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Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation So You Want to Buy a President? Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program about financial donations to 1996 presidential campaigns. Features "profiles examining the interlocking business and political relationships which dominate the Presidential fund-raising game," with profiles of individuals such as California vintner Ernest Gallo and Dwayne Orville Andreas, chairman of the Archer-Daniels-Midland Company. Also includes interviews with political experts and charts with lists of contributions by candidate, industry, and party. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/president/guide/ Topics: The United States Presidency Last updated Mar 14, 2007 John Brown's Holy War John Brown's Holy War explores the life and actions of the abolitionist known for his violent crusade against slavery at Harpers Ferry. Includes biographical information and timeline; excerpts from letters, speeches, and an editorial; profiles of related people and events; information on the song "John Brown's Body"; a bibliography; and a teacher's guide. This online companion to PBS program also features a film transcript and interviews with historians featured in the film. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Labor, Notable People, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 27, 2005 Lost Roman Treasure This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program about the excavation of the Roman city of Zeugma in Turkey. A speedy excavation was required due to the construction of a dam and reservoir. The site includes photographs of mosaics found there, information about remote excavation (such as aerial photography and ground penetrating radar), and challenges faced by archaeologists. Includes a teacher's guide and program transcript. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zeugma/ Topics: Archaeology, Photograph Collections Last updated Oct 15, 2003 Spies That Fly Companion site to the PBS NOVA special about "a new generation of pilotless planes [that] fly, spy, and bomb in places too risky for human pilots." Includes an illustrated timeline that explores the history of unmanned aerial vehicles from Civil War hot air balloons to miniature flying robots. Site also includes historical spy photos, information on radar imaging, a program transcript, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spiesfly/ Topics: Geography, Government, Infectious Diseases, Photograph Collections, Transportation Last updated Aug 6, 2003 "Jesus Malverde" Story about Mexican folk hero Jesus Malverde (known as "the Angel of the Poor" and "The Generous Bandit") and how he has also become the patron saint of Mexican drug smugglers. Discusses the legend of Malverde, his shrine in Culiacan, Mexico, drug smuggling, and controversies related to Malverde. Excerpted from the book "True Tales From Another Mexico"; part of the website for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program "Drug Wars." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/business/malverde.html Topics: Crime, History By Place Last updated Nov 17, 2005 Bush's War Companion to a two-part March 2008 Frontline series "that tells the epic story of how the Iraq war began and how it has been fought, both on the ground and deep inside the government." Features video of the full series, an annotated video timeline, and over 400 extended interviews. Also includes battlefield stories, timelines and maps, reporters' dispatches, and links to other fifth anniversary coverage of the war and related topics. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 3, 2008 Antiques Roadshow A companion site to the PBS television series. Features tour and broadcast schedules, a FAQ on attending the show and receiving an appraisal, and background on featured appraisers. Tips of the Trade are arranged by topic and written by experts; Roadshow Resources are the several hundred reference works used to develop appraisals. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Home & Housing Last updated Apr 16, 2008 Secrets of Lost Empires: Pharaoh's Obelisk Another wonderful NOVA site, dealing with the question of how the Egyptians quarried, moved, and raised their obelisks. This site includes good information about levers, with an animated sketch of how one functioned in the raising of an obelisk. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/ Topics: Archaeology Last updated Jul 14, 2005 The Siege of Bethlehem Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program about the 38-day confrontation between the Israelis and Palestinians at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in April and May 2002. Includes a timeline, a transcript of the program, video clips, and links to commentary, analysis, and related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/siege/ Topics: History, History By Place, International Governments, Religion, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Dec 5, 2005 Fly Girls Dedicated to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) of World War II, this site features statistics, records, articles, songs, video, correspondence, a timeline, profiles of related people and events, maps, information on the B-29, and recommended resources. Online companion to the PBS film of the same title, this site also contains a transcript of the program, interviews with people featured in the program, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/ Topics: Correspondence, Notable People: Women, U.S. Military, United States History, Women, World War II Last updated Mar 9, 2005 Private Warriors This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program looks "at private contractors servicing U.S. military supply lines, running U.S. military bases, and protecting U.S. diplomats and generals" in Kuwait and Iraq. Website features discussions of the appropriateness of outsourcing, whether privatization saves taxpayer money, and the role of contractors. Includes contractor profiles, interviews, a FAQ, video of the program, and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/ Topics: Business, Federal (U.S.) Government, Military Last updated Sep 21, 2005 World in the Balance Companion to a 2004 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program with "stories from India, Japan, Kenya, and China, ... [that] gives an up-to-date global snapshot of today's human family, now numbering 6.3 billion." The site includes essays, transcripts of interviews with human population experts, photos, and interactive features, such as information about human numbers through time and a demographics game. Also includes a teacher's guide and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/ Topics: Environment, Photograph Collections: Regional, Social Science Last updated Jun 21, 2005 Lindbergh Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "American Experience" program on Charles Lindbergh, "an American hero whose life teemed with contradictions." The site provides program transcripts, biographical material and images of Lindbergh, a timeline of aviation milestones, and a teacher's guide. Includes special features about Lindbergh's plane (The Spirit of St. Louis), his wife (Anne Morrow Lindbergh), and the kidnapping of his son. