Region 4 High Schools

WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global History
 is an outreach initiative produced by New York City PBS Station Thirteen/WNET to support the teaching and learning of Regents Global History and Geography in high school classrooms across New York State. The project Web site ties video material from the award-winning WIDE ANGLE documentary series to the Regents and Advanced Placement curriculums in Global and World History. The site comprises ten media-rich lesson plans, developed by New York State Global and AP History teachers, with embedded video; and a Video Bank of over 40 downloadable video clips, organized by teaching theme and associated with guiding questions for students.

About the series:
WIDE ANGLE was created in 2001 as a response to the lack of in-depth international news coverage in the United States. Five years later, WIDE ANGLE is the only program exclusively dedicated to international current affairs documentaries. In its first four seasons, WIDE ANGLE traveled to 44 countries to explore the forces that are shaping the world today, presenting global stories on a human scale and offering Americans uncommon and invaluable insight into today's interconnected world. "WIDE ANGLE is just good television. The series tells stories, portrays people, and reveals places that are too often overlooked or neglected."
- Walter Cronkite

The workshop will be held:
Thursday, November 9, 2006
4:00pm - 8:00pm
Thirteen/WNET Studios
450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001

If you are a Middle or High School Social Studies teacher or other educator interested in new multimedia resources for the Social Studies classroom, then join us to:
* View video clips from the WIDE ANGLE broadcast series;
* Get a guided tour of the WIDE ANGLE: Window into Global
History Web site;
* Engage in a multimedia lesson plan demonstration using
the new resource;
* Receive free WIDE ANGLE print and DVD resources for use
in the classroom;
* Enjoy refreshments and dinner, win door prizes, and
more!

This workshop is FREE, but space is limited.  REGISTER NOW!
Send an email to Ashlinn Quinn at QuinnA@thirteen.org.
Be sure to include your name and the name of your school.

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