Resources for Elementary Teachers
November 1 - 8, 2011
IPTV is pleased to bring you our weekly eNewsletter that highlights some of our many educational resources, television programs, and ICN sessions available. Veterans Day is coming up, and whether you are a social studies teacher or a music instructor, there are resources available to help share the lives and experiences of the men and women who have fought for America with your students.
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PBS LearningMedia: Coming Home from War
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
This resource group from PBS LearningMedia utilizes the film and website resources for The Way We Get By, which tells the story of a group of volunteers who have greeted more than 900,000 troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine. Classrooms can use the resources to conduct an investigation that compares and contrasts the homecoming experiences of soldiers who served in World War II, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Mysteries of the Deep
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, students will use math and scale drawing of the submarine as a model from which to draw a full-scale version of the Confederate submarine, the CSS H.L. Hunley.
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Songs of War
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
In this lesson plan from PBS Teachers, students will explore the relationship between real-life events and popular music, focusing on a song written during the U.S.-Mexican War. They will then have the opportunity to write a song from a new perspective and apply this to modern-day conflicts.
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Interactive Whiteboard Games
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
PBS has a huge collection of interactive whiteboard games for educators. Your students will enjoy participating in these collaborative, fun, and engaging games. Like the television programs, all of these whiteboard games are age-appropriate and vetted by educators. Learn More >>
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Register today for these ICN sessions, at no charge to you or your school, to network your students with other learners throughout the state.
Life on the Prairie
Grade Range: 3-6
Visit with a pioneer woman (a naturalist from the Polk County Conservation Board) as she shares how the Iowa landscape has changed and what effects it is having on Iowa wildlife. She will also explain what life was like on the prairie during the 19th century.
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Letters About Literature National Writing Contest
Educator Session
The Library of Congress, in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book, invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature (LAL), a national reading-writing contest. Attend this session to learn more about the contest.
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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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