Find program-specific teacher’s guides, lesson plans and other classroom
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Program Name
Teaching Resources
African American Lives
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/educators_lesson1.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/educators_lesson2.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/educators_lesson3.html
Africans in America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/tguide/1index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/tguide/2index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/tguide/3index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/tguide/4index.html
Ameircan Experience: FDR: The Center of the World
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/tguide/index.html
American Experience: Eleanor Roosevelt
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/tguide/index.html
American Experience: Race to the Moon
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/moon/tguide/index.html
American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/tguide/index.html
American Experience: Remember the Alamo
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/tguide/index.html
American Experience: Stephen Foster
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/tguide/index.html
American Experience: The Great Transatlantic Cable
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/cable/tguide/index.html
American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/tguide/index.html
American Experience: The Nuremberg Trial
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nuremberg/tguide/index.html
American Experience: Transcontinental Railroad
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/tguide/index.html
American Experience: FDR
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/tguide/index.html
American Experience: The Kennedys
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/tguide/index.html
American Experience: Truman
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/truman/tguide/index.html
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/tguide/index.html
American Photography: A Century of Images
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/teachersguide/index.html
American Valor
http://www.pbs.org/weta/americanvalor/teachers/
Art 21Season I
http://www.pbs.org/art21/education/teachingmaterials/seasononeguide.html
Art 21Season I
http://www.pbs.org/art21/education/teachingmaterials/seasononeguide.html
Art 21Season II
http://www.pbs.org/art21/education/teachingmaterials/seasontwoguide.html
Benjamin Franklin
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/teachersguide.html
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Broadway: The American Musical
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/teachers.html
Cyberchase: Algebraic Variables & Codes
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/115.htm
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/116.html
Cyberchase: Area & Liquid Volume
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/105.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/114.html
Cyberchase: Combinations & Probability
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/111.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/103.html
Cyberchase: Elapsed Time & Body Math
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/213.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/301.html
Cyberchase: Equations & Patterns
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/125.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/107.html
Cyberchase: Estimation & Fractions
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/104.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/106.html
Cyberchase: Geometry
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/113.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/212.html
Cyberchase: Logic & Problem Solving
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/112.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/118.html
Cyberchase: Multiplication & Monetary Systems
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/119.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/120.html
Cyberchase: Negative Numbers & Decimals
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/121.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/206.html
Cyberchase: Scale and Size & Timekeeping
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/124.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/109.html
Cyberchase: Using Data & Line Graphs
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/102.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/117.html
Cyberchase: Zero & Number Sense
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/303.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/episodes/108.html
Destination America
http://www.pbs.org/destinationamerica/teachersguide.html
Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire
http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/educators/index.html
Empires: Islam: Empire of Faith
http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/eduk12plan.html
Empires: Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
http://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/resources_3.html
Empires: Napoleon
http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_clas/index.html
Empires: Queen Victoria's Empire
http://www.pbs.org/empires/victoria/ed/index.html
Empires: The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/educational/
Empires: The Medici:Godfathers of the Renaissance
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/resources/lesson1.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/resources/lesson2.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/resources/lesson3.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/resources/lesson4.html
Empires: The Roman Empire in the First Century
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/educators/index.html
www.pbs.org/teachersource
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First Person Singular: Elie Wiesel
http://www.pbs.org/eliewiesel/teaching/index.html
Food for the Ancestors
http://www.pbs.org/foodancestors/
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick
http://www.pbs.org/flw/resources/index.html
Freedom: A History of US
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/teachers/guides.html
FRONTLINE: The Merchants of Cool
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/cool/
FRONTLINE: The Meth Epidemic
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/meth/
FRONTLINE: The Persuaders
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/persuaders/
Huey Long
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/hueylong/educators/
Jazz
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/classroom/
Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World
http://www.pbs.org/lawrenceofarabia/classroom/index.html
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/class/idx_les.html
Liberty!
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/teachers.html
Mark Twain
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/activities.html
Masterpiece Theatre: A Death in the Family
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/death/tguide.html
Masterpiece Theatre: Our Town
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/ourtown/tguide.html
Masterpiece Theatre: The American
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/american/tguide.html
Masterpiece Theatre: The Song of the Lark
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/lark/tguide.html
Mathline: Elementary School Math Project
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/money/money_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/soak/soak_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/apple/apple_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/half/half_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/food/food_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/button/button_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/creature/creature_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/whirlybird/whirlybird_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/tessellations/tessellations_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/sidewalk/sidewalk_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/mirror/mirror_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/perfectfit/perfectfit_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/perfectfit/perfectfit2_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/perfectfit/perfectfit3_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/sandbabies/sandbabies_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/bubble/bubble_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/ittakesten/ittakesten_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/herethere/herethere_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/magicbox/magicbox_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/petals/petals_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/esmp/struts/struts_procedure.shtm
www.pbs.org/teachersource
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Mathline: High School Math Project
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/outofline/outofline_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/yoyo/yoyo_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/mystery/mystery_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/toothpicks/toothpicks_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/buildingboxes/buildingboxes_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/squares/squares_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/rhinos/rhinos_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/penniespressure/penniespressure_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/stressedtobreaking/stressedtobreaking_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/hsmp/bottlesdivers/bottlesdivers_procedure.shtm
Mathline: MIddle School Math Project
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/noses/noses_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/angle/angle_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/million/million_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/factor/factor_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/bluemoon/bluemoon_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/somethingfishy/somethingfishy_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/wetheads/wetheads_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/tunedin/tunedin_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/steppinout/steppinout_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/alphabits/alphabits_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/news/news_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/barrel/barrel_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/awchute/awchute_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/heartbeat/heartbeat_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/fillerup/fillerup_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/greatrace/greatrace_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/tiling/tiling_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/letsfaceit/letsfaceit_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/fantasy/fantasy_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/fantasy/fantasy2_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/removeone/removeone_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/rock/rock_procedure.shtm
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/smithville/smithville_procedure.shtm
Matters of Race
http://www.pbs.org/mattersofrace/teachersguide.shtml
Michael Wood: Conquistadors
http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/teachers/teachers.htm
Michael Wood: In Search of Myths and Heroes
http://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/tguide_arthur.html
Michael Wood: In Search of Shakespeare
http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/educators/lessonplans.html
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/resources/index.html
NOVA: Life's Greatest Miracle
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/2816_miracle.html
The Brooklyn Bridge
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/brooklynbridge/educators/
The Congress
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/congress/educators/
The Statue of Liberty
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/statueofliberty/educators/
Thomas Jefferson
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/index.htm
Reporting America at War
http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/teachers/
Stephen Hawking's Universe
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/html/tguide.html
The Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/activities.html
www.pbs.org/teachersource
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The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/guides/index.html
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/shakers/educators/
The Sixties: The Years That Shaped the Generation
http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/educator/index.html
The U.S. Mexican War
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/educators/
The West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/lesson_plans/
Thomas Hart Benton
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/benton/educators/
www.pbs.org/teachersource
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