1.0Faces of Americahttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamericaWebmasterhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/author/wayne-taylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="izbtJ338P6"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/for-educators/lesson-overview-2/36/">Exploring the Past: Lesson Overview</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/for-educators/lesson-overview-2/36/embed/#?secret=izbtJ338P6" width="600" height="338" title="“Exploring the Past: Lesson Overview” — Faces of America" data-secret="izbtJ338P6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> (Click here for a printer-friendly version of this lesson.) GRADE LEVEL Grades 2-4 TIME ALLOTMENT Two 45-minute class periods OVERVIEW In the 2010 series FACES OF AMERICA, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. provides celebrity guests with information about their ancestry, based on documents, photographs and other materials from the past. This hands-on, media-enhanced lesson will […]