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August Programs/Resources For Teachers And Students on ETV

Featured HISTORY Series

Chasing Churchill
In Search of My Grandfather

concludes August 4

Winston Churchill's granddaughter, Celia Sandys, follows in her grandfather's footsteps, visiting France, Cuba, South Africa, the United States, Egypt and Morocco, the places that inspired his painting and writing.

Documenting The Face of America:
Roy Stryker And The FSA Photographers
August 18 (repeats on August 23)
For the first time on television, inspirational "behind-the-lens" stories of the most celebrated photographers in history.

Featured SOCIAL STUDIES resource


Coming up Democratic Convention: August 25-28

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 Get My Vote (NPR) and Ready to Vote (Knowitall)

Featured SCIENCE series

e2
(The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious)

continues Sunday nights August

This series features the designers and drivers of change in the world of sustainable architecture. Equal parts visual style and storytelling acumen, each episode explores the potential of the built environment to help turn around our global climate crisis.

Featured Series

Carrier
August 6 True Believers
August 13 Get Home-itis
August 20 Full Circle