Bring your students to Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the classroom!  The Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips allow students to travel through time to experience life in colonial America.

The second installment in this seven-part series, entitled Harsh World, This World, explores what slavery was really like for enslaved people and their masters. Traditional proverbs guide students through personal stories, based on primary sources, showing kindness, betrayal, trust, cruelty, and the many emotions that govern complex human relationships.

Next month, NOVA’s The Fabric of the Cosmos will premiere over four consecutive Wednesday nights beginning November 2.  The series, hosted by Brian Greene, renowned physicist and New York Times best-selling author, takes audiences to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture of space, time and the universe.  Interweaving provocative theories, experiments, and stories with crystal-clear explanations and imaginative metaphors, The Fabric of the Cosmos pro

The Teachings of Jon is an insightful, soul-searching and funny documentary about a brother named Jon, a 40-year old man, severely and profoundly affected by Down Syndrome.  He has an IQ of 20, doesn’t talk, and earns less than $13.00 a year.  Although Jon may never accomplish much in this world, he has an important purpose here...not necessarily to learn, but to teach.

PBS Newshour presents a 90-minute special broadcast commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. The PBS Newshour team will examine the significance of the day in many different communities across the nation. More information on the program can be found at the PBS Newshour website.

Airs: September 11 at 8:00 p.m. (WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS)