Learn more about Texas History Through Cartography

Learn more about Texas History Through Cartography
by participating in a video conference at the
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
(Available for a limited time November 13, 2009 Through January 3, 2010!)
A Journey Through Texas…
Featuring the temporary exhibit Going to Texas: Five Centuries of Texas Maps at the National Cowgirl Museum, participants will experience a diverse collection of cartography. These rare maps range from early sixteenth-century New Spain through the Republic of Texas and statehood and into the twenty-first century. This interactive program correlates with the temporary map exhibit and can be adjusted to specific grade levels. Program times can be adjusted to class schedules.

Other Related Programs Include…
Life on the Prairie with Sarah Plain and Tall
Coming to the United States and Finding a Life of Adventure
&
A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas

Go to Connect2Texas, www.connext2texas.net for times and availability or contact Cindi Collins, ccollins@cowgirl.net

Grades 5-12: Liberator of Dachau Concentration Camp

THURSDAY, November 19, 2009 – “Liberator of Dachau Concentration Camp” with Jimmy Gentry
Targeted Audience: students in grades 5 – 12.

Jimmy Gentry was only nineteen years old when, as a member of General George Patton's 3rd Army, he was one of the first liberators of the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945. “Off in the distance I saw boxcars lined up with hundreds of dead bodies inside. They looked starved and tortured,” remembers Jimmy Gentry. “I asked another soldier, ‘Who are these people?” He said, ‘They are Jews.’”
American infantryman Jimmy Gentry had seen combat at the Battle of the Bulge, but it paled in comparison to what he saw that day. “No one told us what we would find. No one explained what our mission was. We saw a wall and that was the entrance to a prison camp like I have never seen.” The camp was Dachau.
Join Jimmy Gentry in this final videoconference in the Witnesses and Voices of the Holocaust series.

Time: 9:00 and 10:00 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then 15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu
REGISTER: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

Grades 5-12: A Future Mission to Mars

WEDNESDAY, November 18, 2009 – “A FUTURE MISSION TO MARS” – Dr. Rick Chappell
Targeted Audience: students in grades 5 – 12.

Visit with former astronaut Dr. Rick Chappell as he discusses the possibility of “A FUTURE MISSION TO MARS.”

Mars is just a stone's throw across the solar system from earth, but a manned mission to Mars is still just a dream. The people chosen to go to Mars will be out of reach of the Earth, completely on their own. While all the people will be astronauts, should they have various fields of specialty, like botany, engineering, or geology, or should each person be a jack-of-all-trades? If we send people with different professional backgrounds, which professions are most desirable?

Just like you have to wait for Earth and Mars to be in the proper position before you head to Mars, you also have to make sure that they are in the proper position before you head home. That means you will have to spend 3-4 months at Mars before you can begin your return trip. With our current rocket technology, your trip to Mars would take about 21 months: 9 months to get there, 3 months there, and 9 months to get back.

Because of the fact that Mars may have once supported primitive life forms like bacteria, it's easy to imagine more advanced beings living there. What if you were one of the first explorers from Earth to arrive on Mars? Assuming you could communicate with any Martians you encountered, how would you explain why you had ventured to their planet to conduct experiments? Consider the encounters throughout history between explorers and the people they "discovered" as students discuss their answers.

Time: 9:00 and 10:00 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then 15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu
REGISTER: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

Grades 5-12: Honoring Those Who Served: Veterans Day w/Bob Sheesley

WEDNESDAY, November 11, 2009 – “Honoring Those Who Served: Veterans Day” with Bob Sheesley

Targeted Audience: students in grades 5 – 12.

Join Vietnam War veteran Bob Sheesley in “Honoring Those Who Served: Veterans Day”. Bob was assigned to the USS Johnston DD-821 in Viet Nam from 1967 to 1968. On this ship he worked in the weapons department, received and stored classified and confidential information, set fuses in the forward gun mount, assisted the weapons officer, and documented weapons inspections.

Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor ALL those who served honorably in the military. . . both in wartime and peacetime. Veterans Day is especially intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that ALL those who served. . not only those who died. . . . have sacrificed and done their duty.

Ask your students what they think Veteran's Day is for? Why is it important? What does the word “veteran” mean? Inquire if any students have any relatives or acquaintances that are veterans. Have they heard any first-person stories about wartime? This videoconference will confer what a priceless gift that freedom is for students to celebrate and embrace.

