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PARTNERS IN LIFE-LONG LEARNING:
TVO and OISE/UT join to offer educational opportunities to Ontarians

TVO and OISE/UT are working together on a range of exciting new projects in an emergent relationship in which two of the province’s most respected educational leaders promote lifelong education. TVO and OISE/UT will also be sharing an ongoing article exchange in Orbit and TVOntario Magazine to keep abreast of each other’s activities and continue to build community and a synergy of ideas. In addition, TVO is proud to be the media partner for two upcoming conferences at OISE/UT. Teacher Education: Teacher Education for the Schools we Need (May 13-14, 2005) and The Future of Lifelong Learning and Work (June 20-22, 2005).

TVOntario and Future ACES Student Leadership Conference

TVOntario is a proud participant of the Future Aces Student Leadership Conference: FUTURE! A Conference Empowering Students during the weekend of November 12, 13, and 14, 2004, at the Talisman Mountain Resort and Conference Centre. Three hundred student delegates from grades 7-10 will represent their schools at this conference.

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Featured upcoming TVO programming and teacher resources

All downloads are in Microsoft Word format. "Teacher resource" refers to background information and serves as a guide to using TVO programming in your classroom.
"BLM 1" refers to viewing questions. "BLM 2" refers to Assessment and Evaluation suggestions.

When We Were Young  
NOV. 11 AT 2:00 PM

Intermediate
Canadian and World Studies: CHC2D/2P
Remembrance Day

Senior
Canadian and World Studies: CHY4U/4C
Remembrance Day

Students at Unionville High School have examined history by producing film segments that TVO will air on November 11th . With the help of the Markham Stoufville Legion, students have included stories about individual veterans, the Italian campaign and the role of women during war. Students learned about the lives of these heroes and heroines in an authentic, student-directed project that involves one-on-one interviews, travel to various locations and viewing of wartime memorabilia that makes history relevant, personal and meaningful.

See student’s opinions about War on VOX, SUNDAYS AT 7:00 PM
(repeats SATURDAYS AT 12:30 PM) and on www.voxtvo.org

download (Word .doc format): teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 2

Saturday Night at the Movies: Shakespeare on Film  
SAT. NOV. 13 AT 8:00 PM

Intermediate
English (any year The Tempest is read) and ENG 1D/P, ENG 2D/P
Media Studies: ASM 2O

Senior
English (any year The Tempest is read) and ENG 3U/C/E, ENG 4U/C
Media Studies: ASM 3O/4

Delve into two different adaptations of Shakespeare’s last play: The Tempest. Forbidden Planet (1956) stars Leslie Nielson as a spaceship commander sent to rescue a brilliant scientist and his daughter who are stranded on a distant planet. In Tempest (1982) (starring John Cassavetes and Susan Sarandon) a man returns to his roots in Greece and falls for a free-spirited younger woman; his wife takes up with a Greek tycoon.

download (Word .doc format): teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 2

Into the Wild: Santa Cruz  
TUES. NOV. 9 AT 7:00 PM
repeated SAT. NOV. 13 AT 5:00 PM

Intermediate
Grade 7 Science
Science SNC 2D/P

Senior
Biology: SBI3C

Explore the impact of toxins on wildlife, the disastrous consequences of altering the food web and the techniques ecologists are using to bring back balance to the ecosystem of Santa Cruz.

download (Word .doc format): teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 2

Life Lessons: Person 2 Person with Paula Todd 
SATURDAYS IN NOVEMBER AT 4:30 PM

Intermediate
Health and Physical Education: Grade 8
Health and Physical Education: PPL1O/2O

November is National Addictions Awareness. Watch one-on-one interviews with individuals who have battled with and risen above drug and alcohol addictions.

