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TVO for TEACHERS E-News Gives Teachers Answers!
Answer keys for many of the 2005-2006 TVO for TEACHERS' student viewing questions (BLM 1) are available through the Curriculum Resource Bank. You can link to the answer keys by clicking on BLM 1A throughout this newsletter and signing up for the CRB. Free access is available for teachers, librarians and administrators at any of the 72 district school boards and 33 school authorities in Ontario, professors and students at Faculties of Education and associate teachers and students at the Independent Learning Centre. If you haven't already, sign up today and gain access to downloadable, copyright cleared video content and additional resources for your classroom.
Studio 2 Begins Early!
TVO will be pre-empting the last week of its summer documentary festival
in order to bring back Studio 2 a week earlier. Please join us for our
12th season, starting
Monday, August 29, at 8 pm. Hosts Steve Paikin and Paula Todd will
continue to bring their unique insight and fresh take on news and issues
that preoccupy us all as Ontario citizens.
Mondays: Sports, Gregg & Company
Tuesdays: Business, Person 2 Person
Wednesdays: Foreign Affairs, Gregg & Company
Thursdays: Ottawa panel, 4th Reading*
Fridays: Popular Culture, Diplomatic Immunity**
*4th Reading moves from Friday to Thursday night.
**Diplomatic Immunity moves from Friday at 11:00 PM to Friday at 8:30 PM.
Also, the late repeat of Studio 2 moves from 11:30 PM to 11:00 PM with an
additional repeat at 2:00 AM Monday through Thursday, and at 3:00 AM on
Fridays. There is no afternoon repeat of Studio 2 on the following weekday
afternoon.
VOX Needs Teacher Input!
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. We are currently looking for suggestions from teachers about topics for discussion that you would find useful to complement the curriculum in your classroom. Simply click here to learn more about VOX and to fill out the brief feedback form.
Participate in Ontario's Best Lecturers Competition!
Last Fall, TVO's BIG IDEAS initiated a search for Ontario's best lecturer. We wanted names of professors whose classes were not to be missed. The response was, to say the least, both surprising and very gratifying with 359 nominations! The 10 best contestants selected by the jury will be asked to give special lectures which will air on BIG IDEAS beginning Saturday October 8, 2005 at 1 PM. Then you, the viewer, will have the chance to grade each of the 10 lectures online or by phone to determine who will be Ontario's Best Lecturer! The winner will be announced on Saturday November 12, 2005.
Reach for the Top!
The Ontario Finals of Reach For The Top, Canada's longest running TV quiz show featuring high
school students will return to TVO on Sunday September 11 at 6:30 pm and will run for 11 consecutive weeks. The final game in the series will be telecast on TVO, Sunday, November 20, 2005. Our new provincial champions and their coach will receive a 9 day European tour provided by EF Educational Tours! Once again, the Ontario Finals of “Reach for the Top” will be hosted by Nicole Stamp who can currently be seen on TVO’s Crawlspace.
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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.
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VOX: ARCTIC FEVER
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| SUN SEPT 4 AT 6:00 pm |
| Ten students from across North America set off on an expedition of a lifetime, camping, not on land, but on the frozen ice of the Arctic Ocean. Their goal is to experience one of our planet’s best kept secrets and to learn how we can better live in harmony with the natural world. We witness how they foster a new understanding and respect for the planet and for each other. In this way, we will not only be left with the excitement of the journey, but with insight on how the members of the group gain fresh perspectives, connect with the natural world, and increase their awareness of the earth as a global ecosystem.
