PBS Programming: Reading and Language Arts
posted Thursday, 3 January 2008
Masterpiece Theater: Literary History Timeline
Interactive/Online Activity
Grade Range: 9-12
Explore a broad overview of the concurrent lifetimes of major authors during the two-hundred-year period between 1800 and 2000. Examine information about authors and their major works.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/learningresources/literary_timeline.html#
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks: My Grand Story
Offline Activity/Project
Grade Range: K-2
Listen to stories about when an adult was young, write down the stories, decorate them and send them to the adult.
http://pbskids.org/jakers/parentsteachers/activities/mygrandstory.html
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