FREE Grades K-12: Heart of a Hall of Famer with Steve Largent

Our character education series Heart of a Hall of Famer continues with Steve Largent on Friday April 8 at 9:00 AM and again at 11:00 AM ET. At the time of his retirement, Largent held six major NFL career pass receiving records. Largent is currently the President and CEO of CTIA – The Wireless Association and was a United States Congressman from 1994-2001. Join us as he talks about the traits that made him one of the game’s greatest receivers as well as successful after his playing career.

Feel free to join us through videoconferencing for a “view only” broadcast. The program is open to grades K-12th and is FREE of charge. For more information or if you are interested in registering, please contact our Education Department at EducationalPrograms@profootballhof.com.

FREE Grades 7 - 12:Living Life to the Fullest

Featured Guest: Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan

Internationally acclaimed singer as a soloist and as a member of The Irish Tenors

His solo CD, Ronan, debuted #2 on Billboard's Classical Crossover Chart, was the 8th best-selling classical crossover album of 2005, reached #2 on the World Album Chart and peaked at #9 on the Contemporary Christian Chart

Between 1981 and 1984, amassed eighteen Paralympics gold medals and fourteen world records of which he still holds nine

Holds a Ph.D. in medicine from Trinity College, specializing in orthopedic sports injuries

Has presented his motivational speech, Hitting the High Notes, Living Life to the Fullest (released on DVD in 2007), nearly 50 times annually for major international corporations and organizations

Date: Monday, April 4, 2011

Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

For Additional information please see:

http://www.ronantynan.net/ronan.aspx

Transmission Modes: NOTA and eTech Ohio IP Network

Schools interested in participating in this educational opportunity should contact John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or john.ramicone@ideastream.org by March 31st.

A program fee of $75.00 will be charged to schools not in the NOTA or NORTH2 member districts. Please process a purchase order to WVIZ/PBS Distance Learning, c/o John Ramicone, 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44115 and fax a copy or the p. o. number to 216-916-6361.

Grades 5-12: Kindertransport: Rescue of Jewish Children

REGISTER online: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

THURSDAY, March 17, 2011

Presenter: Eric Rosenfeld

TARGET AUDIENCE: Students in grades 5 - 12

TIME: Two sessions: one at 9:00 AM CENTRAL TIME and one at 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME

COST: Cost for a videoconference session is $75.

FORMAT: Approximately 45 minutes in length. Format is about 25-30 minutes for the presentation and 15-20 minutes for an interactive question and answer session with the students and presenter.

Eric Rosenfeld knew what it meant to be isolated, persecuted, and faced with almost certain death at the hands of the Nazis. His mother’s last-ditch attempt to save the life of her son was the “Kindertransport” or “Children’s Transports”. Following Kristallnacht, “Night of the Broken Glass”, on November 9, 1938, groups of children were transported for sanctuary via a program called "Kindertransport." The children had to be between the ages of 3 and 17, and they had to leave alone, without their parents. Nearly 10,000 children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia were rescued by the Kindertransport rescue movement. Eric Rosenfeld was one of the fortunate ones.

Through the efforts of the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society who facilitated the "Children's Transports", Eric Rosenfeld was able to immigrate to the United States in August 1941. Eric waved to his mother for the last time as she waited on the train platform; later that year, his mother was sent to the concentration camp in Auschwitz where she died. The children were placed in foster homes, hostels, and farms or sent to extended family in the United States. Most of the rescued children survived the war. A small number were reunited with parents who had either spent the war in hiding or survived the Nazi camps. But the majority, at the end of the war, found their parents were dead.

Join us soon in the Virtual School!

Patsy

Patsy Partin, M.Ed

Director, Virtual School

Vanderbilt University

2007 Terrace Place

Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 322-6384

www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool

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Grades 4-12: CHINA: Xinjiang Province

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011

REGISTER online: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

Presenter: Stacey Irvin

Complete lesson plan on “CHINA: Xinjiang Province” available on Vanderbilt Virtual School website at: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/programs/windowsontheworld/chinaxinjiang.htm

TARGET AUDIENCE: Students in grades 4 - 12

TIME: Two sessions: one at 9:00 AM CENTRAL TIME and one at 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME

COST: Cost for a videoconference session is $75.

FORMAT: Approximately 45 minutes in length. Format is about 25-30 minutes for the presentation and 15-20 minutes for an interactive question and answer session with the students and presenter.

Xinjiang Province of the People’s Republic of China is located in northwestern China. The geographic position of Xinjiang makes it very important. Xinjiang has a rich cultural history extending back thousands of years. During China's golden age, the T'ang Dynasty (618-907), traders with their wares and religious pilgrims travelled in camel caravans along the ancient and well-known and ancient Silk Road, while now it is an unavoidable part of the railway leading to the second Eurasia Continental Bridge.