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| Intermediate |
Science: Gr 7, Gr, 8, SNC 2D
Geography: CGC 1D/P |
| Senior |
| Geography: CGD 3M
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| download: (Word.doc) |
| teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 2 |
VOX: STICKS AND STONES
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| SUN SEPT 11 AT 6:00 pm |
As if school and parents aren’t enough, teens have another stress to deal with: bullying. Bullying has gone beyond the occasional push and shove. Now, teens, especially girls are becoming more aggressive. From devastating gossip to insults and lies and now even physical violence, it’s as if girls are more aggressive than ever before. So where did this come from? Is it as bad as it sounds or just a lot of media hype? What ever happened to sugar and spice and everything nice? |
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| Intermediate |
Health and Physical Education : Gr 8, PPL 1O, PPL 2O
Guidance and Career Education: GLS1O/GLE1O, GLC2O, GLD2O |
| Senior |
Family Studies: HIR 3C, HIP 3E
Guidance and Career Education: GLN4O
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| teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 1A | blm 2 |
VOX: CROSSING BORDERS
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| SUN SEPT 18 AT 6:00 pm |
Our country is changing: it’s becoming more and more diverse with each passing year, as greater numbers of immigrants choose Canada as their new home. And while we like to think of ourselves as one big happy cultural mosaic, the truth is that fitting in and adapting can be an incredibly difficult process for immigrant teenagers.Do all Canadians have the same opportunities? Is fitting in a realistic possibility, or even desirable? And as we become even more diverse, are we even ready to handle a massive influx of immigrant teens?
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Guidance and Career Education: GPP3O
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| download: (Word.doc) |
| teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 1A | blm 2 |
VOX: the skinny on fat
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| SUN SEPT 25 AT 6:00 pm |
If teens are so pressured to be thin, why are they packing on the pounds?
A recent study conducted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, “Fat, Flabby and 14,” reports that Canadian teenagers rank as the fourth fattest of any country. So, what's behind this alarming trend? Who better to ask than teens themselves?
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| Intermediate |
| Health and Physical Education: Gr 7, Gr 8, PPL1/2O, |
| Senior |
Health and Physical Education: PPZ3O
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| download: (Word.doc) |
| teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 1A |
life lessons : person 2 person with paula todd
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| SATURDAYs at 4:30 PM |
| This month we showcase EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATORS!
September 3
JEAN LITTLE
Beloved author of some of Canada’s most successful children’s books for over four decades.
September 10
AINSWORTH MORGAN
Former football star and now a teacher in Regent Park, where he was raised by his single mother speaks candidly with Paula Todd.
September 17
JANICE STEIN
University of Toronto professor and one of Canada’s most respected foreign affairs experts shows us what she’s like at home.
September 24
CHRIS SPENCE
A determined principal, now a superintendent, arrives at a tough inner city school and turns the place around. |
| repeats Sunday Sept 11 at 5 AM |
| download: (Word.doc) |
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| MON SEPT 12 AT 7 PM |
| First Scientists is a fascinating documentary exploring the history of aboriginal scientific and social techniques and looks at how modern science is now catching up to these ideas. Centuries before Europeans arrived in North America the continent’s First Nations had their own system of scientific exploration rooted in their culture. In many ways, aboriginal science has many parallels to modern methods honed through trial and error and hypothesis testing. In others, this traditional science and technology is fundamentally different, focusing on relationships rather than objects, on the how rather than the why, and on the heart rather than the mind. |
| -repeats Sunday Sept 18 at 5 PM |
| Intermediate |
| Native Studies: NAC1O |
| Senior |
Native Studies: NBV3E
Science: SNC3E, SNC4M |
| download: (Word.doc) |
| teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 2 |
| CHIEFS |
| MONDAYS AT 7 PM |
| Some of the stories of the continent's First Nations are illuminated through the lives of some of its finest leaders. |
| -repeats the following Sunday at 5 PM |
| Intermediate |
Native Studies: NAC20
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| Senior |
Native Studies: NDA3M, NDG4M
Canadian and World Studies: CHA3U, CHI4U, CHY4U, CHY4C
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| -repeats the following Sunday at 5 PM |
| download: (Word.doc) |
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| COLOUR OF WAR |
| MONDAYS AT 10 PM BEGINNING SEPT 26 |
| Until this series, film footage of World War Two has always been black and white. For the first time, original colour footage is used. Events are described from letters and diaries of people present over three episodes. |
| -repeats the next morning at 1 AM |
| Intermediate |
| Canadian and World Studies: CHC 2D/P, |
| Senior |
| Canadian and World Studies:: CHT3O, CHI4U, CHY4C/U |
| download: (Word.doc) |
| teacher resource | blm 1 | blm 1A | blm 2 |
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| GREAT EXPECTATIONS |
| TUEsdays at 9 PM, beginning Sept 27 , Repeats at midnight |
Violence and Victorian gentility meet in one of Dickens' greatest creations. Tony Marchant's new adaptation of this classic tale is dark, sometimes savagely comic and wholly unsentimental. Pip's epic journey from boy to man has at its centre his relationships with the terrifying convict Magwitch, manipulative Miss Havisham and the beautiful but heartless Estella.
