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
Soundscapes: Marie-Elaine Gagnon
Friday, December 17, 1 PM
Local musicians and stunning scenics take centerstage on Soundscapes. Canadian cellist and Crane School of Music professor Marie-Elaine Gagnon performs a collection of covers from classical composers at the Strand Center Theatre in Plattsburgh, NY.
Learning at Home
Week of 12/13 – 12/17
Monday, December 13
1 PM: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | The Storm (1920-1933)
Franklin Roosevelt runs for vice president in 1920 and seems assured of a still brighter future until polio devastates him. He spends seven years struggling without success to walk again, while Eleanor builds her own personal and political life. FDR returns to politics in 1928 and acts with such vigor during the first years of the Great Depression that the Democrats nominate him for president.
- Program page
- PBS LearningMedia: The Great Depression and FDR’s First Fireside Chat
Tuesday, December 14
1 PM: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | The Rising Road (1933-1939)
FDR brings the same optimism and energy to the White House that his cousin Theodore displayed. Aimed at ending the Depression, his sweeping New Deal restores the people’s self-confidence and transforms the relationship between them and their government. Eleanor rejects the traditional role of the first lady, becomes her husband’s liberal conscience and a sometimes controversial political force.
- Program page
- PBS LearningMedia: New Deal I: FDR’s First 100 Days
Wednesday, December 15
1 PM: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | The Common Cause (1939-1944)
FDR shatters the third-term tradition, struggles to prepare a reluctant country to enter World War II and, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, helps set the course toward Allied victory. Meanwhile, Eleanor struggles to keep New Deal reforms alive in wartime and travels the Pacific to comfort wounded servicemen.
- Program page
- PBS LearningMedia: FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt Respond to Pearl Harbor
Thursday, December 16
1 PM: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)
Frail and failing but determined to see the war through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world, but a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 63. After her husband’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt proves herself a shrewd politician and a skilled negotiator in her own right, as well as a champion of civil rights, civil liberties, and the United Nations.
- Program page
- PBS LearningMedia: Eleanor Roosevelt and the United Nations
Friday, December 17
1 PM: Soundscapes: Marie-Elaine Gagnon
Local musicians and stunning scenics take centerstage on Soundscapes. Canadian cellist and Crane School of Music professor Marie-Elaine Gagnon performs a collection of covers from classical composers at the Strand Center Theatre in Plattsburgh, NY.
- Program website
- PBS LearningMedia: Why Don’t Classical Musicians Improvise? | Sound Field
1:30 PM: Articulate | In the Eye of the Beholder
Physical beauty is assumed to be a passport to a better life, but in truth is a transitory visa. When it fades it can leave an unfillable void.
- Program page
- PBS Learning Media: Photographer Rick Guidotti and Positive Exposure | Move to Include
2 PM: History Detectives: Special Investigations | The Disappearance of Glenn Miller
In 1944, bandleader Glenn Miller boarded a plane for Paris and was never seen or heard from again. Can the History Detectives find out what happened?
- Program page
- PBS LearningMedia: Who Knows Best | History Detectives
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