Resource: Finding Your Roots (PBS Series)

Topics and Competencies

Resource, Knowledge of Group Characteristics, Knowledge of History, Knowledge of Identity-Specific Mechanisms, Race/Racism, National Origin/Immigration Status

Grade Level

Middle Grades, High School, College/Adult

Subject Area Integration

None

Author(s)

PBS

Source

PBS

Date Created/Most Recently Revised

2020

Description

For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.

Includes standards-aligned lesson plans.