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Pbs Learning Media: Is to Kill a Mockingbird Still Relevant Today?

9th - 10th
This video [4:34] from American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey, Boo highlights the social climate in the South when To Kill a Mockingbird was first published and a few years later, when the film premiered. The video highlights the reactions to...
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Pbs Learning Media: To Kill a Mockingbird: Southern Reaction 1960

9th - 10th
This video [5:08] from American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey, Boo describes what life was like for those who challenged the system of segregation in the South in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Highlighting observations from cultural and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Ecology: The History of Life on Earth

9th - 10th
Life is powerful, and in order to understand how living systems work, you first have to understand how they originated, developed and diversified over the past 4.5 billion years of Earth's history. Hang on to your hats as Hank tells us...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: The Power of We

Pre-K - K
Children look to their families with love and trust to guide their understanding about their place in this great big world. Here are some easy-to-use resources to help guide conversations with your child about racism and coming together...
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 8: Vegetable Surprise

6th - 8th
See how when students have a hand in producing healthy food they are more likely to try new and unfamiliar ingredients. Students in a summer camp get to make homemade pizzas using a wide variety of familiar and unusual vegetables that...
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Pbs Learning Media: Play With Food

Pre-K - 1st
Expand vocabulary and learn about healthy eating at the same time! Use this video to practice "P" words that make up this healthy pizza. [1:01]
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Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Government and Politics: Introduction

9th - 10th
In which Craig Benzine introduces a brand new Crash Course about U.S. Government and Politics! This course will provide you with an overview of how the government of the United States is supposed to function, and we'll get into how it...
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Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Pasta Factory

Pre-K - 1st
Miss Penny and the KidVision Kids go to Spaghetto Pasta Factory to learn how pasta is made. They find out that pasta and pizza are associated with the country of Italy. They identify, measure, and knead the ingredients to make pasta...
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Pbs Learning Media: American Experience: Building the Alaska Oil Pipeline

9th - 10th
Short AMERICAN EXPERIENCE video tells the story of how environmentalists, Alaska Native peoples, and engineers concerned about the effects of permafrost challenged plans for the Alaska oil pipeline. [5:19]
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Pbs Learning Media: Students Measure Changes in Lake Ice and Snow

9th - 10th
In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, students provide field measurements that researchers need in order to understand how lakes in Alaska are changing as a result of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Global Warming Threatens Shishmaref

9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, visit the Alaska Native village of Shishmaref, and learn how an entire town may be forced to relocate because of warmer temperatures, melting sea ice, and coastal erosion.
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Pbs Learning Media: Global Warming: The Developing World

9th - 10th
Thanks to technology, the world is changing faster than ever before. Unfortunately, many of these changes are probably having a negative impact on the global climate. This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE takes a look at what...
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Pbs Learning Media: Liquid Assets: A Water System

9th - 10th
Learn how New York City's drinking water travels from watersheds in upstate New York in this segment from the WPSU documentary Liquid Assets. [2:45]
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Pbs Learning Media: Time for School: India : Neeraj

9th - 10th
In this media gallery, follow Neeraj, from Rajasthan, India over the course of 12 years as she struggles to gain an education. [3:44]
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Pbs Learning Media: Time for School: Brazil: Jefferson

9th - 10th
Learn about the safe haven that school provides for the children of Brazil's shantytowns. [2:59]
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Pbs Learning Media: Migrant Workers and Social Justice: Wide Angle

9th - 10th
History's largest ongoing migration is occurring in China. One out every ten Chinese is leaving the rural countryside for one of China's major cities. Despite their hard work, many of these peasants are finding their dreams for a better...
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Pbs Learning Media: Migrant Workers: Wide Angle

9th - 10th
There are strict laws in China, dating back to the Maoist era of the 1950s, that prevent Chinese citizens from the countryside from working in urban areas. Harsh conditions in China's rural countryside, however, have left many undeterred...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Value of a Girl: Wide Angle

9th - 10th
Learn about Santosh Kohli, a young woman from a traditional Indian family of modest means, as she gains self sufficiency and determination. [2:53]
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Pbs Learning Media: Between the Lions: Jamaica Louise James

Pre-K - 1st
In this cartoon segment from Between the Lions, the story of Jamaica Louise James is read aloud. The story is about a young girl who surprises her grandmother with beautifully painted pictures to decorate the subway station that her...
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Pbs Learning Media: Time for School: Afghanistan: Shugufa

9th - 10th
Visit Afghanistan to explore the home life of Shugufa, a young girl caught between the traditions of Afghani society and modernization. [2:48]
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Pbs Learning Media: Girls Explore It Careers: Inside Itest

6th - 8th
BuildIT capitalizes on girls' inherent interest in design and communication technologies, engaging girls in hands-on, collaborative, real-world experiences as they progress through 3 stages - Apprentice, Journeygirl, and Specialist. Here...
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Pbs Learning Media: James Monroe: 60 Second Presidents

9th - 10th
Video [1:14] provides a fun look at the Monroe presidency during what is known as the "Era of Good Feelings". Support materials include background essay on Monroe and a handout so students can follow along with the video. National...
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Pbs Learning Media: Martin Van Buren: 60 Second Presidents

9th - 10th
Lively animated video [1:24] featuring the life and presidency of Martin Van Buren. Accompanied by background essay on Van Buren and student handout. Corresponding National Education Standards for teachers.
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Pbs Learning Media: William Henry Harrison: 60 Second Presidents

9th - 10th
Lively video and accompanying essay provides an overview of the life and brief presidency of William Henry Harrison. Students can follow along with handout provided. Corresponding educational standards listed. [1:21]