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PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 are hosting a free webinar for educators Tuesday, November 17 at 8 p.m. ET about “Helping Kids Understand Viruses and Vaccinations with SID THE SCIENCE KID.” Webinar
participants will learn strategies and resources they can immediately
use in the classroom to teach students about the criti...cal topic of
viruses, how vaccinations work if their families choose to get them,
and how to stay healthy. To join the session, click the link below at the above time.
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Source: sas.elluminate.com
Our virtual classroom offers synchronous learning with live, 2-way voice, shared whiteboard & chat. We also offer content support, homework help and course services. Schools can acquire our homework ...
Tracey Greggs

Tracey Greggs
As one of the most successful programs of President Roosevelt's New Deal, The Civilian Conservation Corps was an integral part of the American economic recovery of the 1930s. According to economic analysis, one way to help ease Americans out of our current recession is jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Do you think such as ...program as the CCC might be appropriate today? To learn more about the development and success of the Civilian Conservation Corp and ideas on classroom instruction, go to http://video.pbs.org/program/979359091/Read More

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Praised as the "finest documentary series on television," AMERICAN EXPERIENCE brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Watch Mondays, 9PM ET/PT
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UNC-TV Education Sid's Vaccination: Help kids understand and deal with getting shots.

Source: www.pbs.org
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Join PBS Teachers Tuesday, November 10 at 8 p.m. ET for "PBS TeacherLine – A Professional Development Service," with the PBS TeacherLine team.
With high quality, standards-based graduate-level courses, PBS
TeacherLine offers teachers the professional development opportunities
they need in an accessible online format that ...makes learning fun,
flexible and collaborative. Teachers can earn graduate credit, PDPs, or
CEUs while gaining strategies and resources to bring directly to the
classroom. During the webinar, PBS TeacherLine staff will provide
a tour of the site, including information on courses and an additional
service for coaches, Peer Connection.
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Source: www.pbs.org
PBS Teachers provides PreK-12 educational resources and activities for educators tied to PBS programming and correlated to local and national standards and professional development opportunities delivered online.
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Three real-life sisters sharing their kids' antics, milestones and adventures through this crazy journey called motherhood. Find out more »
Tracey Greggs

Tracey Greggs
November 9, American Experience's The 1930s explores the construction of one of our nation's most recognizable landmarks and greatest engineering triumphs with Hoover Dam. Taking five years to complete and employing an army of workers, the Hoover Dam, with its elegantly curved sheer face, art-deco ornaments and 726-fo...ot height, evokes the architecture and ingenuity of the 1930's. And, in the midst of the Great Depression, it was a symbol of hope for the dispossessed. Check your local PBS station.Read More

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Through this online companion, UNC-TV partners with American Experience to expand this online educational experience to users throughout North Carolina. Also, UNC-TV is engaging its one-of-a-kind, educator-moderated ...
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Tracey Greggs American Experience Teachers, join the discussion! Participate in the professional dialogue amongst social studies teachers. Discuss how you use American Experience in your classroom. Sign on to http://discussions.pbs.org/viewforum.pbs?f=263&sid=d5ca10c75fce6eca425e357a7d6dabf7

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UNC-TV Education PBS Parents'
blog Supersisters notices the chill in the air and gives us some ideas
for those wanting celebrate the season -- on a budget.

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Three real-life sisters sharing their kids' antics, milestones and adventures through this crazy journey called motherhood. Find out more »
Tracey Greggs

Tracey Greggs
American Experience Series: The 1930's
They were years of uncertainty, perseverance, and hope. An economic crisis unlike any before-fueled by stock market manipulations, flowing credit, and a real estate bubble-swept through the nation. Unemployment was soaring; consumer confidence falling. On the horizon, an environ...mental catastrophe loomed if humankind refused to accept nature's limits. In the White House a newly elected president championed a bold stimulus plan to revitalize the economy, including an innovative proposal to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in environmental conservation. Starting October 26, 2009, UNC-TV, enjoy learning more about The Crash of 1929, Civilian Conservation Corps, The Hoover Dam, Surviving the Dust Bowl, Seabiscuit: Visit http://pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/collection/1930s/
for instructional materials to support these shows.
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Join PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 Wednesday, October 7 at 8 p.m. EDT for "Teaching About Place With Ken Burns's NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA,"with education technology experts. ...
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UNC-TV Education You can vote for NC to recieve 50,000 books for free for students! We are currently number 2, and voting ends at midnight! Thanks!

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Share the memory of the first book that made reading fun for you and then help get more kids hooked: vote for the state to receive 50,000 new books for children in need.
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UNC-TV Education Lesson plans, online resources and activities are now available for Ken Burns’ THE NATIONAL PARKS, premiering on UNC-TV this weekend, Sept. 27, at 8 PM.

Source: www.pbs.org
The wealth of themes explored in THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA offer an extraordinary educational opportunity for your classroom. The lessons and activities developed around the film look at ...