Berkeley School District #87

Educational TV Programs

This section of the District #87 web site highlights other web sites that provide information on specific television programs that would be advantageous for students to watch. Television is a powerful medium for influencing and educating young people if they watch appropriate programming. The programs you and your child can find on the web sites noted in this section help your child grow intellectually and developmentally. Many programs can also serve as beneficial "family time."

EXEMPLARY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION WEB SITES

A & E Classroom
This site provides teachers’ guides, programming calendars, and useful tips for the A & E programs.

BET
This site provides programming information and a wide variety of other culturally-related activities and information.

BRAVO
Visit this site for descriptions, discussion questions and schedules for educational programming.

C-SPAN/C-SPAN2
Visitors to this site have access to lesson plans, teacher’s guides, teacher tips, and programming information. Teacher’s guides for using C-SPAN to teach about Congress, the executive and judicial branches, and various topics in current events are available at http://www.c-span.org/classroom.

Cable in the Classroom
This site provides the most comprehensive information available on educational television. It also provides many links to additional sites with information on educational television. There are many resources here for teachers and for parents who want to reinforce educational television viewing for their children.

CNN
This site provides programming information as well as educator’s guides for CNN Presents: Classroom Edition, which include discussion questions and activities. The site also provides a daily teaching guide for CNN Student News, which includes a program rundown, discussion questions, curriculum pointers, new terms, related links, as well as additional information.

Court TV
For resource guides and curriculum with background information, pre and post-viewing activities, and assessment and evaluation for Choices and Consequences program access the web address below.

Discovery Health Channel
For lesson plans for all of Discovery Health Channel’s CIC programs visit this web site.

Discovery School.com
This site provides a large variety of information on educational TV including lesson plans, video clips, tips on teaching with television, teaching tools, clip art and programming schedules.

Disney Channel
Full information on Disney programs are available at this site.

Educational Television
There are many educational shows & channels on television as well as many web sites to go with them. This site provides information and links to lesson plans & ideas to help teachers cover various topics. This page is dedicated to helping teachers find the programs they can use in their curriculum & to find out when the programs are on.

History Channel, The
The History Channel shows ways to make television programs from the History Channel exciting and useful in the social studies curriculum. The site contains program scheduling information and a weekly History Channel Quiz.

KIDSNET
KIDSNET is dedicated to children's television, radio, audio, video and multimedia. KIDNET'S goal is to help students view television intelligently and to develop multimedia literacy. Resources available include the KIDSNET monthly Media Guide that lists current programs on public, commercial and cable television for children, families and educators. KIDSNET also provides Study Guides for use in conjunction with various programs.

Nickelodeon Teachers
This site offers a variety of resources including an impressive collection of lesson plans, general activities, and specific activities that link directly to programs on Nick Jr.. Each activity includes a teacher’s guide, lesson plan and teaching materials. Particularly worth checking out are the more than 150 excellent lesson plans for each episode of Nick News.

PBS Kids
This site contains a list of links to information on PBS TV kid’s shows, including the time to watch them on more than 300 local PBS stations. The site also provides a wide variety of activities such as games, stories, music and the Coloring Book, which has many printable pages of favorite PBS characters.

PBS TeacherSource
Teachers can register at this site to receive a useful e-mail newsletter including an update of upcoming PBS programs with suggestions and links to educational materials. There are also in the newsletter ideas of how to use the programs in the classroom.

TV Guide Online
This site provides complete information on all TV programming.

Weather Channel
For lesson plans and activities for the Weather Channel visit this site.


	Educational TV Programs This section of the District #87 web site highlights other web sites that provide information on specific television programs that would be advantageous for students to watch. Television is a powerful medium for influencing and educating young people if they watch appropriate programming. The programs you and your child can find on the web sites noted in this section help your child grow intellectually and developmentally. Many programs can also serve as beneficial "family time." EXEMPLARY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION WEB SITES A & E Classroom This site provides teachers’ guides, programming calendars, and useful tips for the A & E programs. BET This site provides programming information and a wide variety of other culturally-related activities and information. BRAVO Visit this site for descriptions, discussion questions and schedules for educational programming. C-SPAN/C-SPAN2 Visitors to this site have access to lesson plans, teacher’s guides, teacher tips, and programming information. Teacher’s guides for using C-SPAN to teach about Congress, the executive and judicial branches, and various topics in current events are available at http://www.c-span.org/classroom. Cable in the Classroom This site provides the most comprehensive information available on educational television. It also provides many links to additional sites with information on educational television. There are many resources here for teachers and for parents who want to reinforce educational television viewing for their children. CNN This site provides programming information as well as educator’s guides for CNN Presents: Classroom Edition, which include discussion questions and activities. The site also provides a daily teaching guide for CNN Student News, which includes a program rundown, discussion questions, curriculum pointers, new terms, related links, as well as additional information. Court TV For resource guides and curriculum with background information, pre and post-viewing activities, and assessment and evaluation for Choices and Consequences program access the web address below. Discovery Health Channel For lesson plans for all of Discovery Health Channel’s CIC programs visit this web site. Discovery School.com This site provides a large variety of information on educational TV including lesson plans, video clips, tips on teaching with television, teaching tools, clip art and programming schedules. Disney Channel Full information on Disney programs are available at this site. Educational Television There are many educational shows & channels on television as well as many web sites to go with them. This site provides information and links to lesson plans & ideas to help teachers cover various topics. This page is dedicated to helping teachers find the programs they can use in their curriculum & to find out when the programs are on. History Channel, The The History Channel shows ways to make television programs from the History Channel exciting and useful in the social studies curriculum. The site contains program scheduling information and a weekly History Channel Quiz. KIDSNET KIDSNET is dedicated to children's television, radio, audio, video and multimedia. KIDNET'S goal is to help students view television intelligently and to develop multimedia literacy. Resources available include the KIDSNET monthly Media Guide that lists current programs on public, commercial and cable television for children, families and educators. KIDSNET also provides Study Guides for use in conjunction with various programs. Nickelodeon Teachers This site offers a variety of resources including an impressive collection of lesson plans, general activities, and specific activities that link directly to programs on Nick Jr.. Each activity includes a teacher’s guide, lesson plan and teaching materials. Particularly worth checking out are the more than 150 excellent lesson plans for each episode of Nick News. PBS Kids This site contains a list of links to information on PBS TV kid’s shows, including the time to watch them on more than 300 local PBS stations. The site also provides a wide variety of activities such as games, stories, music and the Coloring Book, which has many printable pages of favorite PBS characters. PBS TeacherSource Teachers can register at this site to receive a useful e-mail newsletter including an update of upcoming PBS programs with suggestions and links to educational materials. There are also in the newsletter ideas of how to use the programs in the classroom. TV Guide Online This site provides complete information on all TV programming. Weather Channel For lesson plans and activities for the Weather Channel visit this site.