This is a collection of videos lessons, media galleries, and photographs about Pedro E. Guerrero, a Mexican-American Mexican-American Photographer Pedro E. Guerrero famous for his photos of architecture and statues and his works.

This is a collection of two video lessons about Phillip Roth and his works from the PBS American Masters Collection.

This is a collection of 12 videos about Ralph Ellison and his works especially his masterpiece "Invisible Man."

This is a collection of two media galleries about the actor Raul Julia and his works. Teaching materials are provided.

This is a collection of three video lessons about Sammy Davis Jr., comedy, race, segregation in 1960's Hollywood, politics, identity, and The Civil Rights Movement.

In this video [3:06] from the American Masters film Novel Reflections on the American Dream, see the quest for the American dream as depicted in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath." Follow the Joad family as they search for work and humanity in the depths of the Great Depression. Book excerpts paired with photographic reenactments and expert commentary help tell the story. Teaching tips, handouts, and discussion questions are included.

Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin tells the intimate coming-of-age story of the Portland, Oregon, housewife and mother of three who forever transformed American literature by bringing science fiction and fantasy into the literary mainstream. Through her influential work, Le Guin opened doors for generations of younger writers like Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Michael Chabon, and David Mitchell - all of whom appear in the film - to explore fantastic elements in their writing. This collection includes five video lessons.

This is a collection of four video lessons about Willa Cather and her work.

This video [4:32] from the American Masters film Willa Cather: The Road Is All provides an overview of the author's childhood. Born in Virginia, Cather's family moved to Nebraska in the aftermath of the Civil War.

This is a collection of four media galleries of videos about Zora Neale Hurston and her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a series of classroom discussions and journaling activities, that will aid in fostering a strong classroom community. [5:25]

Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a series of classroom discussions and journaling activities, that will aid in fostering a strong classroom community.

Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a series of classroom discussions and journaling activities, that will aid in fostering a strong classroom community.

Bring PBS' American Portrait, a national storytelling project, into your classroom this school-year! Through the use of weekly prompts, and exemplar submissions from across the nation, you and your students will be able to partake in a series of classroom discussions and journaling activities, that will aid in fostering a strong classroom community.

Follow individual trajectories of America's diverse community of veterans as they join the military, experience deployments, and then return and adjust to civilian life. Analyze oral histories that describe the camaraderie of the veteran community, the struggles of engaging in combat, and the experiences -- positive and negative -- of returning to civilian life. Use their personal stories to engage in a discussion of how American veterans are treated by civilians during their service and on returning home from various conflicts. The video resources in this collection are from the four-part documentary American Veteran. This Collection includes: Media Gallery (5), Video (5) for Grades 9-12.

Students will watch three episodes of the UNLADYLIKE2020 series of 26 short films and explore the similarities in issues affecting these women while also identifying the qualities that made them unique. The lessons are about finding common threads between the women, and also between the past and the present. This student-centered lesson follows the '5E' instructional model. Students will explore the lives of these incredible figures through a gallery walk, discuss their findings, research events of the present, and create their own gallery walk to present their research.

This video segment from Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race" tells the story of the leafcutter ant and the fungus it farms -- an example of mutually beneficial symbiosis. [4:59]

Animated video [1:16] and background text for students on the life and presidency of Andrew Jackson. Student handout supports following the video. National Educational Standards listed for teachers.