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Pbs Learning Media: Hemingway: The Man Versus the Image

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Ernest Hemingway's public persona and how it differed from the actual life of the writer in these videos from the American Masters film Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea. Using video, text, and text-dependent discussion...
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Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Lorraine Hansberry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of eight video lessons about Lorraine Hansberry and her famous play "Raisin in the Sun."
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Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: James Baldwin

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of four video lessons about James Baldwin and his works.
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Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Ralph Ellison

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 12 videos about Ralph Ellison and his works especially his masterpiece "Invisible Man."
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Pbs Learning Media: American Masters: Willa Cather

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of four video lessons about Willa Cather and her work.
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Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of one media gallery, eight videos, and one interactive about Maya Angelou and her works especially her autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
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Pbs: River Rewilding: Grand River Restoration and Revitalization Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit for learners to look at the economic opportunities associated with a river. Students will explore the Grand River Revitalization & Restoration Project. In this unit, they will also learn about two species impacted by the...
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Pbs Learning Media: River Rewilding: Advanced Water Quality

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit, students will try to improve stream quality and reduce human impacts by taking action.This Advanced Water Quality unit is packaged into three smaller parts: Part 1: Stream Habitat Assessment; Part 2: Macroinvertebrate...
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Pbs Learning Media: England 1940's Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of three video lessons from MASTERPIECE: Historical Drama "World on Fire" based on events in England in the 1940's.
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Pbs Learning Media: World on Fire: England Responds to Hitler

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the various points of view the British people had about fighting Hitler and Germany, in this video [1:26] excerpt from World on Fire, Masterpiece. Neither Robina Chase, an upper-class mother whose son is a soldier, nor Douglas...
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Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: A Fierce Green Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of three videos about "A Fierce Green Fire," an environmental movement to reduce pollution and address climate change.
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Pbs Learning Media: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise: The Power of Words

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the power of words in this media gallery from American Masters. Using video, discussion questions, and teaching tips, students assess the persuasiveness of Maya Angelou's argument that words have power. Students also perform a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Louisa May Alcott: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the impact of transcendentalism on the life of Louisa May Alcott and American society in this video [4:00] from the American Masters film Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women.' Emphasizing self-reliance, civil...
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Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of two video lessons about Louisa May Alcott and her works especially "Little Women."
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Pbs Learning Media: To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters: Breaking Barriers

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the brilliant Bronte sisters, who defied the limited options for women in 19th-century Britain to create some of the most iconic novels in English literature, in these three video excerpts from To Walk Invisible: The Bronte...
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Pbs Learning Media: Masterpiece: The Brontes Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the impact of the Bronte sisters' personal and professional struggles on their writing in MASTERPIECE: Breaking Barriers: To Walk Invisible. Gain a deeper understanding of the use of plot, setting, and characterization with...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Agatha Christie Book & Film Club

For Students 9th - 10th
Produced for librarians, the Masterpiece Agatha Christie Book & Film Club provides everything you need for exciting and engaging library programs.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Hound of the Baskervilles 3: The Seance

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore the advantages and disadvantages of adapting a classic work for the screen in this excerpt from Masterpiece's 2002 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Using a scene that was created especially for the film,...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Hound of the Baskervilles 2: The Mysterious Moor

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine the importance of setting in this excerpt about the moors, from Masterpiece's 2002 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. The legend of the hound that haunts the mysterious landscape of Dartmoor captured Arthur Conan...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Hound of the Baskervilles 1: Meet Sherlock Holmes

For Students 9th - 10th
Students investigate the iconic and much-beloved character of Sherlock Holmes, as well as the mystery genre, in this excerpt from Masterpiece's 2002 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. As students are introduced to Holmes, they use...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Hound of the Baskervilles

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of three media galleries from MASTERPIECE: "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle. It introduces the famous character of Sherlock Holmes and the mystery/horror genre.
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Pbs Learning Media: Charles Dickens: Great Expectations Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of three videos and an interactive about Charles Dickens' novel "Great Expectations" from MASTERPIECE: Charles Dickens: Great Expectations. Teaching materials are included.
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Pbs Learning Media: Charles Dickens Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
From comedy to characterization, setting to symbolism, discover the genius of Charles Dickens as storyteller, social reformer, satirist, and literary celebrity. Click on each title for media-rich resources. This collection includes...
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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur Conan Doyle Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the iconic character of Sherlock Holmes, as well as the mystery/horror genre that Arthur Conan Doyle helped to develop, by examining the film adaptation of "The Hound of the Baskervilles." The collection includes three media...