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/ Topics: Notable People, Transportation Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Secret of Photo 51 This companion site to a PBS NOVA episode "investigates the seminal role that Rosalind Franklin and her remarkable X-ray photograph played" in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. Includes background materials, program transcript, images, a slide show, and related resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/photo51/ Topics: Biology, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Science, Science Last updated Feb 28, 2005 Dirty Bomb Companion to a September 2003 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program that "probes the realities and implications for public health policy of a disaster that many consider to be all but inevitable: a terrorist attack on a major city using a radioactive 'dirty bomb.'" Includes interviews, an interactive feature on radioactive sources, and related resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/dirtybomb/ Topics: Environment, Terrorism, Weapons Last updated May 12, 2004 Lost Treasures of Tibet This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program about restoration efforts for ancient Buddhist murals located in the monastery of Thubchen in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Mustang. Features an interactive tour of Mustang, information about restoration methods and results, and clues about deciphering Buddha imagery. Also includes a teacher's guide and a program transcript. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tibet/ Topics: Art by Region, Faiths Last updated Apr 27, 2004 Karl Rove: The Architect Companion to a program that looks at the life and career of Karl Rove, chief political adviser to President George W. Bush; the full program can be viewed at this site. Features biographical information, a chronology, essays about the Republican Party and politics in the state of Texas, interviews with political figures, news articles, and lesson plans. A joint report of PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) Frontline and the Washington Post. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/architect/ Topics: Architecture by Place, Lesson Plans, Nonfiction by Genre, Politics by Place, Presidents by Name Last updated Aug 15, 2007 Secrets of the Crocodile Caves This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program about the animals (such as lemurs, fossas, and Nile crocodiles) living in and around the caves within the Ankarana reserve on the northern tip of Madagascar. Features a slide show and panoramas of the landscape, legends of Madagascar, a description of crocodile species from around the world, and information about crocodile anatomy. Also includes a teacher's guide and links to related information. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/croccaves/ Topics: Literature & Books, Outdoor Recreation, Religion Last updated Jan 19, 2004 Descent Into the Ice This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program that "follows a team of daring 'glacionauts' as they descend into a labyrinth of unexplored and hazardous glacier caves on France's Mt. Blanc" to search for trapped floodwater. The site includes information about shrinking glaciers, glacier hazards, the life cycle of a glacier, and ice climbing gear. Also includes links to related information and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mtblanc/ Topics: Geography, Geology, Outdoor Recreation, Sports Last updated Feb 9, 2004 Volcano Above the Clouds This site about Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program. Includes information about Kilimanjaro's shrinking summit glaciers, a tour of Mt. Kilimanjaro's six ecological zones, images of the highest mountain on each of the seven continents, and information about mountain weather. Also includes recommended links and books and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/kilimanjaro/ Topics: Geography, Geology, Outdoor Recreation, Water Last updated Apr 21, 2005 Truth, War & Consequences Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program that "examines why the U.S. went to war in Iraq, what went wrong in the planning for the postwar occupation, and what is at stake for both the U.S. and for Iraqis." Features interviews with "key players in Baghdad and Washington," reports and commentary, audio clips and transcript of the show, related links, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 The Most Dangerous Woman in America Companion to a Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBS) NOVA program about "Typhoid Mary" (Mary Mallon), "a cook who was quarantined for life against her will in the early 1900s" because she was a carrier of typhoid fever. The site features a historical analysis, a letter from Mary asking for her release, and a chronology of quarantine. Also includes an interactive epidemiology feature, program transcript, teacher's guide, bibliography, and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/ Topics: Correspondence, Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Mar 28, 2005 Cyber War! This companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline special investigates a "set of warriors fighting on the new battlefield of cyberspace, and ... evaluate[s] just how vulnerable the Internet may be to both virtual and physical attack." It also looks at a number of attacks such as "Slammer" in January 2003 and the "Nimda" virus of 2001. Site also includes FAQs, interviews with experts, a program transcript, video clips, and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cyberwar/ Topics: Internet, National Security, Terrorism Last updated Nov 18, 2003 Dogs and More Dogs Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program that examines dog evolution and diversity. "The program also investigates dog genetic diseases — how they reflect misguided breeding practices and, surprisingly, what they tell us about our own genetic disorders." Features articles, photos, a book excerpt, interactive features on working dogs and dog breeds, a teacher's guide, and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/dogs/ Topics: Mammals, Pets Last updated Jan 20, 2004 Surviving the Dust Bowl This site examines the combination of farming techniques, economic conditions, and an eight-year drought (1931-1939) in the southern plains of the United States that led to giving the area the name "The Dust Bowl." The people involved, the results of the drought, and the various government remedies to the situation are also covered. A companion to the PBS program of the same name, a part of The American Experience series. