Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Little Red Riding Hood: Guided Viewing

3rd - 4th
Red Riding Hood offers behind-the-scenes in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. This video is for parents and teachers to watch without children to learn valuable tips and tricks such as discussion questions, pausing points,...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Resurrecting Zora Neale Hurston: Alice Walker

9th - 10th
In this video (2:20, Alice Walker discusses how Zora Neale Hurston's ability to portray black people as "undiminished human beings" shaped her as a writer. This is evident in The Color Purple which, like Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: August Wilson and the Blues

9th - 10th
In this video [3:30] from August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand the playwright discusses the influence that the blues has had on his writing. The clip also features a performance from Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and commentary from...
Instructional Video
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: A Gardener's Poem: Think Garden

K - 1st Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This video from KET's Think Garden collection explores the many roles of a gardener through a short, fun poem. This video is available in both English and Spanish audio,...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: One Decision: Understanding Opioid Addiction

9th - 10th
This documentary, created by an Eagle Scout candidate, examines opioid addiction from the viewpoint of health professionals, two recovering addicts, and the parent of an addict. [13:16] Support materials are provided.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Our Supersized Kids: Childhood Obesity

9th - 10th
This is a collection of short videos pertaining to the childhood obesity epidemic and ways to help reduce the problem. Use the video segments and discussion questions to help students explore the major causes of the childhood obesity...