Join Washington’s PBS affiliate stations for the first of the 2022-2023 academic year “Learn & Plan With PBS” educator workshops. Learn about free teaching and learning resources available through PBS. One clock hour is available for participation.

In our first workshop, you’ll learn how to incorporate high-quality PBS documentary film clips and ready-made supporting resources into your lesson plans. Content appropriate for grades 3-12 is available, with a special focus on the PBS LearningMedia Ken Burns in the Classroom collection. We will explore new resources created to accompany the latest Ken Burns documentary film, The U.S. and The Holocaust. We will also share materials created by WA stations on the topic.

Lesson topics in the collection cover: 

● The impacts of Nazi ideology

● U.S. immigration law in the period of 1924-1941

● U.S. media coverage of the Holocaust and its role in shaping what Americans knew

● The varying symbolism of the State of Liberty

● An examination of how people make choices during times of crisis

● An inquiry inviting students to consider if U.S. public opinion influenced U.S. response to the Holocaust