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Pbs Online News Hour: Remembering Deng

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the full transcript of a news program segment dedicated to the memory of Deng and his role in forming modern China. Includes several images.
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Pbs News Hour Extra: Political Clout and Money at Stake in u.s. Census Count

For Students 9th - 10th
A U.S. Census took place in March of 2010. Classroom resources here will help students understand what a census is and how it helps a country formulate its policies and programs, and prepare for the future.
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Pbs Teachers: Dead Men's Tales: Inferring Height From Bone Length

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore the work of forensic scientists by inferring an individual's height from the length of certain long bones. Create bone/height relation charts and measure length using metric units. This activity was created to be used with the...
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Serc: Kamchatka: Siberia's Forbidden Wilderness

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Take a journey to the Kamchatka Peninsula to understand the historical, biological, and geological wonders of this place. In the "Living Edens" program, students will explore the uniqueness of this place through a PBS program and website...
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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: Sandy Hook Promise: Start With Hello: Student Leader Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This easy-to-use guide is designed to assist youth ambassador or peer leaders in delivering the Start With Hello program. It includes tips for getting started; key action steps and messages to emphasize; and ideas, activities and...
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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: Sandy Hook Promise: Say Something: Educator Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This easy-to-use guide is designed to assist adult educators in delivering and sustaining the Say Something program. It includes tips for getting started, key messages and action steps to emphasize, and ideas, activities and resources...
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Pbs Learning Media: Frontline: Diet Wars: Teacher's Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
With this Teacher's Guide to "Diet Wars," students will learn about the USDA food pyramid, evaluate their own food consumption, and examine their school lunch program for nutrition and health purposes. This FRONTLINE documentary examines...
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Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Facts & Fictions of Opioid Addiction/recovery/relapse: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, young scholars, through research, discussion and viewing the program, will learn some factual information about the opioid epidemic, addiction recovery...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pov Collection

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented...
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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: Tynker Hour of Code: Trail Blazer

For Students K - 1st
Students apply geometry concepts to create patterns and shapes while they learn computer programming.
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Pbs Teachers: Harding Black (Master Potter): An American Treasure

For Students 3rd - 8th
Search a collection of lesson plans, written by Texas art educators, about San Antonio-based potter Harding Black. Each lesson corresponds to a video clip from a feature-length program about the artist. Topics covered include balance and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sandy Hook Promise: Start With Hello: Educator Guides

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Start With Hello asks students, educators, parents, and other community leaders who interact with children to take steps in class, the lunchroom and/or on the bus to be inclusive and connected. This easy-to-use guide is designed to...
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Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: How Opioids Change the Brain: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity module, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will understand that addiction is medically classified as a disease. They will learn about brain structure and functioning and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: What Is the Opioid Epidemic? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity module is to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic. Students will learn the definitions for "opioid" and "epidemic" terms. Students will also research factors that led to the current...
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Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Effects of Opioids on Communities, What Can Be Done: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will explore the dangers of opioids and what effects they have on whole communities. They will use critical thinking skills to think about ways the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: But, the Doctor Prescribed It...: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will explore the misperception of safety associated with prescription opioid painkillers. They will understand the differences between prescription...
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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Aim Buddy Project: Educator's Guide

For Teachers K - 1st
The complete AIM Buddy Project educator's guide to the social-emotional program complete with planning guides for the classroom.
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Pbs Learning Media: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Live Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a special trip to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with GPB Education! This interactive virtual exploration offers students a behind-the-scenes experience as they learn about the science of sound and the preparation it takes to put on...
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Pbs Newshour: The Gi Bill's Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Jim Lehrer, on his NewsHour program, offers an extensive interview with several historians discussing the impact of the GI Bill in transforming American society. Read what Stephen Ambrose, Doris Kerns Goodwin, Haynes Johnson, and Michael...
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Now With Bill Moyers: Bill Moyers Interviews Barbara Kingsolver

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of a 2002 interview with Barbara Kingsolver from a PBS program discussing her book, Small Wonder. She talks about current events and history as well as her writing.
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Pbs Learning Media: Wqed Education Programs: Clifford the Big Red Dog Programming

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This collection of resources has been designed to help teach character development and social-emotional skills to children ages four to seven. Each lesson follows a similar format, in which children can watch (watch video), read (read a...