************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** From: "kathy hancock" <khancock555@xxxxxxxxx> Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc Subject: OffTopic ?? CSPAN In the Classroom Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 07:13:54 GMT WAR WITH IRAQ C-SPAN in the Classroom http://www.c-span.org/classroom/current/iraq_war.asp With the recent military action in Iraq and multiple sources of information, C-SPAN in the Classroom has compiled a resource page that uses C-SPAN's ongoing television and web resources for teaching about the war with Iraq. There you can: --view information about the U.S. STRATEGY & OPERATIONS --learn about American military TRAINING & WEAPONRY --watch the REACTIONS TO WAR from elected officials and the American people Other WAR WITH IRAQ resources from C-SPAN.org include: --a collection of DOCUMENTS, LINKS, AND CONTEXTUAL RESOURCES http://www.c-span.org/resources/iraq.asp --a schedule for C-SPAN's ONGOING TELEVISION COVERAGE and an ONLINE ARCHIVE http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Current_Event&Code=Iraq&ShowVidNum=6&; Rot_Cat_CD=US_Iraq&Rot_HT=&Rot_WD= **************************************************************************** AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES C-SPAN, 8pm ET Saturday, March 22 Watch interviews with 5 former American POW's of the 1991 Persian Gulf War: Capt. William Andrews - Air Force F-16 pilot Maj. Rhonda Cornum - Army Flight Surgeon Col. David Eberly - Air Force F-15 pilot Lt. Robert Sweet - Air Force A-10 pilot Sgt. Daniel Stamaris - Army 101st Airborne (The interviews were gathered in 1996 exhibit at the National POW Museum in Andersonville, GA.) **************************************************************************** AMERICAN POLITICAL ARCHIVE Saturdays, beginning at 10:10am ET on C-SPAN Radio (Repeated on Mondays at 10pm ET) **You may listen to the C-SPAN Radio online at http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspanradio.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CSR C-SPAN Radio continues its series on never before heard audio recordings of SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE Oral History interviews. The series features Secretaries James Forrestal, George C. Marshall, Robert McNamara, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld. Sat. March 22 - MELVIN LAIRD - talks about the US relationship with NATO partners and the strains in this relationship as a result of the conflict in Vietnam. He talks about Vietnam and how it affected his term in the office from 1969-1973. Sat. March 29 - CASPAR WEINBERGER - talks about terrorism, the military build-up in the Reagan years, relations with the Soviets, and the relationship between the Dept. of Defense and Congress. Sat. April 5 - WILLIAM PERRY - talks about his time as Secretary, Kosovo, and US/Iraq relations. For additional resources on the biographies of the featured five Secretaries of Defense and to listen to already-aired interviews, visit http://www.c-span.org/apa/sec_dod.asp. ************************************************************** The Net Happenings mailing list is a service of Educational CyberPlayGround - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or would like to sponsor the Net Happenings service - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html> **************************************************************