In this 3:24 minute video clip from The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, students will learn how Ho Chi Minh and President Kennedy had conflicting visions over how to govern Vietnam.

In this video clip from "The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick," students will learn how Ho Chi Minh and President Kennedy had conflicting visions over how to govern Vietnam.

This lesson features the infographic about Connecting Syria's Allies and enemies by Al Jazeera to help students understand the complex relationships between the countries who either support or do not support military intervention in Syria as a response to the use of chemical weapons.

Welcome to "Conquistadors," an Online Learning Adventure from PBS. This innovative educational resource has been created for middle and high school classrooms to learn about the Spanish Conquistadors in the New World and the legacy of their contact with Native Americans. There are extensive lesson plans for teachers and in-depth online content for students available in both English and Spanish. *Four units of study can be found on site--each relating to a different aspect of the Spanish Conquistadors in the New World. 1. Cortes and the Aztecs 2. Pizarro and the Incas 3.Orellana and the Amazon 4. Cabeza de Vaca

Through this writing activity students will explore how Aaron Copland uses music to convey a sense of landscape and time.

In this lesson students explore counting through the concept of place value in our base-10 numeration system. They practice grouping in groups of ten and groups of ten tens.

In this video clip that corresponds to the activity Chicken Feed, Ramone and Peg sing a song about counting by 10's while they save the chickens from Big Mouth. The attached activity includes a movement game of counting.

In this lesson students are introduced to place value into the 10,000s through the use of an abacus. They practice writing and recognizing large numbers.

In this lesson students practice fractions by sharing certain numbers of objects among different numbers of people. They begin with unit fractions and move to sharing multiple objects among multiple people, in which a < b, and to produce fractions less than one.

In this lesson, students will discuss the pro's and con's of prenatal genetic testing. Then students will research a particular genetic disorder and create a pamphlet about the disorder from the point of view of a genetic counselor.

This media gallery explores the inspiration for and reception of The Crucible during the Hollywood Blacklist with videos from the PBS American Masters film, None Without Sin. The videos and support materials are best used during or after a reading of The Crucible. Using video, text, graphic organizers and text-dependent discussion questions, students will better understand the symbolism of The Crucible and why Arthur Miller was compelled to write the play.

In this lesson, students watch videos about self-acceptance and forgiveness and then explore how these qualities relate to leadership potential.

Students help Curious George make museum displays by picking the number of items that are neeed to make 10.

This is an interactive resource that show the parts of the heart, how the heart works, and offers many facts about the heart.

Students will view a film clip from PBS NewsHour and participate in discussion questions over how the debate over DACA gives students and teachers an opportunity to engage civically.

Working in small groups, students will work produce sections of an historical newspaper or journal for publication in democratic Athens. Using the resources of this Web site (as well as books and other resources listed in the Research Links & Resources Page) pick an approximate date and research stories for your newspaper. This section has been tailored for a newspaper about Athens during the time of Pericles, because of the greater amount of information available for that period. However, with some adaptation and additional research it would be possible to compile newspapers for early or later periods.

In this resource, PBS NewsHour Extra helps teachers and students identify the who, what, when, where and why-it-matters of major national and international news stories. The Daily News Story takes the best of the PBS NewsHour news program and pairs it with discussion questions, CCSS lesson plans and stories developed specifically for students.

In this media gallery, a series of videos examines the mathematical concepts of mean, median, mode, and range. The accompanying classroom activity asks students to build on what they’ve learned by playing a game called "Sure Shots." In this game, students are directed to find out how many attempts it takes, on average, to get a pom-pom into a can. Students make a series of attempts and collect the data. Then, after a group discussion, they take the data and determine the mean, median, mode, or range

Students will be given a list of dating violence information Web sites and a blank "Dating Violence Crossword." They are to complete the crossword by finding the answers within the various Web sites, then use their new undestanding to plan a schoolwide Dating Violence Awareness campaign.

Students are first introduced to the key concepts surrounding teen dating violence. Their challenge will be to design and publish a Web site for other teens to find information on the subject. The class can be divided into teams, with each team being responsible for a section of the Web site.