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/dustbowl/ Topics: Agriculture, Weather Last updated Nov 1, 2009 Ancient Creature of the Deep This is a companion site for a PBS NOVA program about the discovery of the coelacanth, a fish thought to be extinct, by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and J.L.B. Smith in 1938 in East London, South Africa. Includes information about coelacanth anatomy, other living "fossil fish" (bichir, bowfin, gar, hagfish, lamprey, lungfish, paddlefish, and sturgeon), program transcript, images, teacher’s guide, and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fish/ Topics: Science, Science, Social Issues Last updated Jul 17, 2003 Mystery of the Megaflood Companion website to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program exploring "the evidence for a huge catastrophe that struck eastern Washington State thousands of years ago. It took scientists decades to figure out that a colossal flood had carved out bizarre landscape features strewn across thousands of square miles." Includes opinions from geologists, images, a geology quiz, and related resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megaflood/ Topics: Geography, Geology, Hurricane Katrina, Water, Weather Last updated Sep 15, 2005 Sinking City of Venice This companion site to a PBS NOVA television program "covers the battle to keep the world's most unusual city from drowning beneath the rising tides of the Adriatic Sea." An article, video, and animations illustrate the problems caused in Venice by rising sea levels, as well as potential solutions to the dilemma (such as a series of mobile gates). Includes a program transcript and teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venice/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Water, Weather Last updated Aug 11, 2004 Kim's Nuclear Gamble Companion site to an April 2003, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program that "traces the delicate maneuvers and clumsy turns that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear showdown in East Asia." Includes background information about North Korea and Kim Jong Il, a look at North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, a chronology of U.S.-North Korea relations, interviews and analysis, a teacher's guide, program transcripts, and video clips. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kim/ Topics: International Governments, Weapons Last updated Oct 22, 2003 Nixon's China Game Explores the 1972 meeting between President Richard Nixon and Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Includes a timeline, maps, and recommended resources; profiles of Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Mao Tse-tung, and Chou En-lai; and information on the People's Republic of China (PRC), Sino-Soviet border disputes, ping-pong diplomacy, and the Shanghai Communiqué. Online companion to the PBS film of the same title, this site also contains a program transcript, interviews with program participants, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/ Topics: International Governments, Presidents by Name Last updated Mar 27, 2002 Wayback: Gold Rush! Aimed at children, this site offers "information about this fascinating moment in American history, looking at Californios, the Spanish-speaking community that had been in California since the mid-1700s; the various routes Forty-Niners took to reach the gold fields, with mixed success; and the overall history of the Gold Rush." Includes a guide for teachers and parents. From PBS Kids. http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/ Topics: California: Education, California: History, History, United States History Last updated May 24, 2004 Magnetic Storm This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program about the magnetic field that protects the Earth from radiation, its current weakening and potential for continuation or reversal, and effects of these changes on animals. The site features essays, images of auroras ("the most visible signs of Earth's magnetic field"), a simulated flip of the Earth's magnetic field, a teacher's guide, and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/magnetic/ Topics: Geology Last updated Nov 17, 2003 Riding the Rails "At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America." Special Features contains the stories of seven teenage hobos, hobo songs from that period, and the difficulties faced by black Americans. Some of the songs include lyrics and sound files. Includes a timeline, railroad map, bibliography, and teaching resources. Transcripts and bibliography of this program from The American Experience are also available. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/ Topics: Communities & Groups, United States History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 The Hurricane of ’38 Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series American Experience describing this unnamed, catastrophic hurricane that slammed against the New England shore, destroyed over 8,000 homes, and resulted in over 700 deaths. Users can catch a glimpse of "the lives of fishermen, residents and vacationers on the day before the storm." Features a timeline of U.S. storms since the 1600s, maps, and survivors' accounts. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hurricane38/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Weather Last updated Jan 4, 2009 Battle Plan Under Fire Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program that "probes the rapidly evolving science of war." Features interviews with technology and warfare experts, a history of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), interactive features on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and on designing aircraft for stealth, a teacher's guide, and related reading and links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wartech/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Technology Last updated May 5, 2004 Technology in America This site explores some technology history in the U.S. Specifically, the development of the telephone, the New York subway, and television, as well as the U-2 CIA spy plane and its pilot, Gary Powers. In addition, there is a technological timeline that provides brief information on many other American inventions, as well as a section called Forgotten Inventors with brief information on seven inventors. Also available are bibliographies, teacher's resources, and transcripts of the programs. Based on the PBS American Experience documentary series on Technology in America . http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/technology/ Topics: Business, Business, Notable People, Science, Science, Technology Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Global Connections: The Middle East This site provides background information for events in the Middle East. Contrains a timeline of key events from 1900; a thematic section viewing "events through the lens of politics, science, economics, and more"; and a section of "big picture" questions with accompanying essays and lesson plans. From the PBS station WGBH in Boston. