Special collections are sets of Teachers’ Domain resources organized by specific interests. There are three categories:

Public Media Series

State and Local Collections

Curriculum Topics and Themes

Special Collections

PUBLIC MEDIA SERIES

Listen to science-related audio podcasts from PRI's The World.

These media resources from MEDAL QUEST and DESIGN SQUAD help students explore how science, technology, engineering, and math support athletes with physical disabilities.
Learn about the men and women who led the struggle to abolish slavery in the United States.
Find resources from television’s most watched history series.
Classroom resources from public television's award-winning biography series, celebrating our arts and culture.

Discover an amazing assortment of historical artifacts in these appraisal videos.

These segments selected from Between the Lions will help your preschool and K-1 students "Get Wild About Reading!"
Use these resources to help students develop skills in musical theater performance.
Find ways to help your students get the most out of doing math—Cyberchase style!
Find resources on topics including historic waves of immigration, anti-immigrant sentiment, family genealogy, and state-of-the-art genetic research.
Media-rich resources on a range of topics including colonialism, immigration, migration, the history of jazz, the American civil rights movement, and slavery.
Watch video lectures on a wide range of local and global issues.
Learn about a courageous band of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders who in 1961 challenged segregation in the American South.
Meet America's most extraordinary young musicians aged 8 to 18, and witness the excitement of their debut performances at Carnegie Hall!
Find resources from American public television’s flagship public affairs series.
These media-rich lessons are designed to help middle and high school students develop algebraic thinking skills for solving real world problems.
Learn about the legal challenge to the Dover PA school board's decision to teach intelligent design as an alternative scientific theory to evolution.
Learn about Abraham Lincoln's legacy through this collection of media-rich lesson plans and video resources.
Learn about the everyday stuff in our lives and the impact it can have on the environment.
Find everything you need to create an innovative, cross-age reading program, focused on vocabulary, and based on the popular PBS KIDS series MARTHA SPEAKS.
Pivotal segments from the award-winning PBS drama series MASTERPIECE provide exciting ways to understand and appreciate classic literature.
Find resources from public television’s award-winning natural history series, Nature.
Explore some of the bioethical debates that surround genetic testing, including screening for specific genetic diseases, testing embryos before implantation, and full genome sequencing.
Scientists are on the verge of answering one of the greatest questions in history: Are we alone?
Learn how scientists are making new materials that are stronger, smaller, smarter, and cleaner than ever.
Find resources from public television's premier science series, NOVA.
Explore timely science and technology stories and profiles from this fast-paced, innovative, and entertaining science program.
Learn about this pioneer's revolutionary contributions to science and the challenges he faced living under segregation.
Explore the power of language and find meaning in poetry with these video segments, featuring famous poets reciting their work.
Learn about the world's religions with these one-of-a-kind news stories from public television.
Find science lesson plans based on Science Friday videos
Explore the nature of human uniqueness through this collection of lesson plans and video resources based on the acclaimed PBS series.
Learn about the period in United States history from the end of the civil war to the dawn of the civil rights movement, known as the Jim Crow era.
Examine the role of The Supreme Court in history, as well as in our daily lives.
Dynamic resources from the acclaimed series of international documentaries, Wide Angle, designed to support the teaching of Global History.
Video resources and media-rich lesson plans to support classroom use of the groundbreaking PBS series

STATE AND LOCAL COLLECTIONS

See Native and Western scientific perspectives on Alaska’s unique geology and the impacts of climate change and development.
Examine the impacts of climate change in the Pacific Islands and the ways local communities are responding to the challenges they face.
Education Commissioner John King, David Coleman and Kate Gerson explain every key aspect of Common Core standards in depth.
Free multimedia resources from IdahoPTV for teachers and students.
An introduction to Kentucky's implementation of the Common Core Standards and new system of assessment and accountability, plus a volunteer guide to help increase college and career readiness.
This collection of resources from Pennsylvania public television stations provides free, rich multimedia resources.
KQED introduces its Science Media Collection. Learn about science, the environment, and nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A collection of educational video resources for grades 6-12 from Ohio Public Television Stations.
A collection of 50 videos that will help students prepare for the New York State Regents exams.
KET offers instructional resources for teachers and students with The KET STEM Collection.
Find tips and strategies for best practices for using video in your teaching.
Find resources to help prepare students for the New York State assessments in Social Studies and Science.

