May 8 | 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.

Friday on KCET

9:00 a.m.

Little Women on Masterpiece Part 3/3 (ELA)

Defying Convention | Little Women - Video and Support Materials
Louisa May Alcott | Transcendentalism - Video and Support Materials
The Transcendentalists: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau | American Masters - Document and Questions

10:00 a.m.

Africa’s Great Civilizations: Cities Part 4/6 (Social Studies)

The Expansion of Islam and Trade in Africa | Africa’s Great Civilizations - Video and Support Materials
Wonders of the African World | Roads of South Africa: Affection for Great Zimbabwe - Webpage

11:00 a.m.

Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (Social Studies)

Virtual Hajj - Interactive Webpage
Of Muslims and Muhammad - Article Essay
Muhammad | Islam: Empire of Faith - Webpage
The Five Pillars of Islam - Lesson Plan

Black and white photo that shows an overview of the Great Mosque. — x Great Mosque of Mecca and Kaaba, 1934. | Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

1:00 p.m.

H2O: The Molecule That Made Us: Crisis Part 3/3 (Science)

Impacts of Water Management | H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Media Gallery and Support Materials
The Impacts of a Megadrought on the Amazon Rainforest | H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Video and Support Materials
Water: The Lifeblood | Water Lubricates Our Economy - Video

2:00 p.m.

NOVA: Why Bridges Collapse (Science)

NOVA scienceNOW: Smart Bridges - Video and Support Materials
The Silver Bridge Tragedy - Video and Transcript
The Bridge Challenge - Interactive and Support Materials

Friday on KLCS

1:00 p.m.

The Amazing Human Body - Survive (Science)

Tuberculosis in America: Antibiotic Treatment of Tuberculosis - Video
Science Trek: Blood - Video and Support Materials
The Nervous System: Crash Course Biology - Video

2:00 p.m.

Shakespeare Uncovered: The Merchant of Venice w/ F. Murray Abraham (ELA)

Acceptance and the Merchant of Venice / Shakespeare Uncovered - Video and Support Materials
The Merchant of Venice: Evaluating Values / Shakespeare in the Schools - Video
Learning Media Lesson for Merchant of Venice - Lesson Plan

A man in a darkened movie theater watches a black and white film featuring Venice. — Actor F. Murray Abraham watches an old film adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." | Still from "Acceptance and the Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare Uncovered" / PBS LearningMedia

3:00 p.m.

Civilizations - Encounters (Social Studies)

The Japanese-Portuguese Encounter | Civilizations - Video and Support Materials
The Benin - Portuguese Encounter - Video and Support Materials
The Spain-Aztec Mexico Encounter | Civilizations - Video and Support Materials

4:00 p.m.

The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience (Social Studies)

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and Resource Materials - Image and Background Reading
The Chinese Exclusion Act - Teacher’s Guide
Before It Embraced Immigrants, California Championed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

02758u_0 — "The Chinese Must Go" (1886) by Shober & Carqueville Lith Co. | Courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. | Library of Congress