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| THAT'LL TEACH 'EM II |
| sundays at 7 pm beginning september 25 |
This highly successful series returns with a new spin where we find out if a group of modern-day kids who aren’t academic “high flyers” benefit from the practical skills that used to be taught in the 1960’s. Complete with lessons in bricklaying and cookery, 30 sixteen year olds travel back in time for a month of intensive tuition with the emphasis on vocational skills.
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| big ideas |
| Saturdays at 1 pm, repeated Sundays at 1 pM |
Speakers from all facets of academia present lectures on a wide variety of
topics, including politics, social policy, literature, and philosophy.
Journalist-author Irshad Manji hosts this unique, two-hour programming
block, introducing and commenting on the lectures.
Ontario's Best Leacturers Competition
Last Fall, TVO's BIG IDEAS initiated a search for Ontario's best lecturer. We wanted names of professors whose classes were not to be missed. The response was, to say the least, both surprising and very gratifying with 359 nominations! The 10 best contestants selected by the jury will be asked to give special lectures which will air on BIG IDEAS beginning Saturday October 8, 2005 at 1 PM. Then you, the viewer, will have the chance to grade each of the 10 lectures online or by phone to determine who will be Ontario's Best Lecturer! The winner will be announced on Saturday November 12, 2005.
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| HEADS UP! |
| thursdays at 6:30 pm , REPEATING SATURDAYS AT 11 AM, BEGINNING SEPT 8 |
The sky is the limit with this 13 part science series about astronomy and astronautics for kids aged 8 – 13. Host and writer Bob McDonald exclaims, "Have you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered where we are in space? How do we fit in to the grand universe? Well, keep your ‘heads up,’ because we’re going to discover our cosmic address”. Canadian astronauts Julie Payette, Chris Hatfield and Dave Williams are featured in various segments as they give their own personal accounts of what it’s like to be involved with the ‘final frontier’. |
| the future is wild |
wednesdays at 7 pm beginning aug 31 |
| This incredible series gives viewers a glimpse in the future - up to 200 million years into the future. Scientists, geologists and biologists have predicted what our earth might look like in 5, 100 and 200 million years from now. The world will be barely recognizable - fantastic animals and plants will evolve and climates will change. Episode 1 looks ahead 5 million years. Episode 2 looks ahead 100 million years. Episode 3 looks ahead 500 million years. |
| MASTERWORKS |
| THURSDAYS AT 10 PM, repeats the following sunday at 1 am |
Masterworks is a bold, prime time documentary series celebrating and exploring the life, work, and creative process of influential painters, photographers, architects, writers, musicians, and filmmakers who are considered masters in their respective fields. This series is both Canadian and international in scope. |
| technology and machines on tvo |
| thursdays at 7 pm |
Explore the design and construction of some the world's most extraordinary engineering projects.
Watch great technology programming like Superstructures, Modern Marvels and many more. |
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| COMING SOON |
Stay Tuned for another great season of documentaries and accompanying teacher resources on The View From Here, beginning Wed Oct 12.
THE view from here
Wed Oct 12 at 10 pm
Cheating Death
A frank and intimate character study that takes us inside the mind of a man struggling to break free of the street.
Nine Months, Six Blocks
Told as an inner city trilogy, the film follows the lives of three disparate people, their stories poetically interconnected by the streets of Parkdale, Toronto.
Wed Oct 19, 26 and Nov 2 at 10 pm
Women Behind the Badge
An action-packed, touching and revealing documentary series charting the highs and lows of six women on the police force. With unprecedented access to the officers’ home life, workplace and crime scenes, the show provides an intimate view of policing that has never been seen before.
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 CLASSIC TVO |
Concepts in Science
TVO's bestselling series of all time is Concepts in Science — 17 miniseries specifically developed for use in biology, chemistry, and physics courses at the high school level. Each miniseries of six 10-minute programs uses animation and a humorous approach to present concepts in a clear, visual manner and comes with a teacher's guide.
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