Pbs: American Masters: Truman Capote

This is a collection of three video lessons about Alice Walker and her works from the PBS American Masters Collection.

This lesson plan is based on the PBS episode of American Masters about Truman Capote. Students will read and analyze how Truman Capote develops characters as they record their findings on worksheets included with this instructional...

This is a collection of lesson videos about Carl Sandburg and his works from the PBS American Masters Collection.

This is a collection of six video lessons about Edgar Allan Poe and his works from the PBS American Masters Collection. Teaching materials are included.

PBS chronicles the life of the novelist and playwright Gore Vidal. Take a look at the career timeline and watch videotaped interviews. RealPlayer plugin required.

This is a collection of two video lessons about Phillip Roth and his works from the PBS American Masters Collection.

This is a collection of four video lessons about Joseph Pulitzer and his work from the PBS American Masters Collections. Teaching materials are included.

This is a collection of six video lessons about August Wilson and his works from the PBS American Masters Collection.

Alice Walker discusses the influence the strong women in her family and her experiences growing up on a plantation in Eatonton, Georgia had on her writing. Part of the American Masters series, the short video includes images of her...

This video [4:32] from the American Masters film Willa Cather: The Road Is All provides an overview of the author's childhood. Born in Virginia, Cather's family moved to Nebraska in the aftermath of the Civil War.