[editing this post to point out that I erroneously associated the following series with Joy Hakim. Please see next post for additional information. There is indeed a series coming out and a free DVD associated with it but the two are not related that I can find. Very Sorry! Off to wipe egg off face before resuming blogging!]
Anyhow, The Story of US premieres on the History Channel on April 25th - my youngest's birthday! AND they are giving away a DVD to every school in America who requests one, including home schools!! Here is the offer from the website:
America The Story of US — premiering on HISTORY™ April 25 at 9pm/8c — is a six week event that provides a fascinating look at the stories of the people, events, and innovations that forged our nation. It will provide you with an unprecedented opportunity to bring our nation's history to life for your students. This 12-hour series will be supported by educational materials tied to curriculum standards and is copyright cleared for Fair Use in the classroom by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities.
* HISTORY is offering America The Story of US on DVD to every school in the United States. School must be an accredited public, private or home school, for grades K-12 and college. In order to receive your school's DVD, your school principal (grades K-12) or Dean of Students (college) should fill out the request form below. HISTORY strictly limits one request per school. DVD requests must be made prior to July 1, 2010. DVD's will be mailed around August 2010 and free shipping is included in this offer.
Now, I cannot tell for sure if this is the whole series that they are currently preselling for $29.95 or not. But whether it is the whole thing or an abbreviated version, it is still a great deal. I just registered and it is a one page form that is quickly filled out with no "catch" other than you do have to give complete information.
7 comments:
Thanks for the link. We love the History Channel
You are welcome! I can't wait to get my copy.
Thanks so much for this!!
Thanks Karen. I just filled out the form. We don't get cable or satellite out here,so this is a great way for us to see it!
Karen, I just discovered your history blog and noticed this section on Russian history. I am a child of the cold war era, so my childhood history lessons certainly weren't focused on Russian accomplishments. When studying European settlements in the Americas, my teachers covered the English, Spanish and French explorers, along with a smattering of Dutch and reaching way back to the Norse. However, the significant Russian explorations in the Pacific northwest, from Alaska to 50 miles north of San Francisco, went unnoticed. How many of you are going “WHATTTTT?” Contrary to what I was taught, we owe a great deal to those enterprising Russians and just because it is so very interesting, I thought I’d pass along a link to some of the info I found detailing Russian exploration in North America. Facinating!
http://rrparks.mcn.org/fortross/Russian%20American%20Company.htm
There is quite a bit more information on the subject of Russian America to be found on the internet. I’m sorry to say that I didn’t keep a list of all the resources I found.
Bonnie
I looked but I couldn't find that this was actually the same as "The Story of US" by Joy Hakim. Did you see that it is and where?
Thanks
~Lisa
Well. Well, well, well. Sigh. Where and when I picked up that quite erroneous impression I do not know. Nothing quite like making a big fat public mistake and broadcasting it to the world. At least I didn't submit this post to a blog carnival! You are right, Lisa, it has nothing whatever to do with that series so let me go make a new post.
The bright side is that I found a cool website that does go along with Joy Hakim's series while I was searching for the answer.
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