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.
Hispanic Heritage Awards image
airs Sept. 29

Hispanic Heritage Awards

Tito Munoz conducting the Phoenix Symphony
airs Sept. 25

Opening Night: A Romantic Evening

A ferris wheel at a state fair in the evening

See Fairytales on Ice: Beauty and the Beast at the Arizona State Fair

A green monster with a goofy grin holds a large toothbrush. Text: HealthySmileLearning.org Video Contest: How does your favorite monster brush its teeth?
Oct. 8

Digital Video Contest 2023

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