Premiering On WHRO Classroom 2009-2010
Over the summer WHRO staff will be scheduling programs and creating the 2009-2010 WHRO Classroom Guide for you. There is a big change this year – the guide is going green. Before school starts in the fall we’ll email each teacher in the area a PDF version of the guide and it will available online at whro.org/classroom. Here are some of the new series we will be broadcasting in the fall. Thanks to everyone who participated in our Online Previews. Your evaluations helped us determine which series to purchase.
Elementary
Citizens Rule: How We Elect A President
Students will come to understand the qualifications of a presidential candidate, political parties, how presidential caucuses and primaries work, the role of national conventions and the voting process itself.
Standing Up For Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement In America
From the fight to abolish slavery in the 1800’s to the efforts to stop segregation in the 1900’s, this series chronicles the civil rights movement in America. Students will learn about the courageous leaders and come to understand the important Supreme Court battles and major civil rights events that changed lives of everyone in the United States.
Elementary/Middle
Eco Kids
Eco Kids is designed to help students take steps in the right direction toward making the Earth an environmentally friendlier place to live. With the use of log books that students can make, they learn how to conserve energy, preserve water, and learn about renewable resources while monitoring use of our natural resources. Examples of conservation from energy saving light bulbs to using alternate forms of transportation are presented.
Middle
Play It Safe – Strategies For A Safe School Environment
Presents The Five Safe School Strategies: Stay Alert, Identify Risks, Speak Up, Be Considerate and Participate. Students learn how important it is to refrain from negative behaviors, whether in school or on the Internet. They also learn how to use their influence to encourage peers to follow these strategies and to act responsibly and seriously when threats are made openly or off-handedly. Students will understand that they have significant ownership in a positive and safe school environment.
Middle/High
Green Careers
The series covers eight new and growing industries that address the most challenging problems that today’s world faces. Young people get a behind-the-scenes look at job opportunities in fields that help conserve energy and natural resources, encourage sustainable growth, and protect the environment from needless harm. In on-the-job profiles, we meet entrepreneurs, scientists, field biologists, engineers, managers and interns. The series provides information on the educational requirements for entering various fields. Young people are encouraged to take advantage of internships and part-time jobs to get hands-on experience while pursuing their studies.
Make Digital Stories
A digital story allows students to share their creative writing in a way that can be expressed through audio files, digital photos and imagery. It can be shared via email or downloadable link and can be stored safely on a CD, DVD, website, computer hard drive or other storage device. This how-to guide is a perfect example of using multi-literacy in the classroom, creating a digital story is one of the ways in which technology is re-shaping the way students learn and relate to each other by allowing them to share their thoughts, ideas, images and music digitally with the world.
High
Drugged Driving
ER doctors and police investigators specially trained to recognize drug-impaired driving present a hard, on-the-scene look at how drugs impact driver alertness, reflexes and perception skills. A prosecutor specializing in DUI cases explains the legal consequences following a drugged driving crash. Students get a comprehensive view of the devastating effects of drugged driving on teens, their families and their communities.
Taking Credit – Understanding Loans, Credit Cards & Other Debts
Focusing on credit cards, car loans, student loans, and mortgages, the program offers lighthearted dramatizations that illustrate good and bad borrowing and spending habits and highlights discipline as the key to a great credit rating and sustained financial health.