Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

Series

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

24 episodes

A PBS KIDS series in which three kids step through a museum portal and meet historical figures as children. The hook is the order of things. Xavier, Yadina or Brad arrives with a real problem, whether shut out of a game, unable to speak, or unsure how to get anyone to listen, and the visit answers it. Jackie Robinson, Helen Keller, Frederick Douglass, Gwen Ifill, Jonas Salk, Grandmaster Flash, Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Graham Bell. Single segments run about eleven minutes and full episodes roughly twice that. Biography that carries a social-emotional thread, so it fits either block.

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what this series covers

What Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum covers

24 episodes in the library, tagged for K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Social Studies, Social-Emotional Learning and Reading & Writing (ELA). Between them they line up with 32 distinct standards across 6 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K
24
1st
24
2nd
24
3rd
24
4th
15
5th
13

Episodes per subject

Social Studies
24
Social-Emotional Learning
11
Reading & Writing (ELA)
6
Art
4
Science
4
Health
2
Music
1
Technology
1

Common Core — ELA 2

  • RI.3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  • RI.3.3Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 9

  • D2.His.3.K-2Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.
  • D2.His.3.3-5Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
  • D2.His.2.K-2Compare life in the past to life today.
  • D2.Civ.1.3-5Distinguish the responsibilities and powers of government officials at various levels and branches of government and in different times and places.
  • D2.Civ.1.K-2Describe roles and responsibilities of people in authority.
  • D2.His.2.3-5Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
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  • D1.1.K-2Explain why the compelling question is important to the student.
  • D2.Geo.6.K-2Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
  • D2.His.4.K-2Compare perspectives of people in the past to those of people in the present.

National Core Arts 5

  • MU:Cn10.0.5aDemonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
  • MU:Cr2.1.6aSelect, organize, and document personal musical ideas for arrangements and compositions within expanded forms that demonstrate unity and variety.
  • VA:Cr1.1.3Elaborate on an imaginative idea.
  • VA:Cr3.1.5Create artist statements using art vocabulary to describe personal choices in art-making.
  • VA:Re8.1.4Interpret art by referring to contextual information and analyzing relevant subject matter, characteristics of form, and use of media.

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 11

  • CASEL.SA.6Hold a growth mindset: treat effort, practice, and mistakes as how ability grows.
  • CASEL.SM.3Show self-discipline and self-motivation — keep working when a task gets hard or boring.
  • CASEL.RS.8Stand up for the rights of others.
  • CASEL.SA.5Show self-confidence — believe you can do hard things and take on a challenge.
  • CASEL.SM.6Show the courage to take initiative — start something, try, or speak up first.
  • CASEL.RDM.6Reflect on your role in the well-being of your family, classroom, and community.
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  • CASEL.RS.1Communicate clearly and listen actively.
  • CASEL.RS.9Show respect and cultural competency across differences in background, language, and ability.
  • CASEL.SA.3Recognize your own strengths, interests, and the assets you bring from your family and culture.
  • CASEL.SA.7Develop interests and a sense of purpose — identify what matters to you and why.
  • CASEL.SM.1Manage strong emotions and impulses instead of acting on them right away.

National Health Education 3

  • NHES.1.5.5Describe practices and behaviors that prevent or reduce health risks, such as eating vegetables and fruit daily.
  • NHES.1.5.6Explain ways to take part in healthy practices and behaviors, such as daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.
  • NHES.8.5.2Persuade others to make positive health choices, such as avoiding all tobacco products.

ISTE (Technology) 2

  • ISTE.1.1.dTechnology fundamentals: understand how the technology you use works, and try out new tools confidently.
  • ISTE.1.4.aDesign process: follow a deliberate design process to generate ideas and possible solutions.

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