June 17 | Grades 9–12

Wednesday on Arizona PBS

11:30 a.m. A More or Less Perfect Union, A Personal Exploration by Judge Douglas Ginsburg – Our Constitution At Risk (Government)

Affirmative Action – Video
Eugene Debs – Article
Supreme Court – Discussion Guide
Slavery by Another Name: Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson – Article and Video
Plessy v. Ferguson – Article
Brown v. Board of Education – Articles and Videos
Documenting Brown 5: Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 – Document and Support Materials
Racial Profiling – Transcript


12:30 p.m. The Woman In White: Part 3 (British Literature)

Civil War Letters – Lesson Plan
Sullivan Ballou Letter and Background – Reading


1:30 p.m. Secrets of the Six Wives: Divorced (World History)

The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Meet the Wives. Catherine – Handbook
Catherine of Aragon Rules as Regent – Video
The Six Wives of Henry VIII – Resources


2:30 p.m. African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – The Black Atlantic (US History)

Harry Washington / The African Americans – Video and Support Materials
Successes and Failures in Resistance to Slavery / The African Americans – Lesson Plana
The Evolution of Slavery in Colonial Virginia / The African Americans – Video and Support Materials
The African-American Migration Story / The African Americans – Interactive


3:30 p.m. African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – The Age of Slavery (US History)

Harriet Tubman / Abolition Activist – Lesson Plan
Primary Source Set: The American Abolitionist Movement – Webpage
Successes and Failures in Resistance to Slavery / The African Americans – Lesson Plan
Antebellum Agents of Change: Causes and Effects of Abolition / The African Americans – Lesson Plan

A commemorative print of the Emancipation Proclamation
A commemorative print of the Emancipation Proclamation. | Courtesy of Kansas City Public Library via Missouri Hub/Digital Public Library of America, PBS LearningMedia
Illustration of columns of a capitol building with text reading: Arizona PBS AZ Votes 2024
airs April 18

Arizona PBS presents candidate debates as part of ‘AZ Votes 2024’

Earth Day Challenge graphic with the Arizona PBS logo and an illustration of the earth

Help us meet the Earth Day Challenge!

Graphic for the AZPBS kids LEARN! Writing Contest with a child sitting in a chair writing on a table and text reading: The Ultimate Field Trip
May 12

Submit your entry for the 2024 Writing Contest

The Capital building with text reading: Circle on Circle: Robert Lowell's D.C.
May 2

An evening with ‘Poetry in America’

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