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Pbs Learning Media: Nova: Web Original Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Since 1974, NOVA has been the most watched prime-time science series on television. The NOVA website has been pioneering new forms of original web content since it debuted in 1996. NOVA's mission to make science accessible to viewers and...
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Pbs Learning Media: October 16th Is World Food Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Around the world, 870 million people do not have enough to eat, according to the U.N. World Food Program. Use this PBS NewsHour Extra lesson plan to help students understand the global food crisis. Support materials are provided.
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Pbs Learning Media: Odd Squad: Which Agent Are You?

For Students K - 1st
This quiz from Odd Squad will teach your child algebraic thinking by using their deductive reasoning skills. Children can take the Odd Squad Quiz and find out if they are more like Agent Olive or Agent Otto? Or maybe they're like Ms. O....
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Pbs Learning Media: Off Book Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art, the people, and the culture of the digital revolution with Off Book. This revolutionary program from PBS Digital Studios combines top-tier journalism with the underground, and often ignored, subject matter of today's...
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Pbs Learning Media: Ohero:kon Under the Husk: Viewer Discussion Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Ohero:kon - Under the Husk follows the journey of two Mohawk girls as they take part in their traditional passage rites to becoming Mohawk Women. Kaienkwinehtha and Kasennakohe are childhood friends from traditional families living in...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs American Portrait Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS American Portrait is a national storytelling project that invites individuals to participate in a conversation about what it really means to be an American today. To answer this question, PBS and its partners are collecting photos,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Digital Studios Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore top selections from the PBS Digital Studios library. This content is edgy and engaging, educational and thought-provoking -- designed to grab your students' attention. Explore our collections curated towards design and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Idea Channel Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the crossroads of art, science, and pop culture with PBS Idea Channel. Hosted by Mike Rugnetta, the Idea Channel launched in 2012 and has since posted over 100 videos, with more added every Wednesday. The program has quickly...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour Student Reporting Labs Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Student Reporting Labs (SRL) creates transformative educational experiences through video journalism that inspire youth to find their voice and engage with their communities. SRL lesson plans, assignment prompts and instruction tools...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour: Clean Toilets for the World's Poor: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Kenya, where private capital is being used to help install toilets in the country's slums.
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour: Classroom: News Story Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS NewsHour Extra helps teachers and students identify the who, what, when, where, and why-it-matters of news stories. In partnership with PBS LearningMedia, we are proud to bring you the Daily News Story which takes the best of the PBS...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour: The Final Fight Against Guinea Worm Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Former President Jimmy Carter visits Sudan on his campaign to end water-borne guinea worm, a debilitating parasite infection.
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Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: Lesson Plan: How Do You Think Schools Should Decide on Dress Codes?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity asks learners to explore the pros and cons of dress code policies in light of the national conversation as well as their own school. In the Above the Noise video, they will hear student voices from a variety...
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Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: College: To Go or Not to Go? Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Deciding on attending college is a big decision. What college should I attend? Can I afford college? Can I succeed without college? Use this collection to help inform your decision on whether college is the right path.
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Pbs Learning Media: Learning About Black Leaders Bingo: Grades 1 and 2: Pbs Kids

For Students 1st - 2nd
Identifying contributions of people, past and present is important. We learn to celebrate individuals and the part they play in our lives. The month of February honors the important role Black people play in the story of our country....
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Pbs Learning Media: Whose Streets?: Lesson Plan Clips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan provides a framework for critical analysis of current and historic race relations in America through the lens of the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., a young unarmed black man, by white police officer Darren Wilson...
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Pbs Learning Media: Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Leader Video

For Students 3rd - 8th
In the second half of the 20th century, racial tensions rose in the US as African Americans began to challenge unjust laws that supported discrimination and segregation. This movement found its leader in the patient and inspiring...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Road to Representation Creating the Crunchy Life Kid's Series

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This blog focuses on a teacher's need to fill in the gaps for reading strategies and the priority to improve comprehension and overall reading development. She explains the strategies to meet the above goals.
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Pbs Learning Media: Expanding Narratives Using Media: A Digital Notebook

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The resources, tips, and professional development opportunities shared throughout this digital notebook are rooted in skills supporting critical media literacy. Media literacy education emphasizes skills of inquiry and expression and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Zora Neale Hurston Video: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

For Students K - 1st
Learn about Zora Neale Hurston with this video clip, printable biosketch reader, and support materials. About the Show: "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum" is a PBS KIDS show based on the popular book series, "Ordinary People Change...
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Pbs Learning Media: Collection: Sci Girls

For Students 9th - 10th
SciGirls has the bold goal of changing how millions of girls think about science, technology, engineering and math - or STEM. Each half-hour episode highlights the processes of science and engineering, following a different group of...
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Pbs Learning Media: More Than a Month: For My 4th Grade Teacher, Mrs. James

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a blog about how Black history has been taught. "The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story." by James Baldwin What points/contributions does a Black educator make to speak to how Black...
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Pbs Learning Media: Examining the Evidence: Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

For Students 9th - 10th
On May 21, 1921, hundreds of Black-owned businesses and homes in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, were burned to the ground, killing an estimated 100-300 Black residents and leaving an estimated 10,000 Black residents homeless....
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Pbs Learning Media: The Tulsa Race Massacre: What Happened: Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

For Students 9th - 10th
Although rarely mentioned in textbooks, there is no question that the Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of racial violence in American history. This media gallery from Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten provides...