Xinjiang Province in far western China is home to numerous people groups: Muslim Turkic groups including the Uyghurs, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Tatars and the Kazakhs, and a few Indo-European Iranic groups, such as the Tajiks and the Sarikolis/Wakhis. Other minority ethnic groups include Hui Chinese, the Mongols, the Russians, the Xibes, and the Manchus. Translation: It’s an amazing dichotomy of people groups, cultures, and languages. Photographing such diversity is wonderful.

Inhabited since early times by nomad tribes, it is an area of rugged mountains and desert basins. Although Xinjiang is predominantly agricultural and pastoral, it has rich mineral resources. The vast oil fields at Kara may (served by both highways and an airline) are among the largest in China, and there are extensive deposits of coal, silver, copper, lead, nitrates, gold, and zinc. The indigenous peoples of Xinjiang practice a variety of cultural traditions.

Come explore this beautiful land and these beautiful people groups with lots of pictures made by photo-journalist and our presenter, Stacey Irwin.

Patsy Partin, M.Ed

Director, Virtual School

Vanderbilt University

2007 Terrace Place

Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 322-6384

www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool

FREE Grades 7-12: The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

Featured Guest: David Brooks, Op-Ed Columnist

for the New York Times

For the record, in addition to being the author of bestselling books, David Brooks is a senior editor at The Weekly Standard and a contributing editor at Newsweek. Formerly a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal, he's writes op-ed columns for The New York Times.

This is the story of how success happens. It is told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica—how they grow, push forward, are pulled back, fail, and succeed.

David Brooks' The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement is not going to be released until March 8th, but like his previous bestsellers, Bobos In Paradise and On Paradise Drive, this is going to jump to the top of the lists.

Join us on March 14 and interact with this outstanding but often controversial columnist and author.

Date: Monday, March 14, 2011 Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Schools interested in participating in this educational opportunity should contact John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or john.ramicone@ideastream.org by March 9th.

A program fee of $75.00 will be charged to schools not in the NOTA or NORTH2 member districts. Please process a purchase order to WVIZ/PBS Distance Learning, c/o John Ramicone, 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44115 and fax a copy or the p. o. number to 216-916-6361.

Grades 4-12: Echoes in Time: US Colored Troops of the Civil War

Content Provider		Ohio Historical Society 2009-10 Honorable Mention
Contact Information		Matt Schullek dl@ohiohistory.org 1982 Velma Ave. Columbus, OH 43211 United States Phone: (800) 640-7679 Fax: (614) 298-2963
Program Type		Individual Program
Program Rating		This program has not yet been evaluated.
Target Audience		Education: Grade(s): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Parent, Adult Learners, Public Library: Library Patrons
Maximum Number of Participants		There is no maximum, but for optimum interactivity, we suggest no more than 35 students.
Minimum Number of Participants		No minimum.
Primary Disciplines		Social Studies/History
Program Description		Immerse yourself in the stories and experiences of the past through Echoes in Time. In this episode, you'll listen to the story of a Civil War soldier from the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Colored Troops regiment as he tells how the colored soldier fights for not on the freedom of his race but his own personal freedom to join white soldiers fighting the war that threatens to divide the Union. Echoes in Time presentations are theater style performances that explore characters from America’s past.
Program Format		This is a theater style presentation with periods of audience interaction. Question and answer sessions are scattered throughout the performance with extra time set aside at the end of the performance for audience questions.
Objectives		To be added later.
National Standards to which this program aligns		Will be added later.
State/Regional Standards to which this program aligns		Will be added later.
Program Length		30 - 45 minutes
Dates/Times		Program Date Program Time Network Time Registration Deadline All times below are displayed in Eastern Daylight Time, as specified in your profile. 3/17/2011 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM 03/15/2011 3/17/2011 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 03/15/2011 3/30/2011 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM 03/28/2011 3/30/2011 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 03/28/2011 4/12/2011 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM 04/08/2011 4/12/2011 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM 04/08/2011 4/18/2011 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM 04/14/2011 4/18/2011 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 04/14/2011 4/29/2011 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM 04/27/2011 4/29/2011 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 04/27/2011
Date/Time Notes		This is a special performance, which will be offered at specified times during each month. March and April dates have been posted. Check back soon for dates in May and June.
Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees		Interactive Cost: $150.00
Program Fee Notes		Payments can be made by purchase order, credit card, or check made payable to the Ohio Historical Society.
Cancellation Policy		We will not charge for programs canceled due to inclement weather. The full presentation fee will be charged to sites, which cancel with less than 24 hours notice.
Is recording allowed?		No
The Provider broadcasts over		IP
Minimum Technology Specifications for sites connecting to this provider		Schools should dial into us or contact us via a bridging agent, at an ideal connection speed of at least 384 kbps. We highly recommend you also schedule a test call with us at least two days prior to the date of your presentation. Advance registrations are required and may be made by scheduling your program online or by calling our studio at 1.800.640.7679.

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