Take advantage of this week’s Learning at Home broadcast schedule – great for students engaged in hybrid or distance instruction, and families looking to spend some extra, quality time together!
After watching these fascinating programs, explore the PBS LearningMedia and web resources to learn more.
Highlight of the Week
American Experience⎪The Pilgrims
Wednesday, November 24, 1 PM
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. The Pilgrims explores the forces, circumstances, personalities and events that converged to exile the English group in Holland and eventually propel their crossing to the New World; a story universally familiar in broad outline, but almost entirely unfamiliar to a general audience in its rich and compelling historical actuality.
Learning at Home
Week of 11/22 – 11/26
Monday, November 22
1 PM: NATURE: Born in the Rockies | Growing Up
Journey deep into the wild heart of North America’s Rocky Mountains and experience this rugged land through the eyes of its iconic wildlife. Follow the drama as newborns make their way in one of the world’s most challenging and spectacular habitats on Earth.
- Program website
- PBS LearningMedia: Clark’s Nutcracker | Ghost Forests
2 PM: NOVA: Universe Revealed | Black Holes
Take a seat on the ultimate thrill ride to explore nature’s strangest and most powerful objects. Black holes can reshape entire galaxies, warp the fabric of space and time, and may even be the key to unlocking the ultimate nature of reality. A new generation of high-energy telescopes is bringing these invisible voids to light, showing that “supermassives” millions or billions of times larger than our sun lurk at the center of nearly every galaxy, including our own. But what happens if you stray too close to one? And what lies beyond the black hole’s abyss? If nothing can ever escape it, is that the end of the story? Or could they be a portal to another dimension—or another universe, full of black holes?
- Program website
- PBS LearningMedia: Black Hole Apocalypse | Visit a Black Hole
Tuesday, November 23
1 PM: The Greatest Bond
This inspirational and heartwarming documentary highlights the journey of disabled veterans whose lives are forever changed through the unconditional love of service dogs that have been expertly trained by female prison inmates. Join three veterans as they meet their service dog and work directly with the inmates in a Texas women’s prison.
2 PM: American Veteran: The Reckoning
“Those who went into the service and those who did not, we are two different realities,” a Veteran decides. But Veterans don’t all feel the same. Some like “Thank you for your service”; others feel it’s “bumper-sticker deep.” Veterans reflecting ask how veterans and civilians can move America forward together. Hosted by J. R. Martinez, Army Veteran, actor, and motivational speaker.
- Program page
- PBS LearningMedia: Photos Capture Collision of Military and Civilian Life
Wednesday, November 24
1 PM: American Experience⎪The Pilgrims
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. The Pilgrims explores the forces, circumstances, personalities and events that converged to exile the English group in Holland and eventually propel their crossing to the New World; a story universally familiar in broad outline, but almost entirely unfamiliar to a general audience in its rich and compelling historical actuality.
- Program website
- PBS LearningMedia: The Pilgrims: Alliance with Massasoit’s People and the First Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 25
1 PM: All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot’s adventures as a veterinarian in 1930’s Yorkshire get a glorious new adaptation in a seven-part series based on his beloved books. Exciting newcomer Nicholas Ralph will make his television debut as the iconic vet who became renowned for his inspiring humor, compassion and love of life.
- Program page
- PBS LearningMedia: Setting the Scene | All Creatures Great and Small
Friday, November 26
1 PM: Soundscapes: Dan Martin
Local musicians and stunning scenics take centerstage on Soundscapes. Guitarist Dan Martin performs a medley of meditative covers from the stage of the Strand Center Theatre in Plattsburgh, NY.
- Program website
- PBS LearningMedia: Marvelous Music Machine
1:30 PM: Articulate | Breaking Ground
Making things better is the upshot of making things for singer-songwriter Yuna and architect Doris Sung. Architect Doris Sung’s innovative building surfaces are modeled after human skin. They self-ventilate and self-shade in response to weather changes, and they do this by drawing power from the sun. Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna makes unapologetically catchy and confident music for all. Her soul-tinged pop has made her both a global star and a role model for young girls.
- Program page
- PBS LearningMedia: Thermal Expansion: Materials & Design | UNC-TV Science
2 PM: Crane Candlelight Concert 2020: Christmas Past, Christmas Present
The Crane Candlelight Concert 2020: Christmas Past, Christmas Present looks a bit different from other years. Filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, a large scale concert with an orchestra and full chorus was not possible. Christmas Past, Christmas Present is a compilation of new socially distanced performances from students and faculty, alongside highlights from years past by the renowned Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam. This concert includes traditional Christmas and seasonal hymns from around the world with popular favorites.
- Program website
- Learning resource: Lisa Vroman, Sings the Praises of the Crane School of Music | Mountain Lake PBS
Learning at Home on Mountain Lake PBS is supported by:
Adirondack Foundation