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Welcome to TVO's first monthly electronic newsletter in support of teachers. This newsletter is part of our initiative to provide teachers information about our educational programming as well as resources for the intermediate and senior classrooms. (Primary/Junior teachers may wish to subscribe to TVOKids e-newsletter at TVOKids.com.)

Have your class watch a show and have a follow-up activity in school the next day. Use the show as a starting point for a debate or to generate student opinions about politics or current affairs. Have students learn about future careers or places they have never heard existed!

We will provide teachers with curriculum links, classroom activities, viewing questions, assessments/evaluations, Black Line Masters and more.

Featured upcoming TVO programming and teacher resources

STUDIO 2: THE NEW NORTH
SEPT. 20 AT 8:00 PM

Intermediate:
Grade 8 Geography
Business Studies BBI1/2O
Senior:
Technological Education TTJ3C, TTJ3E, TTJ4C, TTJ4E
Business Studies BD134C
Canadian and World Studies CGG3O, CGW4U ,CHI4U

Investigate the history of the Algoma railway and economic sustainability and entrepreneurship in small towns.

download:
History of Algoma Railway: teacher resource | blm 1
Rebranding the North: teacher resource | blm1 | blm 2

- repeats Sept. 20 at 11:30 PM, and 2:30 PM Sept. 21.

ANGRY GIRLS  
WED OCT. 6 AT 10:00 PM

Intermediate:
Grade 8 Health and Physical Education
Health and Physical Education PPL1/2O
Senior:
Family Studies HIR3C, HIP3E

Examine the growing violence among our youth and explore how mentoring and other counselling tools are helping troubled teens get their lives back on track. Live phone in to follow broadcast.

download (Word .doc format): teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 2
-repeats Sun. Oct. 10 at 10:00 PM.

BUILDING BIG  
THURDAYS AT 7:00 PM BEGINNING OCT. 7

Intermediate:
Grade 7 Science and Technology
Technological Education TCJ2O

Senior:
Technological Education: TCJ3C, TCJ3E, TCJ4C

Explore the history behind some of the world's greatest feats of engineering and the ingenuity of engineers, architects and builders who designed and constructed them.

download (Word .doc format): teacher resource | blm 1

CONTINUOUS JOURNEY  
WED OCT. 13 AT 10:00 PM

Intermediate:
Grade 8 History
Grade 8 Geography

Senior:
Canadian and World Studies CHI4U, CLU3M, CLN4U

Investigate the little-known story of the 376 immigrants from British India aboard the ship Komagata Maru who were turned away by Canada in 1914 and the disastrous consequences that ensued.

download: teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 2

- repeats OCT 17 10:30 PM

THAT'LL TEACH EM
SUNDAYS AT 7:00 PM BEGINNING SEPT. 12

Back to Basics in Education? A fascinating new series in which teenagers are housed and taught in a 1950's style boarding school to see if they measure up to the educational standards of their parents. Under strict supervision, students are dressed in uniforms, forced to eat an austere diet and exercise daily. No cell phones, hairspray, junk food or makeup are allowed. At the end of the month, students take authentic 1950's exams. Will they make the grade?

STUDIO 2 - Information and Current Affairs in Ontario
AIRS WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 PM AND 11:30 PM

SEPT. 10: PC Leadership candidates Jim Flaherty, Frank Klees and John Tory debate the issues live on Studio 2.

OCT. 11: Tours of some of Ontario 's award-winning gardens.

SEPT. 15: Cross-border health care: Why Ontarians are paying $800 for a body scan they can't get here.

SEPT. 17: PC Leadership Convention: Jim Flaherty, Frank Klees and John Tory deliver speeches to the party on the eve of the leadership vote.

MORE TO LIFE

More to Life challenges you to learn something new. Science, Philoshophy and Law teachers may especially be interested in More to Life's Big Questions Week. Check out the Coming Soon section for more details!

Your feedback is welcome and appreciated. Tell us what you would like to see so that we can ensure that our TVO for Teachers services are meeting the needs of teachers. In addition, we are always looking for teachers who would like to help to create resources and pilot TVO programming in their classrooms or appear on air as part of a discussion panel or showcasing the creative things they do in their classrooms. Please contact Lisa Fernandes at lfernandes@tvontario.org

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