Educational News and Resources from Iowa Public Television

Resources for Social Studies Teachers MARCH 6 - 13

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Student Reporting Labs

PBS NewHour Extra: News for Students and Resources for Teachers

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

PBS NewsHour Extra provides unique current events resources for teachers: news stories, pictures, maps, video, in-depth lesson plans, stories written by students, and much more. The site is cross-curricular and offers something for every type of teacher.

The Student Voices section offers editorials and essays written by students with unique perspectives on issues and news events. In fact, students from Shenandoah, IA have shared their experiences covering the 2012 Republican caucuses.

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Frontline: Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese citizens fell into the hands of a small corps of engineers, firefighters and soldiers who risked their lives to prevent the Daiichi nuclear complex from complete meltdown. This is their story, with rare footage from inside the plant and eyewitness testimony from the people on the frontlines.

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Mission US:

Flight to Freedom

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8

Part interactive, part choose your own adventure, and all amazing history, Mission US allows your students to immerse themselves in American history like nothing else. The game's structure allows students to take completely different routes and end up completing the game and interpreting history in divergent ways.

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American Experience: The Amish

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

An intimate portrait of contemporary Amish faith and life, this film examines how such a closed and communal culture has thrived within one of the most open, individualistic societies on earth. What does the future hold for a community whose existence is so rooted in the past? And what does our fascination with the Amish say about deep American values?

Register today for these ICN sessions, at no charge to you or your school, to network your students with other learners throughout the state.

Mandatory Reporter Training: Suspected Child and Dependent Adult Abuse (Educator Session).

Can't make it to any of these sessions? Take a look at IPTV's ICN events calendar to schedule your next opportunity.

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