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Pbs Learning Media: The Voyage of Zheng He Ii
In this video segment adapted from 1421: The Year the Chinese Discovered America?, learn more about the theory that the Chinese discovered America prior to Columbus.
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Pbs Learning Media: Good Thinking!: Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions
This video addresses the topic of natural selection and misconceptions students may have that would lead to them not understanding the topic of evolution. [10:07]
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Pbs Learning Media: Bullfrog Films: Gwich'in Tribe Protects Caribou and Culture
Gwich'in Chief Evon Peter of Arctic Village, Alaska explains the importance of the caribou to his people and the tribes need to protect the herd from the effects of oil drilling. [5:43]
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Wnet: Thirteen: Get the Math: Full Episode of Get the Math 2.0
In Get the Math 2.0, two teams of teens take on algebra challenges around the math in restaurants, basketball, and special effects, presented by chef Sue Torres, NBA star Elton Brand, and designers from J&M Special Effects.
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Wnet: Thirteen: Get the Math: The Challenges the Setup
This brief video introduces the professionals who will pose real-world math challenges connected to their work and the students who will tackle the challenges. Real-world challenges are set up in the areas of music, fashion, video games,...
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Pbs: About the Seasons
A short video explaining the seasons and how nature changes within the year. Video also discusses how we change to adapt to the different seasons. [3:00]
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Pbs Learning Media: "A Fragile Trust" Film Clip 2
In this film clip 2 [2:07] from A Fragile Trust, former New York Times reporter, Jayson Blair explains how he used the electronic tools at his disposal to pull archival photos and excerpts from other people's news articles to file...
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Pbs Learning Media: "A Fragile Trust" Film Clip 1
In this film clip 1 [2:19] from A Fragile Trust, we learn how technological advances impacted news institutions like The New York Times, as they extended journalism across new platforms, such as the Internet, cable, and television.
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Pbs Learning Media: "A Fragile Trust" Film Trailer
This video trailer [2 :10] A Fragile Trust tells the shocking story of Jayson Blair, reporter for the New York Times. It highlights the 2003 scandal of how Jayson never left his apartment, stole information from other journalists, and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Theme
Learn how to identify theme in a literary work in this short animated video [2:26] from WNET.
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Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Setting
Explore how authors use setting to establish the time, place, and social conditions in which a story takes place in this short animated video [2:38] from WNET.
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Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Conflict
Learn how to identify different types of conflict in literature in this animated video [2:46] from WNET.
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Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Ed: Identifying "Fake" News: Resources
What is "fake" news? How do we know it's false? Use these resources from Common Sense Education to help students investigate the way information is presented so that they can analyze what they read and see on the Web. This resource is...
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Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Identifying "Fake" News
This "5 Ways to Identify Fake News" video [1:09] will help students easily identify suspicious sites and information on the Web.
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Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Fact Checking the Web
How can students determine whether the information found on the web is true, false, or somewhere in between? Use this video [1:10] from Common Sense Education to assess the accuracy of what's on the web.
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: An Ode to the Romance Novel
Love it or hate it, the romance novel is the highest grossing literary genre. Its history is long and winding, and romance novels are full of tropes reflected upon its history. It has been the subject of intrigue, derision, and shame in...
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: How Fantasy Reflects Our World
Fantasy novels are more than just hundreds of pages worth of swords and magic! Okay, there's some of that. But it's also a lens to what our society finds important to our pasts, our presents, and future. [5:59]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Why Did They Make Me Read This in High School?
What makes a book important? Why are some books required reading in high school, while others are lost to history? Check out this video essay. [5:46]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: The Evolution of Ya
Young Adult Fiction (YA) is dominating literature, and more young people are reading now than ever before. Lindsay Ellis explores how YA carved a place in publishing with It's Lit! from PBS Digital Studios. [5:43]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: When the Book Is Better Than the Movie
This video [5:28] essay focuses on Which is better, the book or the movie? Explore the question with Lindsay Ellis in It's Lit! from PBS Digital Studios.
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Pbs Learning Media: Road Trip: N Blends
While in the car with their father, Charlotte and Henry play a game comparing n-blends in words like "around" and "bang" on billboards and signs along the road. The goal of this resource is decoding. Video (1:21).
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Pbs Learning Media: Bananaphone: S Blends
This resource group teaches students all about "s" consonant blends, including ones in which one consonant is silent. Paul the Gorilla makes a call to Flo's One Stop Shop to order a scratch for his back, and she mishears his request as...
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Pbs Learning Media: Debajo De Un Boton
Cantar ayuda a los ninos a aprender como usamos el lenguaje y mejora su habilidad de poder escuchar los pequenos sonidos en una palabra. Y es mu divertido! [1:15]
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Pbs Learning Media: Mother and Father
Doing rhymes with actions helps stretch out the words. This rhyme reinforces familiar words that children know, like Mother and Father. But you can change the words to ones you may use instead, such as Mommy and Daddy. [0:46]