Teaching Tools
To facilitate the usage of MPB’s programming in the classroom, MPB Education Services has created educational components as companions to MPB’s locally-produced television programs. Find links below to lesson plans, glossaries, activities, viewing guides, and additional educator resources correlated to Mississippi’s curriculum frameworks. These extensive educational components serve as valuable tools during instruction to engage students and as invaluable supplemental resources to teach core curriculum content.
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Webpage providing information about Evers’ life and work
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Open your students' eyes to the exciting world of aerospace manufacturing.
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Documentary about Mississippians’ home front and battlefront WWII contributions -
Lesson plans for third through twelfth grades on topics from understanding a novel to writing one.
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Teach your students how to understand music and compose in these lesson plans for grades 4 - 12.
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Lesson plans and activites on poetry from all genres for students of all ages.
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Lesson plans on African American Literature and Civil Rights for grades 3 - 12.
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A variety of lesson plans and activites on Welty and her literature for all ages.
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Lesson plans on photography, Freedom Riders, and African American history.
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Students in grades 6 - 12 will be interested in these activities on the elements of a short story.
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Learn how to write like a food critic and much more in these lesson plans for grades K through 12.
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Creative writing lesson plans for grades 2 - 12.
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Everything a students needs to know about writing an autobiography or memoir.
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Students learn about hurricanes and how to prepare for severe weather in these lesson plans.
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Find out the details of writing a children's book.
