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American Buffalo PBS LearningMedia Collection

The American Buffalo PBS LearningMedia Collection is created from the two-part, four-hour film takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes, tracing the American buffalo’s evolution, its significance to the Indigenous people and landscape of the Great Plains, its near extinction, and the efforts to bring the magnificent mammals back from the brink.

To support conversation and instruction, WXXI Education has pulled together a list of educational resources available through PBS LearningMedia:

Native Way Forward: Roadtrip Nation On-Demand

 

For too long, TV and film have depicted Native American experiences in the past tense. It’s time to shine a light on the present-day lives of Native young adults, and explore what’s possible for their futures. In this Roadtrip Nation’s documentary—led by director Ryan RedCorn—Native leaders are telling their stories in their own words, and illuminating the path for Native youth everywhere.

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Before They Take Us Away: On-Demand

Chronicle the previously untold stories of Japanese Americans who self-evacuated from the West Coast in the wake of forced incarceration and internment during World War II.

About the Film from the Film’s website

Before They Take Us Away is an award-winning feature documentary that captures the previously untold stories of Japanese Americans whose families self-evacuated from California upon the issuance of Executive Order 9066 during World War II.  The option of “voluntary” relocation was available for only a very brief period from early February to late March, 1942.  In early February, the US Western Defense Command (WDC) indicated that it intended to remove all men, women and children of Japanese descent from a restricted zone consisting of all of California, Western Oregon, Western Washington and Southern Arizona.  In March, the newly established War Relocation Authority (WRA) urged those affected to move voluntarily rather than being subject to forced removal and incarceration in concentration camps.  However, the overwhelming majority of Japanese Americans lacked the resources or connections necessary to move anywhere outside the restricted zone.  Compounding the situation, officials in many states outside the restricted zone quickly declared that Japanese Americans were not welcome.

Despite the daunting circumstances and the short window of time available, approximately 5,000 Japanese American men, women and children managed to leave the restricted zone on their own before voluntary relocation was halted by the WDC in late March 1942.  As this film will show, the experiences of self-evacuees varied greatly.  Some fared well, while others encountered serious hardships including hunger, hostility, violence and forced religious conversion.  All endured a hurried and difficult uprooting from their homes and communities, and were forced to fend for themselves without even the most rudimentary support from the US government.  The self-evacuees experienced a unique kind of double-displacement, both from their homes and from the shared experience of the larger Japanese American community. Woven together, these personal stories powerfully capture a community in the midst of a forced migration, and the courage and tremendous hard labor it took to regain their footing.

Learn More: Film Website

Jamming on the Job Podcast Series

Activities, videos and podcasts from Jamming on the Job: https://pbskids.org/jammingonthejob/

“Jamming on the Job” is a multi-generational, music-inspired podcast for kids ages 4-8 and their parents and caregivers, starring Christina Sanabria and Andrés Salguero, the Latin Grammy Award-winning kids’ music duo known as 123 Andrés. Join Christina and Andrés as they tour the country and perform songs about the world of work. Each place they go, they meet a grown-up with a different kind of job who helps them along their way. As Christina and Andrés learn about the new and inspiring career-of-the-day and the skills needed to be successful in that job, they compose an original song about it with help from their Magic Beatmaster Boombox, voiced by Grammy Award-nominated musician, Pierce Freelon.

In addition to exposing kids to a wide variety of career paths, each episode will highlight foundational skills relevant to each job, such as empathy, social problem solving, and responsibility, as well as flexible thinking, impulse control, and persistence.

Some of the jobs include: Nurse Practitioner, Prescribed Fire Manager, Language Instructor, Wind Turbine Service Technician, Robotics Engineer, Veterinarian, Online Merchant, Airport Operations Manager

Watch Season Episode Compilation (YouTube)| Watch and Listen to All Released Episodes | Watch Shorts | Season 2 Episodes

Learn more at the PBS KIDS for Parents Jamming on the Job Page and Download Related Activities.

Check out 10 Picture Books that Relate to Careers!

WordGirl: Videos, Games & Activities

Play games and watch full episodes of WordGirl: https://pbskids.org/wordgirl

WordGirl follows the every day life and superhero adventures of “WordGirl” as she fights crime and enriches vocabulary usage, all in a day’s work. Disguised as mild-mannered 5th grader, Becky Botsford, WordGirl arrived on planet Earth when she and her monkey sidekick, Captain Huggy Face, crashed their spaceship. In classic superhero form, WordGirl possesses superhero strength with the added benefit of a colossal vocabulary. WordGirl has a family and friends who have no idea of her secret identity. As WordGirl, she battles and prevails over evil (albeit ridiculous and comical) villains.

Where to Watch:

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Here are a some of our favorite WordGirl Online Games and Story Adventures

Collection from PBS LearningMedia

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Learn more at the PBS Parents WordGirl Show Page

Rosie’s Rules: Videos, Games & Activities

Play games and watch full episodes of Rosie’s Rules: https://pbskids.org/rosiesrules

Rosie’s Rules is a PBS KIDS animated comedy series for preschoolers starring 5-year-old Rosie Fuentes, a Mexican- American girl just beginning to learn about the wow-mazing world beyond her family walls. Rosie’s Rules aims to teach children concrete social studies lessons about how a community works, helping them develop an awareness of themselves as individuals and as part of a broader society.

Las reglas de Rosie es una serie de comedia animada de PBS KIDS para niños en edad preescolar protagonizada por Rosie Fuentes, una niña mexicano-estadounidense de 5 años que recién comienza a aprender sobre el asombroso mundo más allá de los muros de su familia. Rosie’s Rules tiene como objetivo enseñar a los niños lecciones concretas de estudios sociales sobre cómo funciona una comunidad, ayudándolos a desarrollar una conciencia de sí mismos como individuos y como parte de una sociedad más amplia.

Where to Watch:

WXXI Education Favorites Rosie’s Rules Activities: 

Rosie’s Collections from PBS LearningMedia

Learn more at the PBS Parents Rosie’s Rules Show Page & en Espanol

Norm & Company: Tribute to Jane & Larry Glazer On-Demand

WXXI remembers the Glazers in this special tribute.

WXXI presents a special tribute broadcast in memory of Jane and Larry Glazer, who died in the crash of their small plane in September. Last March the Glazers sat down with WXXI President Norm Silverstein for an episode of Norm & Company, and a specially edited version of that program.

In the tribute, Silverstein introduces the archived episode and shares how important the Glazers were to the Rochester community. Then we join a conversation recorded in March 2013, where the Glazers recounted how they met, why they chose to make Rochester their home, and why they devoted their lives to making this community a better place to live. Larry Glazer, CEO and Managing Partner of Buckingham Properties, told how he got his start and how he became one of Rochester’s biggest developers. He was the man behind Alexander Place (the old Genesee Hospital site) and the development of the new Midtown tower.  Jane Glazer owned QCI Direct, a mail order company that last year saw $50 million in sales.

Norm & Company is a half-hour series hosted by Silverstein. In each episode, he speaks with a long-time Rochesterian as he/she recounts fascinating stories about Western New York.

The full episode can be viewed here:

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