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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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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Identifying Characteristics - Anansi, the Spider

Students identify the specific traits of Anansi, a popular character in African folklore, by completing a character web.

Identifying Different Kinds of Sentences - The Peacock’s Feathers

Using a chart, students identify four sentence types within a short summary.

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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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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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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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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Paraphrasing: Timbuktu

This video segment from Religion and Ethics Newsweekly features the ancient city of Timbuktu, once a thriving center of learning and trade.

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Peacock

This Nature video segment features the beautiful bird known for its iridescent tail, the peacock.

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Perspectives of the Gullah Geechee People - Sapelo Island

Students use information they record on a Speaker Graphic Organizer to write a paragraph about the perspectives of the Gullah Geechee People.

Public Speaking and Persuasion - Improve Your School!

Students will then describe ways in which they would like to improve their school by making an oral presentation to persuade the audience to agree with their ideas. Students are evaluated on their public speaking skills and their ability to be persuasive.

Reporting from Multiple Sources - The Roles of Dogs in Three Societies

Students take notes to organize relevant facts and ideas from three video segments about the roles dogs play in different cultures or societies. They use their notes to write a multi-paragraph essay.

Together

Wynton Marsalis gives a brief history of jazz music and explains “collective improvisation” in this video segment from Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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Use of Symbolism to Convey the Author's Message - The Negro Speaks of Rivers

Students identify and interpret literary devices, symbolism and first-person narration as well as answer critical thinking questions and write a paragraph about a Langston Hughes poem.

Using Descriptive Language - Inventing Your Own Bug!

Students use descriptive language to describe a bug they have invented.

Wild in the City

Learn about how wild parakeets have adapted to city life in this WILD TV video segment.

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Writing a Dialogue - A Jazz Conversation Using Collective Improvisation

Students create an original dialogue between two characters.

Writing an Expository Paragraph Using Time Order - Ndakinna Wilderness Project

Students take notes on a video segment and use time-ordering organizational skills to write a paragraph on camouflaging themselves.

Writing Original Literary Texts - The Cuban Crab Migration

Students create an original poem using similes and metaphors to describe the migration of Cuban land crabs.

Writing Original Literary Texts - The World of Volcanoes

Students will watch a video that shows scientists collecting lava samples from an active volcano. They use similes and metaphors to write an original poem about the segment.