Have you ever heard of the famous New York State hermit, Noah John Rondeau? Alive from 1883 to 1967, Noah...
For next week's Watch & Wonder Highlight, we're thrilled to feature "Islands of Wonder: Madagascar." After watching, dive deeper with resources about the Madagascar hissing cockroach, a special detritivore that only lives in the Madagascar rainforest, on PBS LearningMedia.
Plunge into the Pacific with researchers and cinematographers and see the ocean’s rare and dazzling creatures in a way never before seen on television. Big Pacific examines an ocean that covers a third of the Earth’s surface.
American Masters — Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling “Little House” series.
For next week's Watch & Wonder Highlight, we're thrilled to feature the film "In a Different Key." After watching, dive deeper with resources about the challenges and successes of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and how the social model of disability can change how society views Autism, on PBS LearningMedia.
For next week's Watch & Wonder Highlight, we're thrilled to feature the film "Walk Together Children: The 150th Anniversary of the Fisk Jubilee Singers." After watching, dive deeper with resources about the history of Fisk University and how, in the 1920s, W. E. B. Du Bois' educational philosophy influenced the students there on PBS LearningMedia.
For next week's Watch & Wonder Highlight, we're thrilled to feature "Life at the Waterhole: Episode 1." After watching, dive deeper with resources about the vital role of waterholes in the African ecosystem, as well as the predator-prey interactions of some of the animals that rely on them, on PBS LearningMedia.
For next week's Watch & Wonder Highlight, we're thrilled to feature "NOVA: Great American Eclipse." After watching, dive deeper with resources about the evolution of eclipse predictions—from ancient Babylonians using a pattern of observations to Edmond Halley, who used mathematics—on PBS LearningMedia.
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 at the age of 88, having transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.
For many, Thanksgiving is a day for us to remember what we’re thankful for, spend time with family and friends, and...