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May 15 | Grades 9–12

Friday on Arizona PBS

11:30 a.m. The Amazing Human Body – Survive

Tuberculosis in America: Antibiotic Treatment of Tuberculosis – Video
Science Trek: Blood – Video and Support Materials 
The Nervous System: Crash Course Biology – Video


12:30 p.m. Shakespeare Uncovered: The Merchant of Venice w/ F. Murray Abraham

Acceptance and the Merchant of Venice / Shakespeare Uncovered – Video and Support Materials
The Merchant of Venice: Evaluating Values / Shakespeare in the Schools – Video 
Learning Media Lesson for Merchant of Venice – Lesson Plan

A man in a darkened movie theater watches a black and white film featuring Venice.
Actor F. Murray Abraham watches an old film adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” | Still from “Acceptance and the Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare Uncovered” / PBS LearningMedia

1:30 p.m. Civilizations – Encounters

The Japanese-Portuguese Encounter | Civilizations – Video and Support Materials
The Benin – Portuguese Encounter – Video and Support Materials
The Spain-Aztec Mexico Encounter | Civilizations – Video and Support Materials


2:30 p.m. The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and Resource Materials – Image and Background Reading
The Chinese Exclusion Act – Teacher’s Guide
Before It Embraced Immigrants, California Championed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Advertisement featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam kicking a Chinese man.
“The Chinese Must Go” (1886) by Shober & Carqueville Lith Co. | Courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Mark Tarbell and Kristen Keogh with text reading: Go See AZ
airs Feb. 5

‘Check Please, Arizona!’ and ‘Trail Mix’d’ return Feb. 5

A photo of Phoenix with text reading: What city is the heart of America?
aired Jan. 30

What City Feels Like the Heart of America?

Miles O’Brien, Independent Journalists and Filmmaker, Mobias Media
aired Jan. 22

Miles O’Brien on Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ and threat to sea levels

Fountain Hills with text reading: Food Festival Saturday, April 11, 2026, Fountain Hills, Arizona
April 11

Join us for the We-Ko-Pa ‘Check, Please! Arizona’ Food Festival

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