Make it a date! October 7, 2009 - 5 pm AZ time

PBS Teachers Webinar: Teaching about Place with Ken Burns's "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" PBS producers and curriculum experts

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies & Science

PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 are delighted to have education technology experts join us to present ideas for teaching with Ken Burns’s newest series, "The National Parks: America’s Best Idea." The film traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and stunning cinematography, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction.

Resources from ABC-CLIO "History & The Headlines" will also be included in the presentation from curriculum experts.

So... is it on YOUR calendar yet?

Mark Your Calendars! PBS Teachers Webinars are Coming!

FREE Professional Development Opportunity --- from the comfort of any internet connected computer... including one at home while you eat dinner and help kids with homework - depending on your multitasking ability :).

The new fall line up of PBS Teachers LIVE! webinars is now available. The fall PBS Teachers LIVE! webinar series kicks off with "Transforming Schools: P.O.V.'s 'The Principal Story'" on September 1 at 5 p.m. Arizona (8 p.m. EST). Topics covered in the fall/winter schedule of webinars include elementary and middle level science, geography, social studies, digital storytelling, education in the digital age, and online professional development.

• Sept 1: Transforming Schools: P.O.V.'s "The Principal Story"


• Sept. 21: Dig into Early Science Instruction With “Dinosaur Train”


• Oct. 7: Teaching About Place With Ken Burns' "The National Parks: America's Best Idea"


• Oct. 22: Welcome to the new PBS Teachers site


• Nov. 10: Education in the Digital Age: FRONTLINE's "Digital Nation"


• Dec. 10: PBS TeacherLine: Online Professional Development for Educators


• Jan. 26 (2010): Middle Level STEM Education With "Design Squad," "Fetch," and DragonflyTV"

All participants who are online for the entire webinar and complete the feedback survey at the end will receive a certificate for professional development hours.

For more information visit: www.pbs.org/teachers/webinar.