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/ Topics: History By Place, International Governments, Lesson Plans, Regions of the World Last updated Jan 4, 2009 Teachers' Domain "Online, multimedia resources for the classroom and professional development," targeted at K-12 teachers. Includes videos, lesson plans, and more. Most of the content requires registration (free) for access, but a fairly lengthy tour of the site answers questions about what users will find. Produced by public radio station WGBH Boston. http://www.teachersdomain.org Topics: Education, K-12 Education, Lesson Plans, Notable People Last updated Jun 14, 2005 Galileo's Battle for the Heavens Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nova program that explores Galileo’s struggles to convince church authorities of the validity of his scientific discoveries. Also features a brief chronology of his life; articles on his experiments; an interactive section explaining his theories on falling objects, incline planes, and more; a directory of external links; a bibliography; and a teacher’s guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/ Topics: Mathematics, Notable People, Physics Last updated Jan 4, 2009 Infinite Secrets This companion to a PBS NOVA program concerns a mathematical treatise by Archimedes thought to have been lost but now recently discovered as a palimpsest ("a manuscript with a layer of text written over an earlier scraped- or washed-off text"). Features a history of the manuscript, information about the technology used to read the erased text, and essays about great surviving manuscripts, contemplating infinity, and approximating Pi. Also includes library and teacher guides. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archimedes/ Topics: Mathematics, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Life and Death in the War Zone This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program that follows the activities of a Combat Support Hospital (CSH) during two months in 2003 during the Iraq War. The site features an essay about the ethical issues faced by combat doctors, a slide show, and an interactive feature about military medicine from the Civil War to the Iraq War. Also includes links and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/combatdocs/ Topics: Health, Health, Health & Medical Disciplines, Military Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Who Killed The Red Baron? This companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program investigates "the most famous aviation mystery of World War I" involving "the notorious Baron Manfred von Richthofen." Includes articles, competing theories about the incident, a slideshow on the aerial arms race, a teacher's guide, and related resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/redbaron/ Topics: Mysteries and More, Notable People, Transportation, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Dec 22, 2005 Search for a Safe Cigarette Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "NOVA" episode that "chronicles the tobacco industry's decades long effort to create a 'safer' cigarette." Interactive features cover cigarette design, attempts to remove toxins from cigarettes, nicotine and the brain, and combustion basics. Includes a teacher's guide, related resources, and program transcript. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/cigarette/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Drugs & Medications by Type, Industries Last updated Jan 11, 2004 The Elegant Universe Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program about string theory (the idea "that the fundamental ingredients of nature are inconceivably tiny strings of energy, whose different modes of vibration underlie everything that happens in the universe") as explained by author-physicist Brian Greene. Includes interviews and articles, information about the film's special effects, interactive features on multidimensional math and supersymmetry, a teacher's guide, and related resources. Note: Contains some dead links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/ Topics: Energy, Film, Movies, & Video, Physics, Science, Technology Last updated Jan 4, 2009 China in the Red Companion to a 2003 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline "documentary that tells the stories of 10 Chinese individuals ... caught up in China's dramatic, ongoing effort to modernize its economy." The site includes a chronology, commentary about potential for democratic reform, and information about and audio clips of Beijing rock music. Also includes a complete video of the show, a teacher's guide, and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/red/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jul 26, 2005 America's Stone Age Explorers Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program that "investigates the evidence for and controversies surrounding who the first Americans were, where they came from, and how they arrived in the Americas." Features images of and information about the prehistoric spearhead know as the Clovis point, an interactive map, a stone tool quiz, a teacher's guide, and related reading and links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/ Topics: Archaeology, Native Americans Last updated Nov 9, 2004 Nova Online A searchable, browsable collection of Nova programs. This PBS program is well-known for its episodes on the sciences, social science, and expeditions. Each program has information, photographs, resource links, and a complete transcript. Some have sound or video clips. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Recreation, Television Last updated Apr 22, 2002 Tax Me If You Can Companion website to a 2004 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program that considers "the rampant abuse of tax shelters since the late 1990s." Features a FAQ on tax shelters, articles on the tax shelter promotions of the accounting firm KPMG, commentary on the possible causes of the 1990s tax shelter explosion and on tax reform related to tax shelters, and more. Includes video of the show, transcripts of interviews, and readings and links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tax/ Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated Aug 30, 2005 Is Wal-Mart Good for America? This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program "examines the growing controversy over the Wal-Mart way of doing business and asks whether a single retail giant has changed the American economy." The companion Web site features essays (on topics such as Wal-Mart and China and Wal-Mart's low prices), interviews, a chronology, program transcripts and video, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/ Topics: Industries Last updated Jun 1, 2005 The O.J. Verdict This 2005 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline documentary revisits the O.J. Simpson trial, which lasted over a year until a verdict was reached in October 1995. The companion website provides video of the full program and some selections, and includes interviews, observations and analysis, discussion of race and class in the judicial system, highlights from the trial, and other features exploring the impact of the trial and the racial tensions surrounding the case. