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PBS & Local Public Television Stations Across The Country Kick Off Events Celebrating Innovative Children’s Literacy Campaign: PBS Kids Share A Story

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 7, 2003 — Initiating the next phase in one of the largest projects PBS has ever mounted in its 34-year history, beginning Mother’s Day weekend and continuing through Father’s Day, more than 100 local public television stations across the country will hold events celebrating a groundbreaking children’s literacy drive called PBS KIDS […]

NDEPENDENT LENS Profiles Inspirational Female Surfing Legend Rell Sunn

HEART OF THE SEA is a portrait of Rell “Kapolioka’ehukai” Sunn, a pioneer of women’s professional surfing who died of breast cancer at the age of 47. At home in Hawaii, Rell achieved the stature of an icon—not only for her physical power and grace, but for her leadership in a community that loved her […]

“The Influences of Art on Yellowstone”

The spectacular waterfalls, geysers, rock formations, & vistas in these works helped spread an appreciation of the wonders of Yellowstone. When President Grant signed into law the bill establishing Yellowstone as our first national park in 1872, he set in motion the tradition of preserving other tracts of great beauty for future generations. (NPS) Access […]

“Piers Plowman Electronic Archive”

The poem was reproduced by scribes & early editors, & the surviving 54 manuscripts are full of errors — some the result of incompetence, others the product of sophisticated re-writing. This electronic edition differs from most printed editions in that it does not suppress editorial disagreement among the manuscripts. It embraces the provisional nature of […]

Globetrotting on a copper thread

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sat at his incomprehensibly modern device in Washington, D.C., and sent the first official telegraph message: “What hath God wrought!” Read the Book Review

“What Is Jazz?”

Taylor –a noted jazz pianist, historian, & educator — discusses jazz from its roots in the African-American slavery experience, through the early days of ragtime, & onward through swing, bop, & progressive jazz. Excerpts can be sorted by artist or jazz style. They’re organized around questions, such as: Where was jazz born? How did swing […]

Learning Technology: Volume 5 Issue 2, April 2003

From the editor .. 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2003) 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education (WMTE 2003) Global Public & Private Partnership Platform for Mobile Learning Technologies Evaluating the effectiveness of using a wirelessly connected PDA to deliver the functionality of a VLE – A […]

The League of Nations Photo Archive

In 1957, the Archives of the League of Nations was created. The Archives includes official records as well as portraits, paintings, caricatures, original artworks and unique objects d’art. In June of 2000, Jian Liu, Kris Bell, and Robert Goehlert went to the League of Nations Archives for two weeks to start a digital library project […]

INDEPENDENT LENS Unravels Courage and Friendship Forged Between Women of the French Resistance

ITVS and PBS present Maia Wechsler’s SISTERS IN RESISTANCE and companion Web site at www.pbs.org/sistersinresistance. SISTERS IN RESISTANCE chronicles the heroism and lifelong friendships of four young non-Jewish women who were imprisoned in concentration camps during World War II for their resistance to the Nazi occupation of France. SISTERS IN RESISTANCE airs on INDEPENDENT LENS […]

“Drop Me Off in Harlem”

Students can hear Langston Hughes read his poems, listen to Duke Ellington direct his orchestra, or watch “Shorty” George Snowden dance the Lindy Hop. An interactive map displays important cultural, social, & political establishments. Lesson ideas & learning activities facilitate an arts-integrated approach to the study of key works & themes that emerged. (KC) Access […]