Public Broadcasting Service Teacher Resources

Learners decide if tablets should replace textbooks in K-12 schools. They watch four pro and con videos and discover the history of the tablets-versus-textbooks debate. As a bonus, the resource allows them to submit their own comments...

Have your young reporters research contributions of the ancient Egyptians, draft scripts, and broadcast their stories live on the Nile Network News. Depending on class size and age, topics may be brainstormed or assigned. The detailed...

Students take an online virtual tour of Yellowstone National Park. They act as park rangers to research geological features of Yellowstone, locate these features on maps, and describe and define associated geologic terms.

Students analyze various types of natural disasters and discover techniques man uses to live with nature and to control nature. They are able to identify ways that man has learned to predict natural disasters; identify ways that man has...

Students examine the significance of nonprofit organizations in a democratic society. They conduct research on a selected nonprofit organization, complete a questionnaire, and present their findings to the class.

Eighth graders examine the role of technology. In the Civil War lesson, 8th graders look at the advent of photography and determine the impact of photography on the Civil War.

Students explore the relationship between two variables. Students measure their arm span and height. They gather this class data to design a scatter plot. Students interpret the meaning of individual coordinates and the overall graph....

A website for the Latin Music USA series shown on PBS. Includes links to episodes of the show, music, and online resources.

WOUB Digital provides programming information for WOUB, a public broadcasting service of Ohio University.

With this video resource, viewers follow a research biologist into the swamp to find out why leeches have such a bad reputation, and what role they play in today's environment and medical field. [11:01]

Information and analysis on the practices of the loan industry in America. Focus is on the wave of financial services legislation, which attempts to curb abusive tactics of banks and credit card issuers, that came into effect in 2010.

Website on Strange Fruit, a documentary film about the history and legacy of the protest song "Strange Fruit." Includes the lyrics and audio for the song.

Webpage describing the Tughra of Suleyman I the Magnificent from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote about the art...

Webpage describing the painting Stag at Sharkey's by George Bellows from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote about...

Webpage describing the painting Ocean Park Series #49 by Richard Diebenkorn from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes...

Webpage describing a netsuke, a small decorative Japanese toggle, from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote...

Webpage describing the painting Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child by Mary Cassatt from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated....

Webpage describing a Mimbres bowl from Mogollon culture from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote about the art by...

Webpage describing the painting Maison Maria with a View of Chateau Noir by Paul Cezanne from the Kimbell Art Museum. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes...

Webpage describing Still Life with Two Lemons, a painting by Pieter Claesz from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote...

Webpage describing An Exiled Emperor on Okinoshima, a six-fold screen from the Kimbell Art Museum. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote about the...

Webpage describing a ceremonial drum by the Senufro people of Africa's Ivory Coast. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote about the art by Sister...

Webpage describing the painting The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit by John Singer Sargent from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detailed viewer that can be navigated....

Webpage describing City Landscape, a painting by Joan Mitchell from the Art Institute of Chicago. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote about the...