Homeschooling on a Shoestring Blog » tv schooling http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:32:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Walden Media Guides http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/12/09/walden-media-guides/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/12/09/walden-media-guides/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:57:12 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=422 Walden Media – Teach with free lesson plans, resources and educator’s guides http://www.walden.com/walden/teach/. Movies include City of Ember, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Prince Caspian, Nim’s Island, and many more.

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Through this educational initiative, Scripps Networks shows are available to teachers and students in more than 81,000 public and private schools.

The air schedule and companion curricula are available online. Download the program guide and educational activity guides in PDF format. These materials will be available to educators one month prior to air dates. Videos of the programs are also available for downloading.

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The animated series Liberty’s Kids will air on History starting on July 4, 2008. Episodes of this popular series about the era of the American Revolution will air daily on weekdays in July at 7am Eastern/6 Central. Follow this colorful journey through the Revolutionary era with the young reporters Sarah, James and friends. Search for episodes.

Liberty’s Kids (companion site with activities, games and lots more) is an animated adventure television series for children ages 8-14, about three kids who, by working as reporters for Ben Franklin, bring to life the American Revolution.

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