May 29 | Grades 9–12

Friday on Arizona PBS

11:30 a.m. Polio Crusade: American Experience (US History)

Isabel Morgan – Article

The Polio Crusade / Primary Source – Teacher’s Resource

NOVA: Vaccines – Calling the Shots / Immunity & Vaccines – Video and Support Materials


12:30 p.m. Little Women Pt. 3/3 (American Literature)

Defying Convention / Little Women – Video and Support Materials 

Louisa May Alcott / Transcendentalism – Video and Support Materials

American Masters / The Transcendentalists: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau – Activity


1:30 p.m. Secrets of the Dead: Teotihuacan’s Lost Tomb (World History)

The Teotihuacan Fire Ceremony / Native America – Video and Support Materials

The Sun Ceremonies of Teotihuacan / Native America: Cities in the Sky – Video and Support Materials

Teotihuacan's Sun Pyramid under a starry sky
Teotihuacan’s Sun Pyramid. | Still from “The Sun Ceremonies of Teotihuacan | Native America: Cities in the Sky”

2:30 p.m. Latino Americans: War and Peace (US History)

Primary Source Set: Mexican Labor and World War II: The Bracero Program – Webpage

It Was My Duty to Serve / On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam – Video and Support Materials

LA Walkouts – Video

Rita Moreno & West Side Story – Video

A photo of braceros sitting on the back of a flatbed truck holding hoes, 1942.
A photo of braceros sitting on the back of a flatbed truck holding hoes, 1942. | Higgins, Floyd Halleck/Digital Public Library of America/PBS LearningMedia

3:30 p.m. Latino Americans: The New Latinos (US History)

Digging at the Roots of Your Family Tree – Lesson Plan

Stories of Arrival – Lesson Plan

SPOTLIGHT

Be a restaurant reviewer on a special ‘Check, Please! Arizona’ episode

Arizona PBS nominated for two 2026 NETA Public Media Awards

Watch ‘Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien’

The latest shows leaving Arizona PBS Passport in September

Subscribe to Arizona PBS Newsletters