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/ Topics: Crime, Social Issues Last updated Oct 5, 2005 Einstein's Big Idea Companion website to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nova program about "the story behind the world's most famous equation": energy equals mass times the speed of light squared (E = mc²). The site features an essay explaining this 1905 equation that "says that energy and mass (matter) are interchangeable," information about scientists whose experiments paved the way for Albert Einstein, an audio clip of Einstein explaining the equation, links to related sites, materials for library activities, and much more. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/ Topics: Physics Last updated Oct 13, 2005 Volcano Under the City Companion website to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nova program that follows a team of scientists studying Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in eastern Congo. Dangers include molten lava and gas vents that release carbon dioxide so that there is a danger of asphyxiation. Features an evaluation of forecasting volcano eruptions, an anatomy of a volcano, and an overview of "some of the worst volcanic disasters of the past 400 years." Includes a teacher's guide and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/volcanocity/ Topics: Geography, Geology Last updated Nov 2, 2005 The Torture Question This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program "traces the history of how decisions made in Washington in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11 ... led to a robust interrogation policy that laid the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Iraq." Features opinion from legal experts about whether torture is ever justified, analysis of treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq, a video tour of U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, photos, and more. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Nov 2, 2005 Frontline: The Storm This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program "examines how and why government at every level -- local, state and federal -- was unprepared, uncoordinated and overwhelmed in dealing with the Hurricane Katrina disaster." The website features interviews, analysis, a timeline of the warnings leading up to the hurricane, excerpts from home videos, video of the program, readings and links, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/storm/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina Last updated Dec 1, 2005 Storm That Drowned a City Companion to a November 2005 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nova documentary in which "experts and eyewitnesses reconstruct the devastating floods that Hurricane Katrina unleashed on New Orleans." Features a timeline about New Orleans's 300-year struggle to stay above water, a visual chronology of the Hurricane Katrina flooding, a slideshow about technological solutions that other flood-prone cities use, and more. Also includes video and transcript of the program, links to related sites, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orleans/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina Last updated Nov 16, 2006 Frontline: Diet Wars This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program from 2004 looks at some popular diets and weight-loss programs (such as Weight Watchers, Atkins, and South Beach) and provides additional background information about diet and health, eating habits, obesity, the USDA food pyramid, and the low-fat and low-carb trends. Includes interviews with nutritionists, video of the program, a teacher's guide, a quiz, and related links. Note: The Reading & Links section contains some dead links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/diet/ Topics: Health, Nutrition & Food Safety Last updated Jan 4, 2009 Plast-o-matic These activities for children focus on learning more about plastic, "any of a group of compounds that can be molded, extruded, cast, or otherwise shaped." Includes a plastics extruding activity, experiments (such as making "slime"), and an interview with a plastics engineer. Part of the website for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program. http://pbskids.org/wayback/future/plastics/ Topics: Technology Last updated Jan 3, 2006 Rescue at Sea Companion to a 1999 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about a 1909 shipping disaster in which "two ships -- one carrying Italian immigrants to New York, the other American tourists to Europe -- collided in a dense fog off Nantucket Island." The site includes a show transcript, map, timeline of maritime disasters (1850-1994), and material about wireless ship communication and the development of radio. Also includes a teacher's guide and a bibliography. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rescue/ Topics: Transportation Last updated Feb 7, 2006 The Meth Epidemic This documentary, viewable online, "investigates the meth [methamphetamine] rampage in America: the appalling impact on individuals, families and communities, and the difficulty of controlling an essential ingredient in meth -- ephedrine and pseudoephedrine -- sold legally in over-the-counter cold remedies." Companion resources include essays, a FAQ, interviews, a map showing the spread of the epidemic, a timeline, readings and links, and a classroom guide. From PBS Frontline, in association with The Oregonian. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/ Topics: Drugs, Drugs & Medications by Type Last updated Mar 15, 2006 Can You Afford to Retire? Companion to a 2006 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program that examines the retirement prospects for the baby boomer generation and current issues with pension and 401(k) savings plans. Provides a FAQ about retirement plans, articles, analysis, interviews, retirement stories, a teacher's guide, and readings and links. Includes video of the full program. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement/ Topics: Finance, Investing, Seniors Last updated May 30, 2006 Murder, Money & Mexico: The Rise and Fall of the Salinas Brothers Companion to a 1997 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program about major illegal drug traffickers who brought drugs into the U.S. from Mexico. The site includes a map, an overview of drug cartels and anti-narcotics officials, news, reports, and related material. Also includes a program transcript. Note: Most links to related sites are broken. