http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/ Take on the South en tymoody@scetv.org Copyright 2012 2012-04-30T23:00:28+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/what_is_the_south_in_the_21st_century/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/what_is_the_south_in_the_21st_century/#When:22:00:28Z Watch What is the South in the 21st Century? on PBS. See more from wrlk. Since the 1930s a variety of scholars and pundits have lamented the passing of the American South. But, how were—and are—they defining the South? John Shelton Reed, one of the world’s foremost scholars of Southern identity, and James Cobb, a distinguished scholar of the region, tackle the question of defining the American South in the 21st century. Download the Lesson Plan (doc) 2012-04-30T22:00:28+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/the_necessary_south/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/the_necessary_south/#When:21:59:40Z Watch The Necessary South on PBS. See more from wrlk. “Without the South, is there an “America””? Since the earliest days of the American republic, the South has served primarily as “the negative other” whose characteristics had to be overcome so that the United States could become a beacon of hope for the world. In the last decades of the 20th century pundits bemoaned the fact that benighted Southern values had somehow infected the rest of the country and caused its political and social tilt to the right. Among those taking this point of view was New York Times reporter Peter Applebome. Historian James Cobb has long disagreed with what he believes is a mis-interpretation of American and Southern history. Download the Lesson Plan (doc) 2011-11-21T21:59:40+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/south_american_music/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/south_american_music/#When:18:19:14Z Watch How Has the South Shaped American Music on PBS. See more from wrlk. Dr. Edgar and his guest will discuss the roots of American Music.  What influence has the South had on all of America Music?  Was the beginning of American music the blues, country or a mixture of both?  Join Dr. Walter Edgar, Dr. William Ferris, Senior Associate Director, Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Dr. Bill Malone, Professor Emeritus at Tulane University as they discuss the roots of American music and it's influence on music world wide. Download the Lesson Plan (doc) 2011-03-16T18:19:14+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/what_is_the_most_important_southern_sport_nascar_or_football/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/what_is_the_most_important_southern_sport_nascar_or_football/#When:21:58:49Z Watch Nascar or Football? on PBS. See more from wrlk. Dr. Walter Edgar, Dr. Daniel Pierce, Author and History Department Chair, University of North Carolina, Asheville, and Dr. Harvey “Hardy” Jackson III, Author and Eminent Scholar in History, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL will debate “What is the most important Southern sport, NASCAR or football?” Be sure to vote in our online poll for your favorite sport. Download the Lesson Plan (doc) 2010-11-17T21:58:49+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/what_is_real_southern_cooking/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/what_is_real_southern_cooking/#When:19:00:20Z Watch What is Real Southern Cooking? on PBS. See more from wrlk. Dr. Walter Edgar, John T. Edge, Author and Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, University of Mississippi, Matt and Ted Lee, award winning cookbook authors will debate "What is Real Southern Cooking?" on the next Take on The South. Share your Favorite Southern Recipe or Favorite Southern Food with us. Or you can try cooking some of our favorite southern delicacies. Download the Lesson Plan (doc) 2010-07-10T19:00:20+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/would_southern_slavery_have_survived_the_civil_war/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/would_southern_slavery_have_survived_the_civil_war/#When:23:00:29Z Watch Would Southern Slavery Have Survived the Civil War? on PBS. See more from wrlk. Dr. Edgar, Dr. Peter A. Coclanis, Associate Provost, International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Dr. Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics and Professor of History, University of Rochester, will debate “Would Southern Slavery Have Survived the Civil War?” Download the Lesson Plan (doc) 2009-11-25T23:00:29+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/great_southern_novel/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/great_southern_novel/#When:01:00:42Z Watch What Was the Most Influential 20th-Century Southern Novel? on PBS. See more from wrlk. Dr. Edgar, Dr. Trudier Harris, Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and Dr. Noel Polk, Professor Emeritus, Mississippi State University, debated about which Southern novel has been the most influential. Viewers were able to vote in our online poll. Please see the final results below. (Airdate 2009) Download the Lesson Plan (doc) 2009-05-14T01:00:42+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/does_the_road_to_the_white_house_run_through_the_south/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/take_on_the_south/show/does_the_road_to_the_white_house_run_through_the_south/#When:01:00:20Z Watch Does the Road to the White House Run Through the South? on PBS. See more from wrlk. The one thing political pundits all seem to agree on this election season is that this presidential contest is one for the ages. With no incumbent, wars on two fronts, and a problem-plagued economy, Americans find their attention increasingly riveted to the presidential campaign. So, in 2008, the question remains: Does the road to the White House run through the South? That was the subject of debate recently at ETV between noted scholars/authors, Earl Black and Thomas Schaller. Black is a political science professor at Rice University, and the co-author of “Divided America: The Ferocious Power Struggle in American Politics,” and Schaller is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and author of “Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South.” Their debate, moderated by noted SC historian Dr. Walter Edgar, host of “Walter Edgar’s Journal” on ETV Radio, and history professor and the Director of the Institute for Southern Studies at USC, aired on ETV on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. Download the Lesson Plan (doc) 2008-10-17T01:00:20+00:00