K12> CSPAN In the Classroom

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  • Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:07:53 -0600

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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=

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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.)

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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.

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