Michael Flaxman Nov. 6

Mark Elliott Nov. 13

Cheryl Torrance Nov. 20

Don Lindsay Nov. 27

download (Word .doc format): teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 2

THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH
MONDAYS AT 10:00 PM BEGINNING OCT. 5

Senior:
English: ENG3U, ENG 4U/C

A remarkable journey around the globe, investigating the spread and development of the English language and examining how vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar vary dramatically not only between countries but also from region to region in Britain.

download (Word .doc format): teacher resource | blm 2

VOX Arctic Special Segments
SUNDAYS AT 7:00 PM (repeats SATURDAYS AT 12:30 PM)

Vox, TVO’s Gemini nominated youth magazine show, is an upbeat culture series that provides a voice for teens and invites them to explore ideas, issues, and the world around them. A cold front hits VOX this season! VOX partners with Students on Ice to travels to an Arctic ice floe near Pond Inlet on Baffin Island. World-class scientists join 10 teens as they learn to adapt to the extreme Arctic conditions in Nunavut and Greenland communities. Arctic trekkers have now reached the ice floe, where they remain on polar bear alert.

See teens audition for Toronto Symphony Orchestra on VOX NOV. 7.

Check out enhanced features of VOX online at www.voxtvo.org

War:

Saturday Night At The Movies: P.O.Ws.
NOV. 6 AT 8:00 PM

Winner of 7 Academy Awards, Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) follows British POWs who are forced to construct a railway bridge in the jungle while their senior officer wages a battle of wills with his Japanese captor. An escaped American prisoner has an entirely different plan for the bridge. King Rat (1965) depicts a young British officer in a Japanese prison camp who is befriended by an American Soldier who holds court as the mastermind behind an impressive black market operation.

P.O.W:
TUESDAYS AT 9:00 PM

Inspired by true stories, this six-part series follows a group of British prisoners of war during the Second World War and the bonds they form in the face of adversity.

Studio 2:
WEEKDAYS at 8:00 PM

Information and Current affairs in Ontario

Mon: sports, Gregg & Co.
Tues: Business, Person 2 Person
Wed: Foreign Affairs, Gregg & Co.
Thurs: Ottawa, On Stage
Fri: Fourth Reading, pop culture

Watch Studio 2 on NOV. 19 for our Grey Cup Special live in Ottawa!

The View from Here: The Life of Me:
WED. NOV. 24 AT 10:05 PM

An in-depth exploration of mental illness through the arts.

Great Canadian Parks:
TUESDAYS AT 7:00 PM UNTIL DEC. 2

Great Canadian Parks celebrates the incredible diversity of Canada's natural environments by exploring the natural history and cultural heritage of its protected areas. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, with the great forests and plains in between, discover the topography, wildlife inhabitants and hidden treasures that make each park unique. Host Peter Trueman asks the questions of the people who know their parks, and visits the people who love and use them.

Masterworks: The Private Life of a Masterpiece
THURSDAYS AT 10:00 PM

Discover the fascinating stories behind renowned works of art.

Nov 11 – Degas: The Little Dancer
Nov 18 – Van Gogh: The Sunflowers
Nov 25 – Picasso: Les demoiselles d’Avignon
Dec 2 – Whistler: Portrait of the Artist’s Mother

Canada: A People’s History
MONDAYS AT 7PM UNTIL JAN. 17

Explore Canadian history from 1873 to the 1990s.

Big Ideas:
SAT. NOV. 6 AT 1:00 PM (repeats SUN. NOV. 7 AT 1:00 PM)

Speakers from all facets of academia present lectures on a wide variety of topics, including politics, social policy, literature, and philosophy.  This week's program kicks off with an excursion into space, as Princeton University's Scott Tremaine examines our solar system. At a recent talk at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, Professor Tremaine discussed the stablity or instablity of our solar system.

The Life of Mammals with David Attenborough
WEDNESDAYS AT 7:00 PM UNTIL DEC. 1

With breathtaking footage and Attenborough's informed enthusiasm, The Life of Mammals takes viewers into the line of fire for an up-close and educational look at evolution's greatest success stories. The 10-part series explains the different classifications of mammals, explores their versatility, and reveals how humans came to be the dominant animals on the planet.

More to Life:
WEEKDAYS AT 1:00 PM

Watch More to Life on WED. NOV. 10 for "MORE TO EDUCATION" Schools, Families and Communities: What Kinds of Relationships Matter Most? Prof. Janette Pelletier of the Institute of Child Study at OISE and Kirsten Parker, Superintendent of Education for the Simcoe County District School Board will be in to talk about teachers, schools, parents and the community and how they can work together to shape your child's learning experience.

Law teachers may especially be interested in More to Life’s Lay Down the Law Week. Check out the Coming Soon section for more details!

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