Animal Shelter Photographer

In this WILD TV segment, a photographer helps find homes for animals up for adoption.  

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Cause and Effect Relationships - Silence of the Bees

Students write an essay that synthesizes the cause and effect relationship the disappearance of bees will cause.

Character Motivation - Sapelo Island Culture

Students write a poem (using simile and flashback) about the culture of Sapelo Island. They read their poems for an audience.

Collective Improvisation

In this video segment from Jazz at Lincoln Center, jazz musicians perform an example of collective improvisation.

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Community Garden

Orville Edwards describes how community gardens help improve the quality of life in the city in this video segment from WILD TV.

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Compare and Contrast Information from Multiple Sources - Wolong's Pandas

Students compare and contrast information from three sources to determine the reasons that contributed to panda population decline.  They draw conclusions from these sources by writing their own paragraphs.

Comparing and Contrasting - Explorers of Yesterday and Today

Students write essays that compare and contrast two explorers of Yellowstone National Park, Tom Murphy, a modern day explorer and photographer and John Colter, an explorer who traveled across the same area almost 200 years ago.

Creating a Hypothesis - The Intelligent Robot

Students watch a video segment that discusses developing intelligent robots, and then write paragraphs that provide detailed hypotheses of results that could come from this endeavor.

Creating Literary Texts - Finding Homes for Pets

Students write and illustrate a persuasive book to convince readers to adopt a pet.

The Cuban Crab Migration

In this video segment from Nature, crabs face numerous obstacles in their migration from their forest home to the Caribbean Sea.

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Debate Begins

A third grade class in Wuhan province, China holds debates for the election of class monitor in this segment from Independent Lens. 

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Describing Characters - Cloud Grows

Students learn about characterization by studying and taking notes on the growth of a white stallion.

Determining Main Idea and Supporting Details - Wild in the City

Students use a graphic organizer to record important details and determine the main idea of a video segment. They use the organizer to write an informational paragraph about parakeets in the city.

Drawing Conclusions and Comparing/Contrasting - The Everglades

Students take notes to determine the most important information given in a video segment and written text. They compare the information and draw written conclusions about the importance of studying the pig frog and the Everglades.

Final Speeches

In this segment from Independent Lens, three candidates for class monitor make a final speech to grab the win.

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Finding Their Voice

African Americans in the 1920's had a new attitude. In this video segment from A Walk Through Harlem, learn about the Harlem Renaissance.

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The Fourteenth Amendment - Part I

This video segment from The Supreme Court introduces viewers to the Fourteenth amendment.

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The Fourteenth Amendment - Part II

In this video segment from The Supreme Court, learn about the 1883 Supreme Court decision that marked the end of federal protections for individuals in states and the beginning of Jim Crow segregation.

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Frankie Quimby of Sapelo Island

In this video segment from EGG: the arts show, resident Frankie Quimby discusses the African slaves' history on Sapelo Island. Singers perform "Swing Low Sweet Chariot."

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The Herding Dogs of the United Kingdom

The border collies of the Lake District are featured in this video segment from Nature.

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