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May 7 | Grades 9–12

Thursday on Arizona PBS

11:30 a.m.	Genius by Stephen Hawking: Are We Alone? Pt. 2/6 (102) NOVA scienceNOW: Hunt for Alien Earths \| Detecting Life on Other Planets – Video and Support Materials Are We Alone? Ch. 2: The Wink Method – Video

12:30 p.m.	The Great American Read: Villains & Monsters (105) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Video and Support Materials Frankenstein: Analyzing Creative Works of Fiction – Lesson Plan Gilead: Symbol or Current State – Interactive Webpage Iago – The Ultimate Villain – Media Gallery and Support Materials And Then There Were None – Video and Support Materials Still from “Frankenstein \| The Great American Read” \| PBS LearningMedia

1:30 p.m.	Maya Angelou: American Masters (3002) The Poetry of Maya Angelou – Lesson Plan Discovering Your Voice Through Poetry Lesson Plan – Document and Support Materials Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise \| The Power of Words – Media Gallery and Support Materials Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise \| Maya Angelou and the 1993 Inaugural Poem: “On the Pulse of Morning – Video and Support Materials “On the Pulse of Morning” Full Poem – Document Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise \| “Caged Bird” – Video and Support Materials

3:30 p.m.	Influenza 1918: American Experience (1005) A Letter from Camp Devens – Article Medical Investigations of Influenza – Image Gallery The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and COVID-19 Your Immune System: Natural Born Killer \| Crash Course Biology – Video

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The Story of the O’odham Revolt, Told Through Oral History

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The cast of Downton Abbey in Character

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