Making Predictions - The Injured Otter

Students watch a video segment that shows a young injured otter’s attempts to locate his missing family. Then they predict what happens next and then write a narrative account of these events from three possible points of view: the injured otter, the filmmaker or an animal behaviorist.

Migrant Mother: Documenting American Life in the 1930s Through Photography

In this lesson students are introduced to Dorothea Lange and learn how she used documentary photography to illustrate the social and economic conditions facing Americans during the Great Depression.

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 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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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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Newton's Third Law: Action–Reaction

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, an early astronaut's experiences teach students that Newton's third law of motion—for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction—applies both on Earth and in outer space.

Nutrition: What Your Body Needs

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine the nutritional content of different foods and learn about the health benefits and risks associated with the food choices they make.

Ol' Bill

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

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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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Personification: Cowbirds

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore personification as a literary device through the story of the cowbird, which is portrayed as "evil" in a documentary video.

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.

Pigs as Pets

In this video segment from Nature, animal lovers talk about their experiences having pigs as pets.

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Point of View - Sharing a Perspective on Music

Students share their opinions on music and write two critiques of a band playing the “St. Louis Blues,” one from their own point of view and one from that of a music critic. They reflect upon how their point of view influenced their opinion.

Point of View - Rhinoceros

Students write a journal entry in which they imagine themselves as the rhinoceros and describe its journey to a new preserve.

Powering Your Body with Exercise

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the positive effects that exercise has on the body and some activities they can do to improve their health.