Tonight at 10:00 WGBY airs Independent Lens: Happiness, which looks at how television may affect Peyangki, a Bhutanese child, when his remote village is connected to electricity. How will the images coming from access to 46 television stations for 13 hours every day shape him? A PBS NewsHour classroom resource looks at how poetry Continue reading
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Build a Magnetic-Field Detector With the Help of Design Squad and NASA
Kids love treasure hunts and a fun, yet surprisingly practical summer project allows them to design and build a magnetic-field detector and use it to find hidden magnets with students. Continue reading
Calling All Soccer Fans
Did you know that the The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup is the world’s most widely watched sporting event? Now through 7/13 — or anytime — you can share these NEW PBS LearningMedia resources from PBS NewsHour to immerse your local educators and students grades 7-12 in the education opportunity of the 2014 finals tournament, putting it in context to history and current events. Continue reading
Celebrating Diversity in June
June is a milestone month for people of many different backgrounds, and PBS LearningMedia has resources to help educators and students navigate topics of culture and diversity. From Black Music Month to LGBT Pride Month to interracial marriage (1st legalized in June), here are educational resources to support them: Continue reading
Blended Lesson: Character Change in Anne Frank
June 12 is Anne Frank’s Birthday. A blended lesson from WGBH in Boston examines what Anne Frank’s writing reveals about her character and how it changed while she was in hiding. Continue reading
The Kennedys – Triumph and Tragedy
John F. Kennedy made an indelible mark on the American presidency. Here is an in-depth look at him as a person and as a president, and how America’s course was altered by his assassination. This album contains a two-part documentary on the Kennedy family and a short film about Lee Harvey Oswald. Also contained in the album is a booklet and a packet of memorabilia, Continue reading
Keeping Maya Angelou’s Voice Alive
A force in my own life, Maya Angelou reminded us, as Michelle Obama said in her recent eulogy, “that we must each find our own voice, decide our own value, and then announce it to the world with all the pride and joy that is our birthright as members of the human race.” Continue reading
West Springfield Educator is 2014 PBS Digital Innovator
Mark Vasicek, a local teacher, has been named one of this year’s national PBS Digital Innovators. He left engineering to care for a child who was seriously ill and today teaches at West Springfield High School, where he can feel the impact he’s making in others’ lives. Continue reading
The Great Gatsby Curve Lesson Plan
Whether The Great Gatsby or economics are part of your curriculum, students can benefit from this video and the lesson from which it’s taken. The lesson introduces a new economic theory to students through the classic novel and its latest film version. Additionally, it provides a simulation where resources are not equally distributed and students have an authentic opportunity to experience inequality. Continue reading
The Nature Works Everywhere Collection
Students can explore amazing ways in which nature works to make our lives cleaner and healthier every day with the Nature Works Everywhere collection from The Nature Conservancy. The collection shows how all types of environments, plants, and animals play crucial roles in maintaining our global ecosystem and how we can help play a role in a more sustainable future. Continue reading