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mexico/ Topics: Crime, Drugs & Medications by Type Last updated May 9, 2006 The Age of AIDS Companion website to a May 2006 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program on the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS. Features essays on topics such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), potential for an AIDS vaccine, needle-exchange programs, testing, and prevention. Also includes an interactive timeline, interviews, maps, historical speeches and letters, video clips, and links to related websites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/ Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Jun 6, 2006 The Tank Man This PBS Frontline program looks back at the events surrounding "June 5, 1989, one day after the Chinese army's deadly crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, [where] a single, unarmed young man stood his ground before a column of tanks on the Avenue of Eternal Peace." Provides a timeline, eyewitness accounts, expert opinions, analysis, and interviews. Includes video and transcript of the full program, teacher's guide, and related readings and links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/ Topics: Activism, History By Place Last updated Jun 8, 2006 The Insurgency: An Investigation Into the People Who Are Fighting Against U.S. and Coalition Forces in Iraq Companion to a February 2006 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline report about enemy attacks against U.S. and Coalition military forces in Iraq since June 2003. Features a map showing the location of Iraq's major ethnic and religious groups, statistics about attacks (through December 2005), and interviews and essays about the nature of the insurgency and whether it can be defeated. Also includes video of the full program and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/insurgency/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Jun 13, 2006 Dimming the Sun Companion to an April 2006 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nova program about how "new evidence that air pollution has masked the full impact of global warming suggests the world may soon face a heightened climate crisis." Features material about history of this phenomenon going back to volcanic eruptions during the 18th-century, how contrails (vapor trails from aircraft) may influence the climate, and information about clean air technologies. Includes a teacher's guide and transcript. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/ Topics: Environment, Pollution, Weather Last updated Jun 27, 2006 The Great Robot Race Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program about the Pentagon's 2005 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grand Challenge, in which driverless racing robots competed in an a 130-mile race in the Mojave Desert. Features video of the hour-long program, background about participating teams, and images showing what robots "see." Also includes a teachers guide, program transcript, a short bibliography, and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/darpa/ Topics: Technology Last updated Sep 18, 2006 NOVA: Mystery of the Megavolcano Companion website to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary in which "NOVA joins four scientists in their global pursuit of clues to a massive volcanic eruption that appears to have had a devastating impact on the Earth 75,000 years ago." Features images, a map of volcanic eruptions, articles, a classroom guide, and related resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megavolcano/ Topics: Geography, Geology Last updated Oct 9, 2006 The Soldier's Heart Companion website to a 2005 PBS Frontline program that "explores the psychological cost of war and investigates whether the military is doing enough to help the many combat veterans coming home with emotional problems." Features video of the full program and additional stories, interviews, readings, and expert options about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers. Includes 2007 updates on some of the people featured in the program, and a link to a related Frontline report. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/ Topics: Mental Conditions, U.S. Military Last updated Dec 21, 2007 Japan and China: The Unforgotten War Companion to a short 2006 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline documentary about how "a few sentences in a Japanese history textbook last year [2005] set off the longest-running protests China has seen since 1989." These sentences concerned the Nanking Massacre of 1937. The site features the full documentary, and background facts and related links about relations between China and Japan. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2006/04/japan_and_china.html Topics: History By Place, International Governments Last updated Mar 21, 2007 "Mendez v. Westminster": Desegregating California's Schools Video clip, background essay, and discussion questions about the "Mendez v. Westminster" California school desegregation case. "In 1946, eight years before the landmark Supreme Court decision in 'Brown v. Board of Education,' Mexican Americans in Orange County, California won ... [this] class action lawsuit to dismantle the segregated school system that existed there." A part of Teacher's Domain from the WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/osi04.soc.ush.civil.mendez/ Topics: California: Education, Education Last updated Nov 22, 2008 Missile Wars Companion to a 2002 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program about a George W. Bush administration "plan to build a national missile defense against intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)." Features interviews and analysis of the potential threat, the technology, and whether the strategy is as a shield or a sword. Also includes a timeline (1944-2002), related articles and documents, and video and transcript of the show. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/missile/ Topics: Weapons Last updated Jun 11, 2007 The Kevorkian Verdict Companion to a 1996 Public Broadcasting (PBS) Frontline documentary about doctor Jack Kevorkian, who advocates physician-assisted suicide and who was jailed for his actions. Includes a timelime, a summary and analysis of the legal rulings, interviews about assisted suicide in America, a description of Kevorkian's "Thanatron" (death machine), images of Kevorkian's paintings, and links to related material. Also includes a transcript of the program. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/ Topics: Death & Dying Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Arctic Passage Website accompanying a PBS Nova program on the Northwest Passage, an Arctic route from the Pacific to Atlantic ocean, focusing on the failed attempt of British expedition led by Sir John Franklin and the successful attempt of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Highlights include an interactive map tracing the routes, analysis of the provisions carried by Franklin's ships, slide show of artifacts from the Franklin expedition, and an essay on the future of the passage. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/arctic/ Topics: Geography, History, Notable People, Regions of the World Last updated Sep 17, 2007 An Alternative to Cloning "Media reports generally mention only two ways to produce human embryonic stem cells. ... In this conversation with Ann Kiessling of Harvard Medical School, NOVA scienceNOW's Kyla Dunn learns about a third and possibly less contentious approach. It has the tongue-twisting name 'parthenogenesis' [when an egg activates spontaneously on its own]." Also includes a discussion of the controversy about research on this topic. