Instructional Television

Portraits: The Americans

Twelve 15-minute lessons

Produced 1996

School use rights: 1 year

Grades 4-8 / History

Teachers Guide

5/8 SS

Video Tape Library

John Robbins of Read on From Cover to Cover hosts and narrates this series that tells the stories of individuals who have made a difference in the nation and the world at large. The development of each portrait conveys the spirit of the individual and combines information extracted from moments in history. Each program ends with a completed portrait

Tues. 10:45 am	Lesson Title
Sept. 17	1. Benjamin Franklin
Sept. 24	2. Deborah Samson
Oct. 1	3. Benjamin Banneker
Oct. 8	4. Benedict Arnold
Oct. 15	5. John James Audubon
Oct. 22	6. Elizabeth Blackwell
Oct. 29	7. Buffalo Bill
Nov. 5	8. Annie Oakley
Nov. 12	9. John Muir
Nov. 19	10. Nellie Bly
Dec. 3	11. Jim Thorpe
Dec. 10	12. Mary McLeod Bethune
Dec. 17	1. Benjamin Franklin

Block Feeds 2/14, 2/17, 2/18