queen Victoria for help with...
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Teaching Books: Pam Munoz Ryan: Meet the Author Program
This interactive site contains video clips of the author of Pam Munoz Ryan. The first clip shares Ryan's approach to writing historical fiction. The second clip shows Ryan reading an excerpt from Experanza Rising.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Engaging With Literature: Building Community
In this video [18:59], you will watch Latosha Rowley working with her fourth and fifth graders in a multiage setting as they discuss their novels - all historical fiction - in small groups. You will then join them as they decide on a...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale is the author/illustrator of the award-winning historical fiction series Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales - graphic novel versions of sometimes-crazy-but-always-true stories from American history. In the interview, Nathan talks...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Deborah Hopkinson
Deborah Hopkinson writes history and historical fiction books for young children and teens. In this interview, Hopkinson discusses her mission to make history come alive for students, her meticulous attention to historical details, and...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Christopher Paul Curtis: Classroom Cast
This site shares a classroom cast with the author Christopher Paul Curtis. Newbery Award winner, Christopher Paul Curtis discusses his new novel The Mighty Miss Malone, his early writing career and the publication of The Watsons Go to...