Pbs: American Experience: The Carter Family: Engine One Forty Three

From the American Experience series on PBS, this is "The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken", a comprehensive multi-media look at the early American popular country music group.

From PBS's American Experience this is the song Single Girl, Married Girl which was featured on the program "The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken".

From PBS's American Experience this is the song Worried Man Blues which was featured on the program "The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken".

From PBS's American Experience this is the song Gold Watch and Chain which was featured on the program "The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken".

Your high schoolers will examine the community in which they live and discuss with the class. Using the Internet, they identify the importance of African-American art and how it relates to the African-American culture. Individually, they...

The Hoover Dame was viewed as an engineering feat, in the 1930s. This documentary examines the construction and engineering problems that occurred and the questions that arose about the economic and environmental impact this project...

This companion to the documentary film "Ansel Adams," part of the PBS series "The American Experience," looks at Adams's impact on Americans' perception of the West and on his use of photography in conservation efforts.

The perfect site on the Golden Gate Bridge! PBS provides bridge math, great pictures of before, during, and after the construction of the bridge, and a special section called "Balancing Forces," that demonstrates how the "tension" of the...

Here is a series of four lessons which explore the old one-room schoolhouses that were prevalent in days gone by. The lessons look into the economic, geographic, and cultural contributions that led to their building. Learners make...

If teaching a unit about the history of popular music in America, this PBS web site supporting their four-part TV broadcast of a few years ago would make a great resource. Includes lesson plans and oral histories too.