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/04-alternative.html Topics: Social Issues Last updated Oct 9, 2007 Sputnik Declassified Companion to a Nova documentary about Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. The show "counters the popular view that President Dwight Eisenhower and the American science and defense establishments were caught completely off guard." Includes interactive features on satellites and rocket-building, a space-race timeline, teacher's guide, program transcript and video, and related reading and website links. From the WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sputnik/ Topics: Astronomy Last updated Nov 21, 2007 The Mormons Companion website to a documentary series that explores "the richness, the complexities and the controversies of the Mormons' story as told through interviews with members of the church, leading writers and historians, and supporters and critics of the Mormon faith." Watch the full program, view an interactive map tracing the Mormons' path from New York to Utah Territory, and read about Mormon history, places, and people. Includes classroom guides, readings, and links. From WGBH. http://www.pbs.org/mormons/ Topics: Christianity Last updated Jan 27, 2009 The Merchants of Cool Website companion to a PBS Frontline program about "the merchants of cool: creators and sellers of popular culture who have made teenagers the hottest consumer demographic in America." Features a look at the work of cool hunters (researchers specializing in youth culture), teen opinions of the program, themes of the report, interviews, and holdings of media giants. Includes the full program, classroom guide, and related material about cool hunting. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing Last updated Apr 23, 2008 Hot Politics Companion website to a 2008 PBS Frontline documentary that looks at the factors behind "the [failure of the] executive branch of the U.S. government ... to join in climate change agreements adopted by much of the rest of the world." Features investigative reports, a timeline of scientific and political developments concerning global warming, interviews, readings and links, a teacher's guide, and more. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hotpolitics/ Topics: Environment Last updated Apr 14, 2008 Master of the Killer Ants Companion website to a PBS Nova documentary about the "Mofu of northern Cameroon [and their] close and ancient alliance with insects, in particular the elusive but beneficial driver ant known as 'jaglavak.'" These ants can drive away the termites that attack homes and stored crops. Features illustrated essays, a slideshow on insects as food, a game, classroom guide, and related links and suggested reading. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ants/ Topics: Insects & Arachnids Last updated May 27, 2008 Depression: Out of the Shadows Companion to a 2008 television documentary about depression that is part of the "Take One Step" PBS health campaign. "The film raises awareness and eliminates the stigma surrounding this prevalent disease." Site features transcript and full video of the program, interview transcripts, video clips of expert answers on depression topics (such as causes, suicide, depression in youth and elders, and treatments), and fact sheets. Also includes links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/takeonestep/depression/ Topics: Mental Conditions Last updated Jun 4, 2008 Saving the National Treasures Companion to a 2005 PBS Nova program that "not only gives viewers a fascinating glimpse of cutting-edge preservation technology, it also explores the background and meaning of these documents [Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights], particularly the Declaration of Independence, whose significance changed over time from a simple catalog of grievances against the English king to a stirring proclamation of the rights of all people." Includes program transcript and features on damage and conservation. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/charters/ Topics: Archives, United States History Last updated Jun 19, 2008 First Flower Companion to a 2007 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nova program that "explores the incredible truth that lies behind the ravishing flowers we so love to behold: that humans could not have existed or evolved without them," and travels to China to learn about the "earliest evidence of a flower yet found on Earth." Features slideshow of plants transplanted from China, a "Pick the Pollinator" game, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flower/ Topics: Crops, Plants Last updated Jul 8, 2008 The Choice 2008 Companion website for this PBS Frontline program that examines "the rich personal and political biographies" of John McCain and Barack Obama. Watch the full program, view slide shows for each candidate, and read interviews with journalists, advisors and aides, and friends of the candidates. Also includes a producer Q&A, classroom guide, readings and links, discussion, and more. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice2008/ Topics: 2008 Presidential Election Last updated Oct 27, 2008 News War Companion to a 2007 four-part Frontline and University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism investigation into "the future of the news." Features transcripts of over 50 interviews of "major players" who talk about "the role of media in U.S. society -- and what's ahead." Also includes full video and transcript of the Frontline television program, guidelines on journalistic styles and practices, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/ Topics: News Last updated Dec 15, 2008 Teachers' Domain: Polar Sciences Collection Collection of science resources celebrating the fourth International Polar Year (2007-2008), an "international campaign to advance polar science and better understand global climate change through an interdisciplinary approach." On this site learn about Arctic and Antarctic atmosphere, ice, oceans, people, and the land. Register to download, share, and save resources. Funding provided by the National Science Foundation. Teachers' Domain is a Pathways project of the National Science Digital Library. http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/ipy07-ex/ Topics: Regions of the World Last updated Sep 22, 2009 Hunting the Hidden Dimension Companion website to this PBS Nova program that "explores the fascinating world of fractals and looks at how they can be used to better understand everything from coastlines and rainforests to weather systems and human physiology." Features an interview with mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, who coined the word fractal, interactive feature and article about the Mandelbrot set, a design-your-own fractal generator, classroom guide, and related readings and website links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fractals/ Topics: Mathematics Last updated Feb 3, 2009 Ocean Animal Emergency Companion website to a PBS NOVA program about the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, where "a renowned team of wildlife veterinarians ... fight to save their animal patients as well as to uncover the cause of a mysterious neurological illness plaguing marine mammals like California sea lions and harbor seal pups." Includes the full program and program