IMPACT OF THE WAR- IRAQ ON KIDS OF MILITARY FAMILIES IN NORTHERN NY

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Description

Intro- VC with Senator Hillary Clinton.

Three sites- Beaver River Central, Indian River Central School, Carthage

Central School, and Ft Drum.

Project time frame

April 07 ­ VC event

Jan 07- meeting with military, 3 school districts, and booker for

Hillary Clinton’s office

Feb 07- affirm guidelines and closure dates for this event in April 07

March 07- test connections with 3 school districts, bridge Ft. Drum, and

Hillary Clinton’s office in Washington DC .

How to sign up ( Site based sign up)

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sign up. Include registration deadlines. Include also the number of

classes that can participate (i.e. will you take the first person who

responds? or can more than one school participate?)

IP or ISDN?

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Learner Outcomes

1. NYS LEARNING STANDARDS ELA ­ ELA 1-4, Math, Science Tech- 2,5-7,

Soc.St.- 2,4,5

Methods and Activities

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post conference activities. How will you convey the topic (lecture,

discussion, hands on activity)?

DETAILS ­ TBA

This Video Conference is base on examining how the War In Iraq is

affecting children of military families.

Materials

Student developed

questions to representatives of Ft Drum, and Hilary Clinton’s office, to

be pre approved. Pre and post assessment for students.

Videoconference Details.

Hillary Clinton presentation (intro-10

minutes) ( Town Meeting with students, military, Mrs. Clinton ­ 20

minutes

This project was created as part of the Kid2Kid Videoconference Connections Online Class.