Ken

This video segment from Wide Angle features Ken, a third grade student in Japan.

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Ancestors Talk Through Drums

In this segment from EGG:the arts show, meet Camilo Gaetan who is becoming a master drummer.

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Animal Shelter Photographer

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

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Backyard Bugs

This video segment from Wild TV takes a closer look at backyard bugs, their habitat and characteristics.

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Bamboo Mountain

In this video segment from Nature, researchers study pandas in an effort to halt their decline in population.

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Bee-ing in a Swarm

Learn about bees, their habitat and how to interact with a swarm in this Wild TV video segment.

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Bees

In this video segment from WILD TV, learn about bees and the different techniques for handling them.  

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Ben Hall of Sapelo Island

In this video segment from EGG: the arts show, Sapelo Island resident Ben Hall guides viewers through an introduction to Sapelo Island which is inhabited by the descendants of African slaves.

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The Book

In this video segment from Jakers! Abuelita describes her life as a migrant worker.

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Busterfield Library A-Z

This video segment from Between the Lions uses an alphabet song to review the ABCs, matching each letter with the name of a character from the show.

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Cancer - A New Treatment

In this segment from Curious, Mark Davis is motivated to develop a new, less debilitating treatment for his wife's cancer.

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Cats

In this video segment from Nature, learn about cats and consider the possibility that the cat may become the number one choice of pet owners.  

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Cats - Yesterday and Today

In this video segment from Nature, discover the various roles the cat has played in our history.

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Chalk Sculpture

In this video segment from Art in the 21st Century: Paradox, two artists create a public art piece using giant pieces of chalk.

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City Horses Part I

Carolyne DeGrammont of the Cedar Lane Stables in Queens, NY talks about why she enjoys horses in this video segment from Wild TV.

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City Horses Part II

In this video segment from Wild TV, riders discuss the benefits of coming to the Cedar Lane Stables in New York City.

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City Parrots

In this video segment from WILD TV, learn about wild parrots that breed and nest in Brooklyn.

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City Pigeons

Learn about the history of pigeons in this video segment from WILD TV.  

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The Civil War Era: Words Like Freedom

Dhana Bradley Donaldson and Priscilla Hancock Cooper present a “poetic concert” featuring “Ain’t I a Woman?” the famous speech made by abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth; “Alabama Centennial,” a poem about the Civil Rights movement by Naomi Long Madgett; and Nikki Giovanni’s self-love poem, “Ego Tripping.”

Cloud

A round up of wild horses proves too strenuous for a young colt in this video segment from Nature.

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Cloud - Age Four

In this video segment from Nature, experience the environment of Cloud, a four-year old horse living in the wild.

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Cloud - Age Two

In this video segment from Nature, Cloud, a two-year-old horse, interacts with his family in the wild.

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Cloud - Foal

In this video segment from Nature, experience life in the wild for Cloud, a newborn colt.

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Collective Improvisation

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

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Colonial House

In this segment from Colonial House, Colonists and the Passamaquoddy people encounter each other for the first time.

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Colony Collapse Disorder

In this video segment from Nature, scientists work to discover why bees are disappearing.

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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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A Community of People Now

In this video segment from the documentary American Masters: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man, Bill T. Jones struggles to find meaning and relevancy for the life of Abraham Lincoln in today’s social and political landscape.

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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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Dance Theatre of Harlem

Learn about the Dance Theatre of Harlem is this segment from A Walk Through Harlem.

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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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A Decision is Made

In this video segment from Africa, Flora explains why she is content to return to the bush.

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Desert Elephants

In this video from Nature, observe elephants trek across the desert to an isolated waterhole.

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A Different Kind of Fuel

In this segment from Curious, learn about creating energy from solar rays to meet the growing energy needs of the world.

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Disappearance of the Bees - What's the Impact?

The disappearance of bees will have tremendous impact upon the way we live according to scientists in this segment from Nature. 

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DNA Barcode Library

Botanists and biologists work to create a DNA barcode library for plant life in this video segment from New York Voices.

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Documenting Change

In this video segment from New York Voices, botanists study plants to inform agriculture and climate change.

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The Dogon and the Dama

n this video segment from Africa, learn about the Dama, a rare event and rite of passage for the Dogon in Mali.

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Domesticated Pigeons

This video segment from WILD TV features a man who raises pigeons as a hobby.

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The Double V

In this video segment from Soldiers Without Swords, learn about the "Double V" campaign launched by the black press during World War II to empower African-Americans at home and abroad on the war front.

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Everglades

In this video segment from WILD TV, a scientist in the Florida Everglades talks about her research on the pig frog.

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Explorers of Yesterday and Today

Explorer Tom Murphy braves a ground blizzard during a winter night in Yellowstone as seen in this video segment from Nature.

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A Fellow Named Sig

This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated limerick, which exemplifies the kind of wordplay that prepares children for early reading and spelling.

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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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Fire Cloud

Firefighters fight a raging fire on a wild horse range in Montana in this video segment from Nature.

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Flora's Background and Motivation

Learn about what motivated Flora, a woman from the city, to move to the African bush in this video segment from Africa.

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Forest Elephants

Although the rainforest is a demanding environment for a cameraman, photographer Martyn Colbeck manages to capture a glimpse of forest elephants in the Congo in this video segment from Nature.

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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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Fred Says: rocket

This video segment from Between the Lions shows the practice of sounding out the word "rocket" part by part, blending sounds together to form a word.

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A Garden Grows in Brooklyn

Visit a garden in Brooklyn and learn how it brings a community closer together in this WILD TV video segment.

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Garden Spiders

In this video segment from Garden Insects, learn about six varieties of spiders that live in one garden.

