Wednesday, October 23, 3 PM
Get more out of Mountain Lake PBS series and specials with Watch & Wonder Program Highlights. Watch Finding Your Roots: No Irish Need Apply and then dive deeper with media rich educational resources on PBS LearningMedia.
For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all. In No Irish Need Apply, Gates explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan, revealing the Irish American experience through their families.
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. collection
Grades 9-12
The basic drive to discover who we are and where we come from is at the core of the PBS series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. Explore select stories from episodes in the series using video clips and standards-based lesson plans designed for middle and high school students. Connect students to U.S. and world history by taking these personal stories and diving into the important moments that shaped our world.
Take advantage of the Mountain Lake PBS broadcast schedule with Watch & Wonder Program Highlights. Great for classroom viewing, distance instruction, and families looking to spend extra quality time together, these programs are suitable for middle and high school aged learners.
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