South Carolina ETV

Social Studies Programs & Resources

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Biz Kid$
Tuesdays, 3:30pm
ETV Statewide
Biz Kid$ is a fun, 30-minute PBS television series about entrepreneurship and financial literacy that entertains and teaches kids how to make and manage money, while inspiring them to pursue their passions.


Documenting The Face of America:
Roy Stryker and the Documentary Photographers

August 18 (repeats August 23)
brings to life the remarkable stories behind the legendary group of New Deal-sponsored photographers who traversed the country in the 1930s and early 1940s, and created what has become a national treasure.


PBS Teachers Launches PBS VOTE 2008
For Educators and Students

The site provides lesson plans for educators and interactives for the classroom relating to Election 2008. See also Knowitall's Ready to Vote

Coming up:
Democratic Convention Aug 25-28
Republican Convention Sept 1-4

Annenberg Media Channel logo.

Professional Development
  Watch it NOW/LIVE
or
Channel #302
8pm -8am


workshops starting this month:

A Biography of America (college/high school)

The Constitution: That Delicate Balance
(college/high school)

Democracy in America (college/high school)

Discovering Psychology: Updated Edition
(college/high school)

Economics U$A (college/high school)

Ethics in America (college/high school)

Ethics in America II (middle school-college)

Primary Sources: Workshops in American History
(high school)

Social Studies in Action: A Methodology Workshop,
K-5

The Western Tradition (college/high school)





see all Social Studies/History programs

the set of Washington Week in Review with guests. Washington Week In Review
Friday nights on ETV
Washington Week features a group of journalists participating in roundtable discussion of major news events.

Teachers: use WWIR in the classroom
logo for Teen Kids News.
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TEEN KIDS NEWS
Fridays 9:35am; 1:40pm
Channel 301

The half-hour weekly program provides information and news to students in a way that's educational as well as entertaining. The focus of the program is young people, so all the stories are in their words.

Jim Lehrer and other Newshour hosts.

Newshour 6-7pm
Monday-Friday

PBS Newshour Extra

Current Event Resources
For teachers & students

Moral Courage logo. Moral Courage
(see website for block feed info or
contact your DELC for copies)
The series identifies ordinary people who become extraordinary through their acts of great personal courage, and underscores the importance of a shared commitment to universal human values

 

ETV Radio Programming

The World Web site.

3-4pm
Monday-Friday on
ETV Radio

All Things Considered Web site.

4-6pm
Monday-Friday on
ETV Radio