Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Victoria, Season 3: Cholera and Contagion

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Victoria, Season 2: A Woman Mathematician

9th - 10th
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,...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Victoria, Season 1: Victoria Becomes Queen

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Victoria, Season 2: Motherhood and Monarchy

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Victoria, Season 1: Queen Victoria and the Anti Slavery Movement in England

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
Other

Teaching Books: Pam Munoz Ryan: Meet the Author Program

5th - 8th
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.
Instructional Video
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Engaging With Literature: Building Community

3rd - 5th
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...
Instructional Video
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Nathan Hale

Pre-K - 1st
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...
Instructional Video
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Deborah Hopkinson

Pre-K - 1st
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...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Christopher Paul Curtis: Classroom Cast

4th - 8th
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...