CURRICULUM TOPICS AND THEMES

Learn about 21st Century technological skills and careers.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of African/African-American music, dance, and storytelling.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of Renaissance music, dance, and drama.
Learn about biotechnology applications, concepts, tools and techniques, and career options.
Learn what archival news footage can tell us about events and people in American history.
Find short clips to edit into presentations you create.
See techniques for building early vocabulary.

This collection of learning objects illustrate and facilitate high quality instruction and learning strategies.

Captures the voices, events, and images of the Civil Rights movement.
Learn how you influence climate and climate's influence on you and society.
Watch rising stars and established pros build robots, clean up the environment, solve crimes, and more!
Discover how learning mediated by networked computing and communication technologies can transform STEM education.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of drama based on historical characters.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of early American culture through storytelling, music, and documentary.
Learn how environmental public health seeks to solve a range of issues facing our world.
Learn more about the world around you in this collection of STEM instructional resources for Pre-K through first grade from KET.
This collection of resources, which originally appeared in KET’s Workplace Essential Skills and GED Connection series and accompanying workbooks, are designed to help learners with math skills.

The GED® Geometry Professional Development Course consists of four self-paced modules, each containing four to eight lessons. At present, the first module is online. New modules will be added monthly.

These resources, which originally appeared in KET’s Workplace Essential Skills and GED Connection series and workbooks, help learners locate information in everyday workplace graphics.
These resources are taken from KET’s Workplace Essential Skills and GED Connection series and workbooks.
This collection helps adult education instructors work with the common core standards.
Explore new scientific discoveries at dozens of historic sites across Kentucky.
Watch high school students doing real science in the field in this professional development collection.
This set of media-rich lessons helps students reinforce literacy skills as they explore topics in history and science.
This collection of video segments is produced by KET for educators. The videos provide examples of how to integrate the arts in the classroom.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of Japanese culture through aesthetics, drama, and music.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of Kentucky/Appalachian culture through music, dance, and storytelling.
Adapted from the book, Kentucky's Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity , and the KET series, Kentucky Life, this collection of videos and interactive resources will help students explore the rich diversity of the Commonwealth.
The KET Image Bank is a collection of royalty-free photographs available for educational use.
This collection of videos were adapted from ¡Arte y más!, originally produced by KET as a complete curriculum for primary-level Spanish
Explore science, language arts, fine arts, and social studies through the perspective of culturally diverse communities .

The information and resources in Literacy Central are designed to provide, in one location, guidance to educators on the development, implementation and monitoring of literacy plans.

These four videos document the creation of four wells and a mile-long tunnel that use riverbank filtration to supply water to homes and businesses.
This collection of resources was produced by KET for educators. Videotaped segments taken in actual classroom settings provide examples of strategies for teaching math in the adult education classroom.
The video segments in this collection feature strategies for teaching geometry in the adult education classroom.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides resources for teaching measurement and geometry in the adult education classroom.
A collection of videos and interactives to support high school physics and engineering classes.
Discover what NASA missions have learned about the planets and other objects in our solar system.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of Native American music, dance, drama, and visual art.
Teacher resources for educating students who are blind
Find innovative ways to integrate works of American art into your teaching.
Learn about the Arctic and the Antarctic, and why scientists are so interested in studying Earth's polar regions.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides resources for teaching reading in the adult education classroom.
This collection of resources features strategies and techniques to facilitate learning in the adult education classroom.
Learn about personal finance with this collection of video resources, interactive games and lesson plans.
This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of dance, music, drama, and visual art from the Civil War era.
This KET-produced video collection helps teach elementary students about the art and science of growing food.

Self-paced modules to help grades 6-8 mathematics teachers use Scale City in the classroom.

KET's Water Solutions explores how to prevent and mitigate non-point-source water pollution.

Gain a Native American perspective on climate change in these student-produced videos.
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