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April 2 | Programming and Activities | Grades 9–12

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At-Home Learning: PBS SoCal and KCET, in partnership with LAUSD and in collaboration with California PBS stations, are offering broadcast programming with digital resources that adhere to California’s state curriculum. Download this week's schedule.

 

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Programming Highlights

The Polio Crusade | American Experience
Thursday at 12:00 p.m. PST on KCET
Learn about how a mysterious disease — not influenza, that’s another show — paralyzed 1950s America, forcing frightened people indoors until a genius scientist solved the mystery.

The Polio Crusade Preview

Great Yellowstone Thaw: Episode 2 Thursday at 1:00 p.m. PST on KCET
Spring is here, but that doesn’t mean the weather makes things easier for wildlife families because once the mercury rises, massive torrents of water cascade down the mountain. Watch to see how animals adapt.

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A herd of bison grazes in Yellowstone National Park. | Still from "Great Yellowstone Thaw" Episode 2 Preview.

Shakespeare's Tomb Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. PST on KLCS
The inscription on William Shakespeare’s grave makes it clear that he didn’t want to be disturbed. Why? In the first archeological investigation of his grave, scientists will do just that to find out.

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Shakespeare's tomb reads: "Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones." | Still from "Shakespeare's Tomb."

 

At-Home Learning Tips

Make the Days Special
Every child’s learning style is different, and as you find your new “normal” at home, you may see that structured schedules are not for everyone. Instead, try making a calendar with at least one new event listed on each day. Calendars teach important math skills like measuring time in different units such as days, weeks and months. Seeing what is coming up in the week may help restless kids have something to look forward to. Find more tips to make each day a little special.

 

Daily Programming

Thursday on KCET

9:00 a.m.

Masterpiece: Les Miserables Part 3

Valjean’s Confessionl - Teaching Tips


10:00 a.m.

Masterpiece: Les Miserables Part 4

Why Did They Make Me Read This in High School? - Video


11:00 a.m.

American Experience: Influenza 1918

A Letter From Camp Devins, MA - Document


12:00 p.m.

American Experience: The Polio Crusade

Biography: Isabel Morgan - Article
Primary Source - Lesson Plan


1:00 p.m.

Great Yellowstone Thaw Part 2

Career Connection: Hydrologist - Video
Night of the Grizzlys - Video


2:00 p.m.

Nova: Why Sharks Attack

Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial- Video
Shark Biology - Video

 

Thursday on KLCS

2:00  p.m.

Shakespeare Uncovered: Richard III

Talking to Myself - Lesson Plan
All the Globe's A Stage - Lesson Plan


3:00 p.m.

Shakespeare’s Tomb

Shakespeare: The Intersection of Art and Life - Interactive


4:00 p.m.

Chasing the Moon: Part 3

The Road to Apollo - Interactive
Moonwalk - Video

 

Additional Resources

Five Traditional Plant Medicines and How They Might Work
Did you know that Native people have found treatments for many common pathogens including the polio virus in the plants with which they share the landscape? Find out what other plants Native people use to cure ailments.

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reosote in bloom | Col Ford and Natasha de Vere, some rights reserved

The Birth of California’s State Park System Read to find out what convinced politicians that people needed space to "be held for public use, resort, and recreation." Hint: It involves some very famous trees.

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Photographer Charles Weed made this stereogram in 1864, the same year Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees became California’s (and the nation’s) first state park. | California State Library

45 Everyday Phrases Coined By Shakespeare As good luck would have it, it is said that Shakespeare was born in April, so there's no better time to get creative and use some of his most famous phrases to make us as merry as the day is long.

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Join Our Virtual Story Time of 'The Animals Would Not Sleep!'

Practice early math skills, like sorting, with this fun, interactive virtual readaloud and workshop!

Hora de Cuentos Virtual de ¡Los animales no se dormían!

¡Practiquen habilidades de matemáticas tempranas, como agrupar y clasificar, en esta hora de cuentos y taller virtual interactivo!
From left: A woman, toddler boy, young girl and a man engage with a tabletop building block activity at an outdoor education event.

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