Grades 6-12: Freedom Suits, Slavery, and American Justice **FREE**

A study of 19th century American history or a study of the Civil War would not be complete without including the famous freedom suit of Dred Scott. While Dred Scott may be the most famous of slaves filing a freedom suit, he certainly was not the only one. These suits, which were legal petitions for freedom by people of color, became a common way for slaves to seek to obtain their freedom in the St. Louis area. The bulk of these suits were filed from the 1820s to 1850s. Slaves who had moved with their owners to live in free states often used this event as a basis to seeking their freedom.

Now, as a result of the St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, the court record of these freedom suits is available to the public. Since September 1999, a variety of institutions and organizations have worked to preserve and make accessible the historical records under the St. Louis Circuit Court Clerk’s control. These documents date from the court's inception in 1804 through 1875. The true value of the court records is found in the depositions—rare primary source oral histories that provide a window into everyday life of that time.

In this program, you and your students will have the chance to go back in time and utilize fascinating primary sources to hear the stories of slaves and owners, lawyers and court officials that made the Gateway City of St. Louis a passage to freedom for many Americans in the first half of the 19th century. What was life like in this American frontier city? How did slaves and owners interact? How did the freedom suits occur? How successful were they? How did they change the lives of all involved? How do they give us a better understanding of the institution of slavery and the organization and ideals of America’s justice system? Ask your questions of archivists and historians involved in the Historical Court Records Project, hear and read passages from the court record, and bring history to life!

Preparatory materials for this program include a 45-minute documentary on freedom suits and the Historical Records Project entitled “Seeking Freedom.” You will receive a DVD copy of the documentary after enrolling for the program.

Helen Headrick
utilization@hectv.org
3655 Olive St
St Louis, MO 63108
United States
Phone: (314) 531-4455

HEC-TV
Free Program
60 Minutes
2/2/10 10-11 or 1-2
2/16/10 10-11 or 1-2

Grades 1-6: FREE program from Amon Carter Museum! Cowboy Close-Up

The photographs of Erwin E. Smith (1886–1947) along with the paintings and sculpture of Frederic Remington (1861–1909) and Charles M. Russell (1864–1926), are viewed as primary resources that tell the story of the American cowboy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Students experience the history and lifestyle of a cowboy through the eyes and words of an historical reenactor as they watch video clips filmed with an authentic chuck wagon. After the videoconference, continue exploring the theme by using supporting lesson plans from the Carter’s online teaching guide Erwin E. Smith: The Cowboy Photographer.
Participating sites will each receive the book entitled Cowboy with a Camera and postcard images for students.


Lori Hamm at lhamm@esc11.net
Connect2Texas is a service offered by
Education Service Center Region XI
and the
Region Eleven Telecommunications Network (RETN)
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-3625

Grades 1-3
1/29 9:30 - 10:30 CST; 1:45 - 2:45 CST
2/1 9:30 - 10:30 CST; 1:45 - 2:45 CST
2/8 10:00 - 11:00 CST

Grades 3-6:
1/27 9:30 - 10:30 CST
1/28 9:30 - 10:30 CST; 1:45 - 2:45 CST
2/4 9:30 - 10:30 CST; 1:45 - 2:45 CST

Grades 5-12: Individuals Take on Sustainability

We hear about “going green” all the time, but what does that really mean? How do you take the concept and put it into action? To learn about real green initiatives that are making a difference at Washington University in St. Louis, we invite you and your students to meet the folks behind the green dreams. Learn about “Green Action,” an environmental advocacy group on campus and find out how you too can become an advocate. Learn about the organic garden and other “green techniques” used by the campus restaurant. Learn about what’s happening on the campus with biodiesel fuel. And this is just the beginning. Ask your questions and find out more. Cost for the program is FREE.

January 25, 2010
From 10:00 - 11:00
60 Minutes
Provided by RoundTrips

Tim Gore
roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.us
School District of Clayton
#2 Mark Twain Circle
Clayton, MO  63105
United States
Phone: (314) 773-6934

Grades 1-12: Dark Nights, Northern Lights

Learn about Northern Lights in Alaska while learning to paint with watercolors from an Alaskan Artist. In addition, students will learn what creates northern lights so they can help to complete the story about the Missing Northern Lights.

