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Tag: LAH Weekly
Learning at Home | Week of 11/29 – 12/03
Explore the inner life and works of the activist, playwright and author of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry. Narrated by actress LaTanya Richardson Jackson and featuring the voice of Tony Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose as Hansberry.
Learning at Home | Week of 11/22 – 11/26
Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journey west across the Atlantic in the early 17th century is a seminal, if often misunderstood episode of American and world history.
Learning at Home | Week of 11/15 – 11/19
Hollywood war stories mostly end with the hero’s return. In reality, the road back to civilian life is less certain. For some, there were ticker-tape parades; for others, protests, anger and silence. Some veterans return home full of confidence, while others think, “What am I going to do now?” Hosted by actor Wes Studi, Vietnam…
Learning at Home | Week of 11/08 – 11/12
Venture to the Pacific Northwest to capture the stories of ongoing traditions and perseverance of its original inhabitants. From totem poles, to language preservation to traditional crafts, host Chris Eyre (Cheyenne Arapaho) discovers the wilds of the North.
Learning at Home | Week of 11/01 – 11/05
In this five-part series, NOVA delves into the vastness of space to capture moments of high drama when the universe changed forever. In “Age of Stars,” join the spectacular voyage to discover the sun’s place in a grand cycle of birth, death and renewal that makes this the age of stars.
Learning at Home | Week of 10/25 – 10/29
New York’s Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Canyon, and Great Smokies National Parks combined. Even more amazing, most of the land within the park is privately owned, and 85 million people live within a day’s drive. Yet the Adirondacks seem entirely undeveloped. How did that happen? The founding of the Adirondack Park…
Learning at Home | Week of 10/18 – 10/22
Revisit Helen Keller’s rich career and explore how she perpetually put her celebrity to use to advocate for human rights in the pursuit of social justice, particularly for women, the poor, and people with disabilities.
Learning at Home | Week of 10/11 – 10/15
Theater director Kenny Leon and children’s author Sophie Blackall use real life as fodder for their creations. Despite the risks, both are celebrated for making honest works for the masses.
Learning at Home | Week of 10/04 – 10/08
In the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst’s media empire included 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations and 13 magazines. Nearly one in four American families read a Hearst publication. Perhaps best known as the inspiration for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and his lavish castle in San Simeon, Hearst died in 1951…
Learning at Home | Week of 9/27 – 10/01
Dial in to the fascinating history of the smartphone, from its roots in Morse Code to 2007, when Apple unveiled the first-ever iPhone. Plus, see how the next generation of smartphones will allow us to communicate through them just by thinking.