Time: 9:00 and 10:00 AM (CENTRAL time zone)

Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then 15-20 minute Q & A

Cost: $75 per site

Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu

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

Grade 4: The Water Cycle

SOITA

Water on Earth is in constant movement! Learn about its cyclic journey through the water cycle. We will build on students’ prior knowledge of how water can change states from solid to liquid to gas. Students will be able to identify and explain the different stages of the water cycle. Explore the stages of the water cycle in this interactive videoconference.
45 minutes
This program is available by request ONLY
Interactive Cost: $150.00
Interactive Cost with Premium Service: $135.00 What's this?
Premium Service provides additional benefits. Learn more!
Receiving Site is responsible for own line charge
Bob Stricker
bob@soita.org
150 East Sixth Street
Franklin, OH 45005
United States
Phone: (937) 746-6333 ext. 120
Fax: (937) 746-1029
Education: Grade(s): 4

Grades 3-8: A Visit to the More House

New York State Historical Association and The Farmers' Museum

What was Thanksgiving like 150 years ago and how was the food prepared? In this engaging program students will visit The More family kitchen at The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, and speak with Mrs. More as she cooks over an open hearth fire using cranes and trammels, and tools from the 19th century. Students will learn about where food came from, how it was prepared, and how harvest celebrations developed into the Thanksgiving celebration we experience today.
45 minutes
This program is available by request ONLY
This program will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays only
Interactive Cost: $100.00
Premium Service provides additional benefits. Learn more!
Receiving Site is responsible for own line charge
We will not charge for programs cancelled due to nature i.e. snow days. The full fee will be charged to sites which cancel with less than 48 hours notice.

Sarah Loveland
s.loveland@nysha.org
5798 State HWY 80
Cooperstown, NY 13326
United States
Phone: (607) 547-1414
Fax: (607) 547-1414
Education: Grade(s): 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Adult

Grade 12: Entrepreneurship/Overcoming Adversity

The Challenges of Entrepreneurship class taught by Jay Myers focuses on the many obstacles facing small business owners and how he has personally dealt with them in his business over the past 14 years.Issues like startup financing, partnership divorce, and employee theft are discussed in a honest straightforward manner to help others avoid the many pitfalls Myers experienced at ISI
Program should be approximately 1 hour
This program is available by request ONLY
This class is focused on entrepreneurship and the many challenges and obstacles of owning your own business. It will be offered by request and will use Mr. Myers book "Keep Swinging" as a framework for the presentation and group discussion
Point to Point Cost: $300.00
Point to Point Cost with Premium Service: $200.00 What's this?
Premium Service provides additional benefits. Learn more!
Receiving Site is responsible for own line charge
The full fee will be charged to sites which cancel with less than 48 hours notice
Yes
Recording permitted with prior approval from content provider
Jay Myers-CEO(ISI) Author of "Keep Swinging"

Jay Myers
jmyers@isitn.com
3860 Forest Hill-Irene Road
Suite #100
Memphis, TN 38125
United States
Phone: (901) 866-1474 ext. 201
Fax: (901) 866-1475
Education: Grade(s): 12

Grades 2-8: The History of the American Flag

Fort Mifflin on the Delaware

This program uses the theme of symbolism to tell the story of the national flags, in particular the American Stars & Stripes. Our flag history begins with the British and French colors, flies through Colonial and Regimental flags, and finally explores the many official flags of the United States throughout our history. Students will make a flag that symbolizes their distinct personality. We will also demonstrate the proper way to care and display the American flag.
45 minutes for grades K through 5th.
This program is available by request ONLY
This program is offered throughout the year.
Interactive Cost: $100.00
Point to Point Cost: $100.00
By Request Cost: $100.00
Premium Service provides additional benefits. Learn more!
Receiving Site is responsible for own line charge
Lee Patrick Anderson
leeanderson@fortmifflin.us
Fort Mifflin & Hog Island Roads
Philadelphia, PA 19153
United States
Phone: (215) 685-4167
Fax: (215) 685-4166
Education: Grade(s): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Parent, Public Library: Library Patrons, Content Providers: Content Providers

Grades 2-12: Revolutionary War Soldier Life - A Soldier's Story

Fort Mifflin on the Delaware

Students and adults are taught about the lives, struggles and hardship of being a soldier in the War of Independence. The educator will explain the lifestyles of the men, women and children of the Colonial era. Where they came from, their vocations and how different people from all walks of life were thrust together to become the Continental Army in the United Colonies of the late 18th century. Their articles of clothing and equipment are shown and explained with authentic artifacts and reproductions of the era. There is also a short weapons demonstration (Flintlock Musket and Cannon) shown via DVD broadcast.

45 minutes to 1 hour

This program is available by request ONLY

This program is available throughout the year.

Interactive Cost: $115.00

View Only Cost: $85.00

Point to Point Cost: $115.00

By Request Cost: $115.00

Premium Service provides additional benefits. Learn more!

Receiving Site is responsible for own line charge

No videotaping is permitted.

Lee Patrick Anderson

leeanderson@fortmifflin.us

Fort Mifflin & Hog Island Roads

Philadelphia, PA 19153

United States

Phone: (215) 685-4167

Fax: (215) 685-4166

Education: Grade(s): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Parent, Public Library: Library Patrons, Content Providers: Content Providers