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Pbs: Frontline: Create a Directory of Local Social Services for Youth
Students will research and understand the opportunities available to children in their community after exploring the poverty, exploitation, hunger and more of children living in India. Video and discussion questions pair with a learning...
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Pbs Teachers: Land of Plenty, Land of Want
This lesson plan encourages students to explore sustainable agriculture. They are asked to identify problems faced in sustainable agriculture and offer possible solutions. A great deal of supplemental activities and information are...
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Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Rivers of Destiny
Journey to four major river systems - the Mississippi, Amazon, Jordan and Mekong rivers - and take a look at the challenges happening to the people whose livelihood hinges around them.
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Pbs Teachers: Rivers of Destiny
This site explains the importance of rivers in the natural balance of life on Earth, and describes what happens when people begin to tamper with rivers. This will also help students identify options for dealing with the outcomes of human...
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Pbs Learning Media: Censorship
In this Wide Angle video, the people behind Kalam Nawaem, or "Sweet Talk," a popular Arab television, discuss how they must carefully choose their topics and tone to not only increase audience interest, but to keep their program on the air.
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Pbs Learning Media: Supporting New Principals in the Early Years
The first year for a new principal can be a daunting and lonely job. Supporting new principals with strong induction programs, ongoing mentorships (possibly for several years), and forums which encourage principal interaction with...
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Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Career Writing Prompts: Communications Manager
This Career Clip features, Gene Nichols, Communications Manager at Good Shepherd. He is responsible for dealing with the media, especially newspapers and television programs. His best advice is to develop multiple skills and never...
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Pbs: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
A program to put an end to the oppression of women and girls worldwide brings together an information site where visitors can find blogs, social media feeds, celebrity and crew diaries, videos, and up-to-date information about the...
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Wnet: Thirteen: Colonial House: Fearless and Faithful
A lesson plan based on the PBS program, Colonial House, which aired in 2004. The program is available on DVD and the link to the activity is still available. This lesson plan explores why ordinary people left their homes in Europe to...
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Pbs: People and Discoveries: Grace Murray Hopper
Biography on Grace Murray Hopper gives information on her life in the Navy and accomplishments in programming.
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Pbs the West: The Grandest Enterprise Under God
The critically acclaimed PBS series, "The West," depicts the coming of the railroad throughout the west and the consequences of the settling of the west.
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Pbs Teachers: Podcasting Sharing Your Ideas (Lesson Plan)
A lesson for exploring various types of programs available as podcasts. Requires listening to a podcast and recording key information and content from the podcast in a graphic organizer. Also requires producing an original podcast.
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Pbs Online News Hour: Does Anybody Care?
An October 1996 Online NewsHour program considers the possible impact of "negative" campaign ads. A good debate on this issue.
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Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science 911: Cop Psychiatrists
Investigate special conflict-resolution training for police officers and new high school programs designed to help resolve conflicts. Work in groups to develop possible solutions to real-life conflicts that have actually occurred at U.S....
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Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Italian Style: Eruption!
Research Mt. Vesuvius and scientists' preparations for a future eruption. Produce a television program about volcanoes for middle school students as part of a public information campaign to inform citizens of Washington State about Mount...
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Pbs Teachers: Blink (Lesson Plans About Hate Crimes)
Two lesson plans about the nature of hate crimes can be found at this P.O.V. site. Students identify elements that make up a hate crime and try to determine what motivates those who commit them. They also analyze how hate crimes are...
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Pbs Learning Media: Wqed Education Programs: Kindergarten Readiness Resources
This site includes a Kindergarten Readiness checklist along with resources to help build skills for a strong start in school.
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Pbs Learning Media: Kindness, Empathy, and Resilience Collection
This learning module includes several lessons that help promote kindness, empathy, and resilience among students.
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Pbs Learning Media: Let's Learn
This collection of resources for children ages 3-8 are drawn from the public television series Let's Learn, a partnership between the WNET Group and the New York City Department of Education. Let's Learn aims to provide our young...
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Pbs Learning Media: American Graduate Collection
This collection features highlights from public media's interactive classroom resources and content to support teachers, parents, caregivers, and mentors who are helping at-risk students overcome key learning obstacles on the path from...
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Pbs Learning Media: Community Garden
Orville Edwards describes how community gardens help improve the quality of life in the city in this video segment from WILD TV.
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Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Marine Communities
This informative Natureworks site examines how life in marine communities must be adapted to live and survive under a wide variety of conditions.
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Pbs: The Music Instinct: Good Vibrations! [Pdf]
Using the program "The Music Instinct," available on the PBS website, students will explore the nature of sound vibrations over two class periods.
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Pbs: Caillou's Magic Keyboard
This site allows young children to explore composition using elements supplied by the program, to create short, original musical pieces. The instructions are read aloud.