transcript, producer's story, a classroom activity, and related readings and websites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ocean911/ Topics: Mammals Last updated Mar 10, 2009 Engineer Your Life This "guide to engineering for high school girls" provides reasons for entering the engineering field, profiles of women engineers, steps for exploring engineering study, and profiles of careers in fields such as aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering. Includes material for engineers, counselors, and parents, and a link to an engineering website for middle-school girls. From a coalition of engineering companies, organizations, and universities, produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation and the National Academy of Engineering. http://EngineerYourLife.org Topics: K-12 Education, Science Last updated Jun 3, 2009 The Old Man and the Storm Companion website to this PBS Frontline documentary that journeys with one New Orleans family "for 18 months as they endure devastation, political turmoil and a painstakingly slow bureaucratic process to rebuild their homes and their lives" after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Watch the full program, and read extra features on the family, post-disaster failures, and race and class issues. Includes a timeline, videos, live chat with the producer, and link to a related website. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/katrina/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina Last updated Apr 27, 2009 Dreams of Obama This PBS Frontline program, "[o]n the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration as 44th president of the United States, [provides] an exploration into who he is and what has brought him to this historic moment." Watch the full program online, read interviews and analysis, and contribute your thoughts about Obama's personal and political history. Includes readings and links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/dreamsofobama/ Topics: Presidents by Name Last updated Jan 19, 2009 The Ponder Heart Companion website to a Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of Eudora Welty's comic novel "The Ponder Heart." Features a biography and timeline of the life of Welty (1909-2001), who "is best known as a Southern writer of short stories and novels (although she also worked professionally as a photographer)." Also includes interactive features, background about the novel and film, teacher's guide, and related links (some broken) and bibliography. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/ponder/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 10, 2009 Poetry Everywhere Collection of videos from this documentary series "designed to take a fresh look at poetry using a variety of production approaches." Features segments on Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Robert Hass, Yusef Komunyakaa, Adrienne Rich, Walt Whitman, W.B. Yeats, and other poets. Also includes animated poetry films produced by students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Produced for PBS Online by the WGBH Educational Foundation and David Grubin Productions, in association with the Poetry Foundation. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere/ Topics: Poetry Last updated Mar 17, 2009 Marathon Challenge Companion website to this PBS Nova documentary that "follows 13 generally sedentary people through a training regimen designed to prepare them" for a marathon. Features participant and coach profiles, video diaries from some of the participants, a week-by-week training calendar, tips for novice runners, and other material about marathons and training. Includes a classroom guide and links to related books and websites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/marathon/ Topics: Sports Last updated Jul 29, 2009 Inside the Meltdown Companion to a 2009 PBS Frontline documentary that responds to the idea that "[m]any Americans still don't understand what has happened to the economy. ... How did it all go so bad so quickly? Who is responsible? How effective has the response from Washington and Wall Street been?" Provides analysis on topics such as the Bear Stearns rescue, interviews, and a timeline of events starting with housing market troubles in summer 2007. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meltdown/ Topics: Finance Last updated May 11, 2009 Heat Companion website to a 2008 PBS Frontline documentary about global warming that "investigates how the world's largest corporations and governments are responding to Earth's looming environmental disaster." Find the full program, interviews, analysis, lesson plans, readings and links, and "how well do you know" features on topics such as "Sources of World CO2 Emissions." From the WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/ Topics: Environment Last updated Apr 7, 2009 American Experience: A Class Apart Companion to a PBS American Experience dramatic film about how "a team of unknown Mexican American lawyers took the case, Hernandez v. Texas, all the way to the Supreme Court, where they successfully challenged Jim Crow-style discrimination against Mexican Americans," interweaving the story "within the broader story of a civil rights movement that is still very much alive today." Watch the film online, read the transcript, and find teacher's resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/class/ Topics: Law, Social Issues, United States History Last updated Mar 18, 2009 Race for the Superbomb Companion to a 1999 PBS documentary about how "[a]t the dawn of the Cold War, the United States initiated a top secret program in New Mexico to build a weapon even more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Japan." Includes a timeline covering the development of the hydrogen bomb (also H-bomb or superbomb), map of nuclear test sites back to 1945, and video of several bomb detonations. Also provides show transcript. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/ Topics: Weapons Last updated Apr 6, 2009 Car of the Future Companion website to a documentary in which Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of National Public Radio's "Car Talk," "hit the road in this program for a lighthearted but shrewd take on America's four-wheeled future." Website features discuss transportation policy, historical automobile innovations, the ultra-efficient "Hypercar," and audience-contributed cars of the future using alternative fuels. From Nova, produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/car/ Topics: Automobiles Last updated May 26, 2009 The Madoff Affair Companion to a 2009 PBS Frontline documentary about Bernard Madoff that "unearths the details of the world's first global Ponzi scheme -- a deception that lasted longer, reached wider and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history." Features interviews, a timeline, statements of Madoff clients, and investors' stories. Also includes readings and links, classroom guide, and show transcript. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/madoff/ Topics: Corruption & Fraud Last updated Jun 1, 2009

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