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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: Jane Eyre 3: The Governess
In this scene from the 2007 Masterpiece film of Jane Eyre, Jane has been invited to bring Adele to the ladies at a fancy dress party, including the imperious Lady Ingram and her beautiful daughter Blanche, whom everyone assumes will...
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Pbs Learning Media: Jane Eyre 2: Meeting Mr. Rochester
In this scene from the 2007 Masterpiece film of Jane Eyre, Jane is walking alone on the moors. The mood is tranquil, yet there is a hint of foreboding. Suddenly, Jane's quiet contemplation of nature is crosscut with the image and sound...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sense and Sensibility 3: The Proposal
The romance between Edward and Elinor is, for many, the heart of Sense and Sensibility, and Edward's proposal serves as the climax of the 2008 Masterpiece adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. From the moment Edward arrives...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sense and Sensibility 2: Barton Cottage
In this scene from the 2008 Masterpiece adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, the Dashwood sisters and their mother first see their new home, Barton Cottage, a simple dwelling set against the tumultuous north Devon coast-and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sense and Sensibility 1: Dinner at Norland Park
Within the first 10 minutes of this 2008 Masterpiece adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, we learn much about the plot, characters, and meaning of the novel. After the death of Henry Dashwood, his widow and their three...
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Pbs Learning Media: Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility Collection
This is a collection of three videos from the 2008 MASTERPIECE adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility." Teaching materials are included.
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Pbs Learning Media: Our Town 1: The Way We Were
As students explore this pivotal scene from the Masterpiece 2003 production of Our Town, they examine the play's themes about legacy and memory. The Stage Manager, played by Paul Newman, reflects on what should go in the cornerstone of a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Thornton Wilder, Our Town Collection
This is a collection of three videos from the MASTERPIECE 2003 production of "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder with teaching materials.
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Pbs Learning Media: Thornton Wilder Collection
Unwrap the layers of meaning in the deceptively simple plot, characters, and dialogue of Wilder's "Our Town," a play about small-town America that continues to resonate today. This collection includes three videos and teaching materials.
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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 Learning Media: Jane Eyre 1: First Impressions
In this video segment from the 2007 Masterpiece adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, we get a glimpse of Jane's remarkable ability to stand up for herself and against injustice. Her aunt, Mrs. Reed, summons Jane and tells her,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Jane Eyre Collection
This is a collection of three video clips from the 2007 MASTERPIECE adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"
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Pbs Learning Media: Our Town 3: A Good Rest
Students analyze the Stage Manager's final speech in this scene (1:15) from the Masterpiece 2003 production of the play, Our Town. Played by Paul Newman, the Stage Manager concludes the play in the same calm, reasonable, and folksy way...
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Pbs Learning Media: Our Town 2: Love and Marriage
Students examine the meaning of marriage and the role it plays in civilization in this scene from the MASTERPIECE 2003 production of the play, Our Town. The Stage Manager (played by Paul Newman) delivers a brief sermon just before the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Tess of the D'urbervilles 3: What of Morality?
Students examine the important theme of morality as they grapple with the contradictions inherent in the characters of Tess and Alec in this excerpt from Masterpiece's 2008 version of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. As the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Tess of the D'urbervilles 2: The Woman Pays
Students analyze Thomas Hardy's social criticism in this excerpt from Masterpiece's 2008 version of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. When Tess finally reveals her troubled past to Angel, she hopes to be forgiven. Instead, Angel, appalled by...
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Pbs Learning Media: Tess of the D'urbervilles 1: What's in a Name?
Students explore major themes and the importance of characterization in this excerpt from MASTERIECE's 2008 version of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. When the young and naive Tess Durbeyfield first meets her "cousin," the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Tess of the D'urbervilles
In this collection of these three video clips from MASTERIECE: Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," discover how the literary themes of love, honesty, and betrayal are conveyed in the film adaptation of Hardy's classic novel "Tess...
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Pbs Learning Media: Great Expectations 3: Happily Ever After?
This video excerpt is the moving, final scene from the 2012 Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Pip, returned to his humble origins, hears that Estella, now a widow, has returned to Satis House. As he...
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Pbs Learning Media: Great Expectations 2: Becoming a Gentleman
In this video excerpt from the 2012 Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, months have passed since Pip received the news that a mysterious benefactor has provided money for his education as a gentleman. When Joe...
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Pbs Learning Media: David Copperfield 2: Comedy and Character
Explore how Dickens's skill in creating memorable secondary characters help make his works not only memorable, but has kept them popular for more than 160 years in this video excerpt from the Masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens'...
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Pbs Learning Media: David Copperfield 1: Meeting Mr. Murdstone
Explore how filmmakers bring characters to life in this video from Masterpiece: "David Copperfield." David's first encounter with his cruel stepfather, Mr. Murdstone, shatters his idyllic childhood and begins his journey to adulthood....
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Pbs Learning Media: Charles Dickens: David Copperfield Collection
This is a collection of three videos from MASTERPIECE: Charles Dickens: David Copperfield. Together they explore the Dickens' famous novel "David Copperfield" in a film adaptation of the novel.