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Center for Lifelong Learning
Minnesota PBS believes that media powerfully shapes how people and communities understand themselves, each other, and our world. This is reflected in our rich history of creating award-winning educational television and activities for K-12 students, educators, and learners of all ages and all stages of life.
Please explore our extensive library of resources designed to connect, engage, and reflect our audiences, and join us in providing lifelong learning experiences for all.
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Social Studies
Grade 7-8, Grade 8-12
Wicked Minnehaha | You Are Here | Full Episode
Come along on a lively walking tour through the raucous history of this wicked waterfall.
Community Guide
Social Studies
Grade 7-8, Grade 8-12
Viewing Guide | Wicked Minnehaha | You Are Here
This guide includes discussion questions you can use as written or adapt for viewers, plus additional resources at the end to support deeper conversation.
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Social Studies
Grade 7-8, Grade 8-12
West Side | You Are Here | Full Episode
The history of Mexican Americans in St. Paul’s West Side neighborhood reveals a community shaped by resilience, grassroots activism and strong local institutions.
Community Guide
Social Studies
Grade 7-8, Grade 8-12
Viewing Guide | West Side | You Are Here
This guide includes discussion questions you can use as written or adapt for viewers, plus additional resources at the end to support deeper conversation.
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Community Guide
Social Studies
Grade 7-8, Grade 8-12
Bdote: A Birthing Island | You Are Here | Full Episode
Bdote: A Birthing Island offers a walking tour revealing the deep connection Dakota people have to Bdote, where the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers meet.
Community Guide
Social Studies
Grade 7-8, Grade 8-12
Viewing Guide | Bdote: A Birthing Island | You Are Here
This guide includes discussion questions you can use as written or adapt for viewers, plus additional resources at the end to support deeper conversation.
Educational Resources
STEM, School Readiness
Grade K-2, Grade PreK-2
Focus Skill | Skillsville
The strategy Focus is having the ability to independently motivate yourself to begin tasks by directing behaviors and actions.
Community Guide
Civics, Social Studies
Lifelong Learning
Paradox: Echoes of Reform & the Minneapolis Police | Full Documentary
Historian Yohuru Williams explores the history of reforming the Minneapolis Police and how George Floyd's murder was a century in the making.
Community Guide
Civics, Social Studies
Lifelong Learning
Viewing Guide | Paradox
This guide offers facilitators ways to use Paradox in community or classroom settings. The film’s histories and narratives are complex and thought-provoking, and should be approached with care.
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In the Community
Through freely available world-class media content and in-person engagement, Minnesota PBS showcases local arts and culture, inspires life-long learning, contributes to a more informed citizenry, helps young people succeed, and uplifts the voices of our community through local, educational programming.
Viewers Like Us Club: A PBS Media Club in a Box
Minnesota PBS invites your organization to take part in our new Viewers Like Us: A PBS Media Club in a Box initiative, designed to bring adults together around meaningful media.
PBS at Your Library
Join Minnesota PBS and your friends from Skillsville for hands-on activities and fun for the family at a library near you.
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Professional Development
Turn award-winning programming into hands-on learning with professional development resources and opportunities — made for the classroom.
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Impact by the numbers
Lifelong Learning believe’s public media has the power to shape how communities and people understand themselves, the people around them, and the world. And we’re just getting started.
80,000
Children reached through the Center for Lifelong Learning's outreach programs and initiatives.
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Educators have used the Center for Lifelong Learning's professional development resources.
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Evaluating our programs
Minnesota PBS Center for Lifelong Learning programming aims to serve the needs of our communities. We request feedback from program educators, families, and participants to best bring them resources that will help inspire and engage their programs.