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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

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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