This educator carried teachings of Tibetan Buddhism with him from Tibet to …
This educator carried teachings of Tibetan Buddhism with him from Tibet to the United States, and built a community for teaching and learning in southern Wisconsin.
Resources available for exploring this story include: - A short animated video with captions and transcripts in English and Spanish - A short biography book accessible as a slide deck, with per-page audio for listening along, and maps of key locations in the story, available in English and Tibetan - Questions that can be used for conversation, reflection, and connection with the story - A historical image gallery full of primary and secondary sources to explore - A guide for activating the media with learners that includes story stats, extension activity ideas, and standards supported
This story is part of Wisconsin Biographies, a collection of educational media resources for grades 3-6. Explore the full collection at pbswisconsineducation.org/biographies.
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist …
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D.
See how BuildIT, an afterschool program in Alameda County, CA, addresses the …
See how BuildIT, an afterschool program in Alameda County, CA, addresses the gender gap in advanced technology careers - promoting middle school girls' fluency in information technologies (IT), interest in math, and IT career awareness.
This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE examines the greenhouse effect, its role …
This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE examines the greenhouse effect, its role in keeping Earth habitable, and the industrial changes that have led to an increase in the planet's average temperature.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, watch residents of the Peruvian …
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, watch residents of the Peruvian Andes build a suspension bridge made entirely of grass. The ancient Inca were a textile society and thus skilled in working with natural fibers including alpaca and cotton. Still, it might surprise people today that their solution to crossing the canyons and gorges of their mountainous empire featured another fibrous material: grass. When you consider how they built a simple suspension bridge, you'll realize that not only was this a practical solution, it was also a safe one. In this video segment adapted from NOVA, watch residents of the Peruvian Andes as they build a traditional and functioning grass bridge the likes of which enabled the ancient Inca people to flourish for several hundred years. Grades 3-12.
Learn about a study in which participants discovered contaminants in their homes, …
Learn about a study in which participants discovered contaminants in their homes, and how green chemistry may provide alternatives to such everyday toxins, in this video adapted from Contaminated Without Consent.
Dr. Dadashev, a professor of physics on the shattered campus of Grozny …
Dr. Dadashev, a professor of physics on the shattered campus of Grozny University, conducts a tour of the war-torn campus in this video segment from Wide Angle.
Guinea Bissau Conflict. Program examines the guerilla warfare underway in the African …
Guinea Bissau Conflict. Program examines the guerilla warfare underway in the African country of Guinea Bissau as part of the campaign for independence being waged in that country. Program is divided into two segments: the first consisting of an on-location British film about Guinea Bissau guerilla troop B-30 as it proceeds to an attack site, the second of an interview with Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) representative Gil Fernandes, who discusses his work, background, and the state of the war. Film contains commentary by PAIGC founder Amilcar Cabral. Produced by John Slade. Directed by Russell Tillman.
In this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, 12-year-old Anna …
In this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, 12-year-old Anna JiEun Lee plays a dazzling violin piece by Pablo de Sarasate called Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs).
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad determines the fairness of …
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
This video segment from Between the Lions uses an animated road sign …
This video segment from Between the Lions uses an animated road sign to illustrate and spell familiar words that begin with the /k/ sound that the letter c makes.
In this video from ThinkTV Dayton, learn about Harriet Beecher Stowe and …
In this video from ThinkTV Dayton, learn about Harriet Beecher Stowe and the basis of her famous book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, that documented racial injustice before the Civil War.
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Harry …
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Harry and Eliza Briggs describe their experience in the first school desegregation case, Briggs v. Elliott.
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