ITV Highlights: Week of September 28, 2008
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Open Your Ears (#201-210)
MPT's K-12 ITV Service: Elementary School
Thursday, October 2, 2008 (1:00-1:22 am)
In Open Your Ears 2 young host AJ shares his knowledge of music genres. In this integrated series, which blends video and online activities, AJ explores several genres of music such as classical, opera, folk, and jazz in short video segments. Viewers can extend their learning by going online to explore the interactive games and activities.
Classical Quest
MPT's K-12 ITV Service: Middle and High School
Thursday, October 2, 2008 (1:30-2:00 am)
CLASSICAL QUEST is designed to encourage interest and exploration in fine music for students in middle school, high school and beyond. The Starling Chamber Orchestra, based at the College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, conveys the connection between historic masterpieces of music and those who pursue the joys of playing music today. The interplay of composers, the conductor, the players, their instruments and the audience is revealed.
Song and Music (#101-122)
MPT's K-12 ITV Service: Elementary School
Thursday, October 2, 2008 (2:00-5:15 am)
This wonderful series by Scholastic blends an introduction to many different types of music with the timeless tradition of Scholastic stories. Children will walk away with a wonderful feeling of having learned something new about music and being encouraged to read. Different types of music represented are jazz, popular, classical, and folk music.
Song and Music (#123-128)
MPT's K-12 ITV Service: Elementary School
Friday, October 3, 2008 (1:00-2:00 am)
This wonderful series by Scholastic blends an introduction to many different types of music with the timeless tradition of Scholastic stories. Children will walk away with a wonderful feeling of having learned something new about music and being encouraged to read. Different types of music represented are jazz, popular, classical, and folk music.
Soundmix: Five Young Musicians
MPT's K-12 ITV Service: Middle and High School
Friday, October 3, 2008 (2:00-3:00 am)
This program features young musicians from a variety of backgrounds exploring music in ways that reflect their entire identity -- as individuals, as members of distinct cultures and as Americans.
Sweet Ambition
MPT's K-12 ITV Service: Middle and High School
Friday, October 3, 2008 (4:00-5:30 am)
Through the voices and personal stories of ten Latino teenagers, "Sweet Ambition" takes a deep and moving look at the situations that contribute to the staggering drop-out statistics that cloud the lives of these youth and their contemporaries nationwide. It is a powerful and touching story about young men and women and the school that has changed their lives as they struggle to make a difference: for themselves, and for the future of their community. "Sweet Ambition" is a 50-minute documentary film that explores the problems and stereotypes affecting young Latinos across the country.
P.O.V.: Critical Condition
On-Air & Online | Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 9 - 10:30pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
"Critical Condition" puts a human face on the nation's growing health care crisis by capturing the harrowing struggles of four critically ill Americans who discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, home, savings, even their lives. (CC, Stereo, 1 year)
Rx for Change
On-Air | Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 10:30pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
The follow-up to P.O.V. "Critical Condition" outlines the presidential candidates' stands on health care reform and features a discussion with experts who evaluate the plans. (CC, Stereo, 1 year)
Using Media Effectively In Your Classroom
MPT's K-12 ITV Service: Professional Development
Thursday, October 2, 2008 (5:15 am)
Video, the Internet and other media can be powerful learning tools when used properly. Learn media utilization techniques and strategies in an easy step by step process as you watch several teachers model these effective instructional practices.
DragonflyTV (#401-409 )
MPT's K-12 ITV Service: Elementary and Middle School
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 (1:00-5:30 am)
A half-hour of our hottest investigations kick off the season! En garde: Paula and Alyssa study sword science with a fencing investigation. Kha and Peta, 12-year old martial arts athletes, get their kicks as they determine how different tae kwon do movements challenge their bodies' skeletal and muscular systems. And DRAGONFLY TV asks: How can you pedal your bike 80 miles per hour?
Nature: Dogs That Changed the World: The Rise of the Dog
On-Air & Online | Sunday, September 28, 2008, 7:00-8:00 pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
From the tiniest Chihuahua to the largest St. Bernard, all dogs claim the wolf as their ancestor. But how did the wolf become the domesticated dog, and how did the hundreds of breeds we know today come to be so different? Using DNA analysis and other research, scientists have now pieced together the puzzle of canine evolution, creating a fascinating picture of how dogs became an indispensable part of our own history. Part One of Two. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
NOVA: Sputnik Declassified
On-Air & Online | Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 8 - 9:00 pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
NOVA tells the untold story behind the moment when the U.S. public heard the shocking news that the Soviet Union had successfully launched the first satellite, Sputnik I, into space. (CC, Stereo, 1 year)
Voyageur Experience In Global Geography (#1-9)
MPT's K-12 ITV Service: Middle and High School
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (1:00-5:30 am)
This series is a comprehensive survey of important standards-based social studies concepts within a compelling case-study style format. Students will explore complex economic, social, and cultural issues while they watch diverse examples of social studies in action. The programs model an investigative approach to physical and social geography, following North American students on tour to foreign lands. Each program features a case study of a specific geographic area with queries posed to the audience and several opportunities for extensions of learning in the classroom.
PBS NewsHour Debates 2008: A Special Report: Vice Presidential Debate
On-Air & Online | Thursday, October 2, 2008, 9 - 11:00 pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Gwen Ifill, of PBS' "The NewsHour" and "Washington Week," moderates the vice presidential debate between the Democratic and Republican nominees, live from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Followed by analysis from the NewsHour team anchored by Jim Lehrer with David Brooks and Mark Shields./
Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal
On-Air & Online | Friday, October 3, 2008, 8:30 pm
Grade Range: 9-12
"Washington Week," the longest-running news and public affairs program on public television, has forged an editorial partnership with "National Journal," the nonpartisan publication that for 36 years has been dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage of the politics and policy of the federal government. (CC, Stereo, 1 year)