DLS IVC Content--Social Studies

INTERACTIVE VIDEO CONFERENCING: Content Resources--Social Studies

General

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal--Gds—K-12. Length—45 min, Fee--$100. Science and Social Studies programs. Titles include: Pandemic, Three Centuries of Ecology, Life on the Ohio River: The Steamboat Era, Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor...

Cleveland Museum of Art--Gds—K-12. Length--?, Fee--$135. Titles include: A is for Apple A is for Art, African Masks, Eye on the Mood, Art+Science: Photography, Math Connections in Art, "Race" is a Four Letter Word, Tessellation Exploration!

Milwaukee Public Museum --Gds—K-12. Length—45-60 min, Fee--$95. Chat with Museum Expert—FREE. Some Titles: American Indians in a Changing World, Endangered Species: On the Verge, Dinosaurs: Unearthing the Facts.

Museum of Tolerance-- Gds—8-12. Length--?, Fee--?. Some titles: Bridging the Gap, Testimony to the Truth, Ask a Survivor.

Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts-Gds—K-12. Length—45 min, Fee--$75-$90. Topics include: drama, language, math, science, social studies, visual arts.

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Civics

Museum of Television and Radio--Gds—K-12. Length—60 min, Fee--$125. Some titles: The Thirty Second Candidate: Political Advertising on Television; Raising the Curtain on the Cold War; Get Up! Stand Up! The Civil Rights Movement and Television.

Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center—Gds—K-5. Length—55 min, Fee--? Areas include: Civics, Weather, Holiday appropriate, Science, Math, Physical Science.

Western Reserve Historical Society—Gds—3-11. Length—40-50 min, Fee--$110. Download the pdf brochure, p. 5.) Titles include: Free Speech on Trial, Trading Life Styles: American Indians & early Settlers, drawing to Scale: Recreating an 1825 Lighthouse.

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Culture

Albany Institute of History and Art--Gds—3-8. Length—60 min, Fee--$125. Some titles: The Serious and the Smirk, Ancient Egypt: Art and Culture; Struggle for the Vote: New York Women.

Amon Cater Museum--Gds--2-12, Length—60 min, Fee--$100.. Some Titles: Metaphorically Seeing--It's All About Me; A View of Black History; Art of the American West.

Baseball Hall of Fame--Gds—3-12. Length--?, Fee--$125. Thematic Units include: Mathematics, Women's History, Leadership, Character Education, Science, Geography.

National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame--Gds—3-7. Length—45 min, Fee--? Some titles: Thanks to Molly Goodnight, the Buffalo Still Roam; How to Measure a Horse; How to Read Cattle Brands.

Red Vista Ranch--Gds—K-12. Length--?, Fee--? Titles include: Art and Architecture - The Hopi Way; Corn is Life - The Hopi Perspective.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum--Gds—4-12. Length—45-60 min, Fee--? Titles include: Ambassador to the Orchestra: The Arranger in Rock and Roll, Inductee Spotlight: Frank Zappa, Great Moments in Rock and Roll: Popular Music Through the Decades, Hip-Hop Technology: From Turntables to Computers, Rock and Roll Reactions: Records, Radios and the Birth of Teenage Culture in 1950s America, Ball of Confusion: Rock Music and Social Change in the 60s and 70s. Download the brochure for more information.

Royal Alberta Museum—Gds—Pre-K-12. Length--?, Fee--? The Museum began video conferencing September, 2008, and has not posted a great deal of information. Other programs offered include: Numbers in Your Neighborhood, Mysteries in Stone, Respecting Biodiversity, Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture.

Smithsonian American Art Museum--Gds--?-12. Length—40-60 min, Fee--Free. Some titles: Life in America, Beating the Odds, African American Woman Artists, America's Signs and Symbols, Native Americans, America as Art.

Vanderbilt Virtual School--Gds—4-12. Length--?, Fee--$75. A catalog of programs is available. Some titles: Witnesses and Voices of the Holocaust, Issues Facing Africa Today, Connecting Generations, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device): Tracking every purchase, watching every move, and monitoring goods, services, pets, and people.

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