Literacy, Languages, and the Arts OCTOBER 17 - 23, 2012      Here are some of the latest educational resources from Iowa Public Television. This week we focus on lesson plans, activities, and interactives to help engage your students with a deeper understanding of key concepts and skills in a variety of subject areas and grade levels. To find more resources go to iptv.org/classroom.  Lesson Plan  Can the Media Influence the Fairness of Criminal Trials?  Grade Range: 9-12  In this lesson, students will investigate how press coverage of criminal trials has the potential to influence public opinion and the rights of the accused. Using a video case study of a trial in the Philippines, the class will first discuss how a man was characterized in the media following his arrest, and then analyze the coverage of the trial and verdict.      Video/Interactive Blues Grade Range: 3-5 In this video interactive from PBS LearningMedia, understand the roots of blues music; learn about the musical instruments typically used in playing blues; and see how different rhythms, lyrics, and note patterns combine in this music genre.   Lesson Plan Creating Place-based Poems  Grade Range: 9-12  In this lesson, students will walk step-by-step through the process of creating place-based poems. They will first practice identifying sights, sounds and other sensory details presented in a video clip about a unique cemetery in Mexico. Students will also investigate how this cemetery inspired the content of two poems by Mexican poet Dolores Dorantes.     Video  Harriet Beecher Stowe Witnesses a Slave Auction   Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12  Having recently moved to Cincinnati with her family, Harriet Beecher Stowe crossed over into the slave state of Kentucky in 1832 and happened upon a slave auction. Witnessing a mother and child separated and sold separately would affect her forever.   Resources  |  PBS LearningMedia  |  PBS KIDS  |  PBS Teachers  |  Iowa Public Television