This summer KET’s normal weekday program lineup that airs on the main KET channel from 11 am to 3 pm ET will be replaced with a special programming specific to at-home learning for older students.
Below you will find the June 29 – July 3 schedule and related videos and activities. PBS KIDS programming will continue to air before and after this block. You can view that schedule and related materials online as well.
Weekdays from 11 am – 12 pm ET, follow along as expert travelers, Rick Steves and Samantha Brown, give you an inside look at some of the world’s most adventurous locations. View our travel guide to access travel logs, links to more information about each episode, additional educational materials on PBS LearningMedia related to the countries and topics, and maps tracking our progress!
Monday, June 29
- 11:00 am Rick Steves: Southeast England (30 min)
- 11:30 am Samantha Brown: Naples and Paradise Coast of Florida (30 min)
- 12:00 pm Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story (1 hour)
- Bluegrass Music Beginnings (grades 6-12)
- Traditional Bluegrass Instruments (grades 6-12)
- Jean Ritchie on Play Party Games (grades K-12)
- 1:00 pm Roosevelts: An Intimate History – The Rising Road (1933-1939) (2 hours)
Tuesday, June 30
- 11:00 am Rick Steves: England’s Cornwall (30 min)
- 11:30 am Samantha Brown: Christchurch, New Zealand (30 min)
- 12:00 pm American Experience: Secret of Tuxedo Park (1 hour)
- How Radar Changed the Course of WWII (grades 9-12)
- 1:00 pm Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets – Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain (1 hour)
- 2:00 pm Elizabeth I: Death of a Dynasty (1 hour)
Wednesday, July 1
- 11:00 am Rick Steves: The Heart of England (30 min)
- 11:30 am Samantha Brown: Baltimore, Maryland (30 min)
- 12:00 pm Queen Victoria and Her Nine Children (3 hours)
- Victoria Becomes Queen (grades 9-12)
- Queen Victoria and the English Jury System (grades 9-12)
- Queen Victoria and the Anti-Slavery Movement in England (grades 9-12)
Thursday, July 2
- 11:00 am Rick Steves: Lisbon (30 min)
- 11:30 am Samantha Brown: Food Around the World (30 min)
- 12:00 pm Spy in the Wild: Friendship (1 hour)
- Unlikely Partners: Warthog and Mongoose (grades K-5)
- Arctic Wolf Cubs Learn Pack Behavior (grades K-5)
- 1:00 pm Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Monsters (1 hour)
- Ancient Sea Reptiles (grades 6-12)
- 2:00 pm Prehistoric Road Trip: Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts (1 hour)
Friday, July 3
- 11:00 am Rick Steves: Portugal’s Heartland (30 min)
- 11:30 am Samantha Brown: Charleston, South Carolina (30 min)
- 12:00 pm Hitmakers (1 hour)
- 1:00 pm Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2 hours)
- The Pain and History of Beloved (grades 9-12)
- Toni Morrison’s Beloved, On Stage (grades 6-12)
- Toni Morrison on Paradise (grades 6-12)