April 16 | Programming and Activities | Grades 9–12
Programming Highlights
Prince Among Slaves Thursday at 11:00 a.m. PST on KCET Watch the incredible yet little-known story of a trilingual African prince who was captured and enslaved in the U.S. for 40 years, where he toiled in a Mississippi plantation.
Nova: Polar Extremes Thursday at 12:00 p.m. PST on KCET Uncover the bizarre history of the poles from miles-high ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life and learn why their changes in temperature are so drastic to begin with. You’ll also learn how understanding their history can help us deal with climate change. Tune in or stream.
Amelia Earhart | American Experience Thursday at 4:00 p.m. PST on KLCS
Step into legendary pilot Amelia Earhart’s yellow Kinner Airster biplane and listen to how she became the best-known female flier in America — and then disappeared. Tune in or stream.
At-Home Learning Tips
Embrace Your Culinary Creativity
Spending time in the kitchen is a fun and tasty way to keep in touch. Sure, this can get messy, but the reward is you get to eat whatever your kid makes — and hopefully it will be delicious. Have your kids or their friends choose a recipe each week to make together via video chat. Find some more ideas to help kids stay close to their friends online and offline.
Daily Programming
Thursday on KCET
| 9:00 a.m. | Masterpiece: Howard’s End Part 2 (British Literature) |
| 10:00 a.m. | Africa’s Greatest Civilizations: Commerce (World History) The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 - Background Reading |
| 11:00 a.m. | Prince Among Slaves (US History) Primary Source Set: The Transatlantic Slave Trade - Interactive |
| 12:00 p.m. | Nova: Polar Extremes (Science) Observing Antarctica - Interactive |
| 2:00 p.m. | Nova: First Horse Warriors (Science) Maintaining Traditions: The Blackfoot Confederacy and Their Horses - Discussion Questions |
Thursday on PBS SoCal
| 1:00 p.m. | The Woman in White: Part 4 (British Lit) |
| 2:00 p.m. | The Story of China with Michael Wood: Ancestors and Silk Roads and China Ships (World History) Confucius - Discussion Question |
| 4:00 p.m. | American Experience: Amelia Earhart (US History) Amelia Earhart: American Icons - Video |
| 5:00 p.m. | American Experience: Space Men (US History) Evolution of High Altitude Exploration - Images |
Additional Resources
Primary Source Set: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Explore the Transatlantic Slave Trade while developing critical thinking skills with diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States.
The White Darkness
“The man felt like a speck in the frozen nothingness. Every direction he turned, he could see ice stretching to the edge of the Earth: white ice and blue ice, glacial-ice tongues and ice wedges. There were no living creatures in sight. Not a bear or even a bird. Nothing but him.” Keep exploring the Arctic as you read David Grann’s incredible retelling of the story of polar explorers and adventurers Ernest Shackleton and Henry Worsley and their daring trips across Antarctica.
Observing Antarctica – Interactive
View Antarctica in unsurpassed detail using a compilation of high-resolution images called the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA). Students can choose to investigate Antarctica’s moving ice; get closeup views of icebergs, snow dunes, and other land and seascape features; learn how cracks in a glacier can be used to gauge its speed; see how ridges and troughs in the ice help scientists determine glacier flow patterns; and take a flying tour of the area surrounding McMurdo Station, a scientific research center operated by the United States.
Hollywood and the Making of Aviation Celebrities
See how the the burgeoning aviation industry co-mingled with the Hollywood machine to create aviation celebrities like Amelia Earhart.
Soaring into Herstory: The Women's Air Derby of 1929
Witness the first Intercontinental Woman’s Air Derby of 1929 in Santa Monica, where twenty daring female aviators signed up to participate in the 2,759-mile course to the finish line in Cleveland, Ohio.
Meet the Daring Women of Color Who Beat Bigotry in Aviation
Meet Bessie Coleman who, despite gender and racial discrimination, blazed the trail for many future female aviators.
A Woman's Place is in Space: Meet Eight Asian American Women Reaching for the Stars
There have been numerous women on the ground who have made NASA's journeys possible. Get to know a few women are just a fraction of the Asian Americans whose remarkable work continues to impact the investigation of worlds beyond our own.
