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May 12 | 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.

Tuesday on KCET

9:00 a.m.

Howard’s End on Masterpiece Part 2 of 4 (5010) (British Lit)

Literary Elements and Techniques | Theme - Video


10:00 a.m.

Africa’s Great Civilizations: Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations Part 6 of 6 (106-end) (World History)

The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 | Africa’s Great Civilizations - Video and Support Materials Scramble For Africa | Teaching with Primary Sources - Media Gallery and Support Materials

Black and white overhead view of a house made of wood with a wraparound terrace.
This photograph shows a missionary’s house in the Congo. Christian missionaries played a large role in spreading European control over Africa. | George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress/PBS LearningMedia


11:00 a.m.

Mine Wars: American Experience (2802) (US History)

Mines, Miners, and Labor | Sifting through Blair Mountain’s Past - Video and Support Materials The Mine Wars: Who Worked in the West Virginia Coal Mines? - Video and Support Materials When Miners Strike: West Virginia Coal Mining and Labor History - Primary Source Set from the Digital Public Library of America Teacher Resources from West Virginia Mine Wars Museum - Webpage


1:00 p.m.

Animal Babies: First Year on Earth: Testing Limits Part 2 of 3 (102) (Nature)

Orangutans: Mother Knows Best - Video and Support Materials Fox Group Behavior: Learning to Forage and Hunt - Video and Support Materials

A fox pup licks its mother.
A fox pup licks its mother. | Still from "Fox Group Behavior: Learning to Forage and Hunt" / PBS LearningMedia


2:00 p.m.

NOVA: Inside Animal Minds: Dogs & Super Senses Part 2 of 3 (4109) (Science)

Sniffing Out Dogs’ Senses - Video and Support Materials How Dolphins Echolocate and Imitate - Video and Support Materials

Tuesday on KLCS

1:00 p.m.

Big Pacific: Mysterious (Science)

Rendezvous with Horseshoe Crabs - Video and Support Materials A Pufferfish’s Masterpiece - Video NOVA: Creatures of Light - Article Sea Turtle Arribada - Video The Arribada Experience - Video


2:00 p.m.

Shakespeare Uncovered: Julius Caesar with Brian Cox (World Literature)

Shakespeare Uncovered: Julius Caesar, Rhetoric, and Relevance - Video and Support Materials Conversations in Literature - Support Materials Conversations in Literature - Character Development


3:00 p.m.

Civilizations - Paradise on Earth (World History)

Yosemite National Park: Ansel Adams - Image Landscape Photography - Video and Support Materials Asian Brush Painter Yudong Shen - Video and Support Materials An Endless Tradition - Reading Landscape with a Footbridge, c.1518-20 Staying in the Moment: Capturing my Vision of Nature - Article An Ancient Chinese Poet, facsimile of an original Chinese scroll - Image

Scroll with two men in traditional Chinese clothing.
An Ancient Chinese Poet, facsimile of original Chinese scroll. Medium: colored engraving. | Provenance: Private Collection / The Bridgeman Art Library/PBS LearningMedia | www.bridgemanart.com


4:00 p.m.

Asian Americans: Breaking Ground/A Quest of Loyalty (US History)

Transcontinental Railroad Recruits Chinese Laborers - Video and Support Materials Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) - Image and Support Materials Injustice at Home: The Japanese-American Experience of the World War II Era - Video and Support Materials You Decide: Japanese American Internment? - Interactive and Support Materials PBS NewsHour: Remembering Japanese Internment, 75 Years Later - Video and Support Materials Internment of Japanese Americans in the Inland Northwest: Robert Ohashi - Video and Support Materials

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