New PBS resource: PBS LearningMedia released an educator guide for its American Revolution Classroom Collection tied to Ken Burns’ six-part documentary. Curriculum alignment: The guide organizes more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of Henry David Thoreau, the subject of a new PBS documentary, stands in front of a reproduction of his cabin at the ...

Washington, DC – May 6, 2026 -- THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, the six-part, 12-hour documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, that premiered on PBS in November 2025, will ...

Ken Burns on "Face the Nation" As the U.S. celebrates 249 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, "CBS ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Henry David Thoreau is one of those figures whose name one may know but whose writing often boils down in the mind ...

Fort Laurens Museum is partnering with PBS Western Reserve to host a preview screening of the documentary film “The American Revolution.” The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 9 at the ...

BENTONVILLE -- Ken Burns, the documentary filmmaker, said Friday he was moved by the support Arkansans showed for the Public Broadcasting Service when the Arkansas Educational Television Commission ...

As a kid, James Finley watched Ken Burns’ documentaries about the Civil War and baseball over and over. “I remember just being in awe of the people who were talking — how do they know so much? ,” ...