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April 30 | Grades 9–12

Thursday on Arizona PBS

11:30 p.m. Margaret Mitchell: American Masters

American Masters: Margaret Mitchell’s Pulitzer Prize Night – Video
The Great American Read: Scarlett O’Hara’s True Love in Gone with the Wind – Video
The Great American Read: Scarlett O’Hara’s True Love in Gone with the Wind – Activity
The Great American Read: Scarlett O’Hara’s True Love in Gone with the Wind – Discussion Questions
12:30 p.m. The Story of China with Michael Wood: The Last Empire/The Age of Revolution

Which Emperor Are You? – Interactive
The Effect of Western Influence in China – Webpage Images
The Story of China: Opium Wars – Video, Background Reading, and Discussion Questions

Portrait of the Kangxi Emperor in Court Dress | Wikimedia Commons/Royal Academy of Arts/Public Domain
2:30 p.m. Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb

Secret’s of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb – Video
Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb: Q&A with Kathleen Martinez – Article
PBS Newshour: Cleopatra Continues to Capture Imaginations, 2,000 Years Later – Video
3:30 p.m. Secrets of the Dead: Scanning the Pyramid

Scanning the Pyramid – Article
Discovery of a big void in Khufu’s Pyramid – Background Reading
SPOTLIGHT
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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