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Gawain’s Word: box

This video segment from Between the Lions features the Knights of Blending Fields demonstrating an important element of phonemic awareness: blending word parts to make a word.

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Getting an Education

This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D.

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Gorillas

Learn about the lives of gorillas born in captivity in this video segment from Nature.

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Grassland Elephants

This video segment from Nature features a greeting ceremony by grassland elephants in Kenya.

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Gullah Music

In this video segment from EGG: the arts show, visit Sapelo Island, an island in Georgia inhabited by descendants of African slaves.

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A Hard and Lonely Life

In this video segment from Africa, Flora describes her life in the African bush of Tanzania.

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Hard "c" Words

This video segment from Between the Lions uses an animated road sign to illustrate and spell familiar words that begin with the /k/ sound that the letter "c" makes.

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The Healing Totem

In this video segment from New York Voices, Native-Americans make a gift of a commemorative totem pole for the September 11th tragedy.

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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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Heroes

This video segment from Jakers! is about Ping, a young hero who proves himself worthy to be the emperor of China.

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Historic Relationships Between Dogs and Humans

In this video segment from Nature, learn the history of the world’s first domesticated animal, the dog.

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Hop ‘Til You Drop

This video segment from Between the Lions uses a cheer—"Hop 'Til You Drop"—to build letter knowledge, and to demonstrate how movement and letter chanting can illustrate the words being spelled.

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The Hunting Dogs of Papua New Guinea

Learn about the role of dogs in the culture of Papua New Guinea in this video segment from Nature.

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India - Neeraj

In this Wide Angle video segment, a young Indian girl talks about her life, family, education and daily routine.

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The Injured Otter

A young, injured otter must find his way during the winter in Yellowstone National Park in this segment from Nature.

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Introduction to the Smoking Section

In this video segment from New York Voices, two people talk about their addiction to smoking.

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The Invasion of the Modern World

Loggers steal trees from the rainforest of Cameroon, one of Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, in this video segment from Africa.

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Is This a Map of the Underground Railroad?

In this segment from History Detectives, Anne Zorela, a map collector, believes she's found a map that outlines the routes of the Underground Railroad.

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Jamaica Bay Introduction

In this video segment from WILD TV, learn about the field study of scientists observing raccoons and terrapins in Jamaica Bay.

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Jane Jacobs

Learn about Jane Jacobs, an activist who worked to save the neighborhoods of New York City in this video segment from New York Voices.

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Jarrod Studies Birds

In this video segment from WILD TV, an ornithologist describes his job.

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The Journey of the Jewish Americans

This segment from The Jewish Americans shows how in the 19th century Jews and other groups were sometimes not welcomed when they immigrated to the United States.

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Kids Care

In this video segment from Zoom, students in the Kids Care Club prepare “Bags of Love” for mothers and children.

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A Language Immersion Story

This video from Media That Matters: Immersion tells the fictional story of Moises, a young immigrant to the United States with limited English, as he struggles to do well in school.

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Lions Laughing

This video segment from Between the Lions uses a line of laughing Lions to help build vocabulary and illustrate the meaning of words that typically challenge young children.

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Little Big Mouse

This video segment from Between the Lions features Aesop's fable, The Lion and the Mouse, and illustrates how children can learn by talking about a book as it is read aloud.

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A Look at a Japanese Classroom

In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about education in Japan by watching Ken, a first-grader, attend school.

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A Look at a Kenyan Classroom

In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about education in Kenya by visiting the first-grade classroom of Joab, a young Kenyan boy.

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Look It Up

This video segment from Between the Lions features a catchy song that celebrates an important function of literacy: access to information. It also shows the wide world of print, and all of the knowledge that can be gained from it.

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Manatees

In this video segment from Nature, a veterinarian talks about the Florida manatee, an endangered species.

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Maui and the Creation of the Islands

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays a dramatic telling of the story, "Maui and the Creation of the Islands."

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Maya Lin

This video segment from New York Voices features Chinese American architect Maya Lin.

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Miss Navajo

To win the competition, Miss Navajo Nation must know and speak the Navajo language in this segment from Independent Lens.

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Moths

Scientists conduct an experiment to learn about moths' attraction to light in this video segment from WILD TV.

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Musical Conversations

In this video segment from Jazz at Lincoln Center, musicians create two different musical conversations.

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Nanavi

In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about Nanavi's home and school in Benin, Africa.

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Nanavi 2003

In this video segment from Wide Angle, meet Nanavi, a young girl in Benin who has a rare opportunity to go to school.

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Nanavi 2006

This Wide Angle video segment features Nanavi, a 12-year old girl who struggles to stay in school.

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Ndakinna Wilderness Project

In this video segment from WILD TV, a guide describes how to camouflage a person’s body to avoid being detected in the wilderness.

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Ndakinna Wilderness Project

In this video segment from WILD TV, a guide describes how to camouflage a person’s body to avoid being detected in the wilderness.

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Neeraj

In this video segment from Wide Angle, learn about Neeraj's home and school in India. 

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The Negro Speaks of Rivers

This video segment from A Walk Through Harlem features the poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes.

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The New Negro

Learn about some of the people who contributed to the Harlem Renaissance in this video from A Walk Through Harlem.

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New Orleans Jazz

In this video segment from Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis and his band play “St. Louis Blues.”

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Oh, Yes, It Can!

This video segment from Between the Lions features an African tale full of surprises and new words. Master storyteller Karen Kandel models the power of storytelling, the mesmerizing effects of language, and how stories can help build vocabulary and background knowledge.

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Ol' Bill

Grandma Alice talks about 'Ol Bill, the mule, in this video segment from Jakers!

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