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A Cold Reception: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in the United States: Lesson Activities

Feb 3rd, 2010

I Dream of Genome: Lesson Activities

Feb 3rd, 2010

Exploring the Past: Lesson Activities

Jan 13th, 2010

Exploring the Past: Lesson Overview

This hands-on, media-enhanced lesson will challenge students to gather clues about the past through photographs, drawings and other primary source materials. For grades 2-4.

Jan 13th, 2010

I Dream of Genome: Lesson Overview

This lesson explores the various types of genetic information contained in the human genome. For grades 9-12.

Jan 10th, 2010

About the Program

What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the new PBS series Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Harvard scholar turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans — professor and poet Elizabeth Alexander, chef Mario Batali, comedian Stephen Colbert, novelist Louise Erdrich, journalist Malcolm Gladwell, actress Eva Longoria, musician Yo-Yo Ma, director Mike Nichols, Her Majesty Queen Noor, television host/heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, actress Meryl Streep, and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi.

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