AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Focuses on the Controversial Clinton Years

From draft-dodging to the Dayton Accords, from Monica Lewinsky to a balanced budget, the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton veered between sordid scandal and grand achievement. In Clinton, the latest installment in the critically acclaimed series of presidential biographies, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE explores the fascinating story of an American president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history--and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage.

Ice Age Death Trap

mastodons

Ice Age Death Trap, a one-hour NOVA-National Geographic program about the fossil find, will premiere on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS Wednesday, February 1, 2012.  The television special follows scientists as they race against time to uncover this unique site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts, opening a vivid window into the vanished world of the Ice Age.

The War of 1812

War of 1812

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. 

NOVA: 3D Spies of World War II

Nova 3D Spies of World War II

During World War II, Hitler’s scientists developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction.  Alarmed by rumors of advanced rockets and missiles, Allied intelligence recruited a team of brilliant minds from British universities and Hollywood studios to a country house near London.  Here, they secretly pored over millions of air photos shot at great risk over German territory by specially converted, high-flying Spitfires.  Peering at the photos through 3D stereoscopes, the team spotted telltale clues that revealed hidden Nazi rocket bases.  The photos led to devas

Colonial Williamsburg Presents: Westward!

Westward

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. 

Nature: My Life as a Turkey

My Life as a Turkey

Based on the true story of writer and naturalist Joe Hutto, portrayed by wildlife photographer Jeff Palmer, this film chronicles Hutto’s remarkable experience of imprinting wild turkey eggs and raising the hatchlings to adulthood. Teacher resources may be found at the following website: www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/.

Tune in November 16 at 8:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS

NOVA’s “The Fabric of the Cosmos” to Broadcast in November

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

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