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Pbs Learning Media: Extreme Temperatures on the Moon

9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA, astronaut John Young experiences extreme temperatures on the Moon that are a result of the Moon's low gravity and lack of atmosphere.
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Pbs Learning Media: Galileo: Discovering Jupiter's Moons

9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA shows how Galileo, using his newly developed refracting telescope, observed four of Jupiter's moons, the first astronomical bodies to be discovered since ancient times.
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Pbs Learning Media: Galileo: Sunspots

9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA shows how Galileo used his telescope to carefully observe and study sunspots.
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Pbs Learning Media: Observe Sunrise and Sunset

Pre-K - 1st
This brief video segment produced for Teachers' Domain features time-lapse video of a sunrise and a sunset. [1:06]
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Pbs Learning Media: An Everglades Visit

Pre-K - 1st
In this adapted video segment, ZOOM guest Tommy takes us on a tour of the Florida Everglades. He describes what makes a wetland biome unique, including the soil, precipitation, and biodiversity. [2:53]
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Pbs Learning Media: Kid Meteorologist

Pre-K - 1st
ZOOM guest Amy wants to be a meteorologist and volunteers at a weather observatory. In this adapted video segment, she shows us instruments used to predict the weather and describes how air pressure affects weather patterns. [1:27]
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Pbs Learning Media: Antarctica: Sea Ice

Pre-K - 1st
This video segment adapted from NOVA uses microwave images to reveal how sea ice doubles the size of Antarctica each winter. Rare footage shows how sea ice crushed the famous ship Endurance in 1914. [2:34]
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Pbs Learning Media: Observe Water in Winter and Summer

Pre-K - 1st
In this video segment produced for Teachers' Domain, observe frozen water in winter and liquid water in summer, at the same location. [0:31]
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Pbs Learning Media: Root Systems of Trees at the Congaree Swamp

Pre-K - 1st
Learn about root systems of trees in the Congaree Swamp National Park in this video segment from NatureScene. [2:50]
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Pbs Learning Media: Children's Crusade, Audrey Hendricks

9th - 10th
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Audrey Hendricks recalls her arrest and jailing at the age of nine for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. [6:00]
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Pbs Learning Media: Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals

9th - 10th
Melba Patillo Beals was one of nine black students who desegregated Little Rock's Central High School in 1957. In this interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Beals describes her tumultuous experience. [5:58]
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Pbs Learning Media: Children's Crusade, Washington Booker, Iii

9th - 10th
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Washington Booker recalls being arrested and jailed for participating in the Children's Crusade of 1963. [6:17]
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Pbs Learning Media: Boston Desegregation

9th - 10th
This excerpt from WGBH's Evening Compass news program summarizes events of the first year of the 1974 Boston school desegregation plan. [3:33]
Audio
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Pbs Learning Media: Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 1

9th - 10th
This audio excerpt captures the beginning of Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech, describing the social and economic impact of racism over time.
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Pbs Learning Media: Decision in the Streets

9th - 10th
This video segment, adapted from Decision in the Streets by civil rights filmmaker Harvey Richards, portrays the interracial protests that took place in San Francisco in 1963-64. [5:02]
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Pbs Learning Media: Selective Buying Campaign, Joe Dickson

9th - 10th
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Joe Dickson recalls student activism at Miles College. [6:50]
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Pbs Learning Media: James Farmer and the Freedom Rides

9th - 10th
In this video interview, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Freedom Ride organizer James Farmer describes the interracial bus rides through the South that tested desegregation and sparked white resistance. [6:45]
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Pbs Learning Media: Implementing Brown

9th - 10th
Point/counterpoint commentary on the president's actions after the Brown ruling; from American Experience: "Eisenhower." [6:32]
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Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist, Lola Hendricks

9th - 10th
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Lola Hendricks describes her work behind the scenes to advance the Civil Rights movement. [4:21]
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Pbs Learning Media: Miriam Mc Clendon

9th - 10th
In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Miriam McClendon recalls her arrest and jailing for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. [6:22]
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Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Leader, Robert Moses

9th - 10th
In this video segment, recorded for Eyes on the Prize, activist Robert Moses talks about the Mississippi voting rights campaign. [4:00]
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Pbs Learning Media: Excerpts From the March on Washington, Part 1

9th - 10th
This audio compilation, recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, captures the voices of several civil rights leaders.
Audio
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Pbs Learning Media: Excerpts From the March on Washington, Part 2

9th - 10th
This audio compilation, recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, pays tribute to the women -- both leaders and widows of slain leaders -- of the Civil Rights movement.
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Pbs Learning Media: Changing Arctic Landscape

9th - 10th
In this video [3:54] adapted from the Arctic Athabaskan Council, learn how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the landscape, triggering a host of effects such as permafrost thawing and insect infestations.