Richard Hum
rhum@kigluaitadventures.com
p.o. Box 1027
Talkeetna, AK  99676
United States
Phone: (907) 733-4410

Presented by Kigluait Educational Adventures

$100
30 - 60 Minutes
January 20, 2010
Times:
11:00-Noon
12:15-1:00
1:30-2:00
2:45-3:45

Grades 7-12: Moon Walker

"Apollo may be the only achievement for which our generation is remembered, a 1000 years from now," said author of 2001: Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clark

Twelve Americans walked on the moon. Others have tried but only Americans succeeded. No human has been out of earth orbit since 1972 when the last man on the moon, Gene Cernan returned home with his Apollo 17 crew. In the race to the moon with the Russians, Ed Buckbee was a NASA spokesman who worked with all the Apollo astronauts, including the now famous moon walkers. His personal stories of this brotherhood of astronauts who competed for moon shots are the real deal. The competition for rides, the close calls, near tragedies and splashdown parties are told as he experienced them as a close colleague of these famous space flyers. He relates how they trained and encounters he had with the astronauts before they became famous moon walkers.

Buckbee describes Neil Armstrong's descent to the moon as his fuel runs out with only seconds remaining. He takes you behind the scenes during the Apollo I fire that killed three astronauts and Apollo 13 that nearly became the lost in space mission, "Houston, we have a problem." Ride along with John Young as he drives the lunar rover, the ultimate driving machine on the moon. Only three days by Saturn rocket to the moon, Buckbee describes the mammoth machine and you listen in as the Saturn riders exclaim, "Whew, what a ride!" Blast off the moon with the last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan, as he flies his moon ship home. Where are those moonwalkers today? What do you do after you have been to the moon? Buckbee takes you to the moon and back in his exciting and dramatic MOON WALKER presentation.

Ed Buckbee, alumnus of NASA public affairs, lecturer, founder of Space Camp and Astronaut Hall of Fame and author of The Real Space Cowboys and 50 Years of Rockets and Spacecraft, presents a Power Point presentation with rarely seen manned space flight photos and videos, designed for all audiences.

Students should prepare questions in advance, based on the information sent to the teacher. The test connection for this program is scheduled on February 24, 2010 at 2:00pm ET.

Read more: http://www.cosi.org/educators/videoconferencing/experts/#12671604001#ixzz0ch0CHnIi


$160
2/26/2010
1:00 pm. ET

Electronic Education
electroniceducation@mail.cosi.org
333 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH  43215
United States
Phone: (614) 228-2674 ext. 0
Fax: (614) 228-6363

Grades 3-6: Animals in Space & Other Cool NASA Stuff **FREE**

National Archives Fort Worth (NARA) presents
Animals in Space and Other Cool NASA Stuff!
Friday, January 22nd ONLY!
9:30 - 10:15 AM CST

or

11:00 - 11:45 AM CST

Grades 3-6

FREE
Do you think NASA wanted to send a pig into space? What did the original space suits look like? Find the answers to these questions and more by exploring historical NASA documents from the National Archives at Fort Worth. Learn about the development of the space program through records that were created for the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.
MOST SITES WILL BE VIEW ONLY!

To download the documents that will be used in this program visit: http://www.connect2texas.net/nara . Please make sure students have copies of these documents to follow along with the program.

Lori Hamm
Connect2Texas is a service offered by
Education Service Center Region XI
and the
Region Eleven Telecommunications Network (RETN)
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-3625

Grades K-2: Snow Much Fun!

Winter can be a dreary time when students are wishing to be outside and productivity in the classroom seems to dwindle. Pump up your students with a little bit of winter fun while they learn about the seasonal changes in weather and explore snowflakes at the same time! An introduction to "Snowflake Bentley" and his snowflake theories and photography, will help students connect geometry and math to the weather.

Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center

To schedule an event, please contact Distance Learning Coordinator, Leslie Charles
Phone: (740) 452-4518 Ext. 133
E-mail: lcharles@mvesc.k12.oh.us