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In the Mix

PBS, Week of November 16, check local listings for dates and times.

In the Mix, the award-winning documentary series for teens, presents "Living with Change," a program highlighting how teens have responded and coped with the effects of the ongoing events of the past year. Interviews include students who were closest to Ground Zero and have returned to their schools, a teen EMT who volunteered at the site, a boy who abused drugs but stopped after 9/11, and a teen who lost her stepfather, a firefighter. Companion study guides and a website are available at www.inthemix.org. All episodes have one-year off-air taping rights for educators.

TV Tips are provided by KIDSNET, a national resource for children's media in Washington, D.C., www.kidsnet.org, and from Cable in the Classroom at www.ciconline.org.

Nick News: Special Edition

Nickelodeon, November 8 and 20, 5 a.m., ET, check local listings. Linda Ellerbee created this series of specials from the award-winning news magazine for kids in grades 4-6. This month's program, "It's Only Television," teaches kids how to become media literate and explains how to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Jeff Sagansky, president of CBS Entertainment, and producer Gary Goldberg explain the economics of television and take viewers through the creation of a new series. The show can be taped and used in the classroom for 10 years with a lesson plan found at www.teachers.nick.com.

Home for the Holidays; The History of Thanksgiving

History Channel, November 15, 6 a.m., ET.

This History Channel Classroom documentary traces the history of the celebration that began as a Pilgrim harvest feast in the 1620s, was declared a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, and remains the quintessential U.S. holiday. The program also looks at traditional holiday elements, such as turkey dinners and football. The show can be taped and used in

the classroom for two years. A lesson plan is available at www. historychannel.com/classroom.

Ozzy & Drix

Kids!WB!, November 16, 9:30 10 a.m., ET.

Based on the film "Osmosis Jones" this animated adventure, developed with a Harvard medical consultant, follows the exploits of a white blood cell cop, Ozzy, and his partner, over-the-counter cold pill Drix, as they defend the City of Hector-the body of a 13-year-old boy-to investigate and combat viruses and infections. In this episode, "Where's the Smoke," Hector experiments with cigarettes and unleashes a creature known as Nick O'Teen into the City of Hector. Ozzy and Drix must stop Nick before he travels to the brain and causes Hector to smoke again.

Biography for Kids

ABE, November 18, 7 a.m., ET ("Pocohontas") and November 29, 7 a.m., ET. ("Eureka!"), check local listings.

This Emmy Award-winning series profiles political leaders, artists, and other famous figures. "Pocohontas: Ambassador to the New World" explores the unknown side of this tragic heroine and describes her life as a diplomat and influential leader. "Eureka! The 20th Century's Top 15 Inventors," features interviews with authors, executives, media personalities, and the inventors themselves, as this program profiles the lives of some of the most important inventors of the 20th century. Both shows can be taped and used in the classroom for two years, and both have lesson plans at www.aande.com/ class.

The Real Thomas Jefferson

Discovery Channel, November 25, 9 a.m., ET

This program profiles one of the founding fathers of the United States, including his invention of our monetary system and his fight for religious freedom and publicly funded education. The show can be taped and used in the classroom for one year. Go to http://school. discovery.com/teachers for an accompanying lesson plan.

Destination: America. Land of Dreams

WAM!, Thursday, November 28, 7 - 7:30 p.m., ET.

Designed to provide peer modeling, this special profiles young immigrants to America as they share their successful assimilations into schools and communities from New York to Denver. Home videos and videotape created by kids are intercut with interviews, graphics, and historical perspectives about the countries these students left behind.

Friday on the Rocks

National Geographic Channel, November 29, 1 pm. - 2 a.m. ET

Epic battles, fabled shipwrecks, lost treasures, last voyages, and more are revealed in Friday on the Rocks. In this special, Robert Ballard, worldrenowned discoverer of the Titanic and the German battleship

Bismarck, presents his personal insights in the "Search for the Submarine 1-52"-the Japanese submarine that sank in 1944 with two tons of gold; "Terror At Sea" on the 45th anniversary of the sinking of the Andrea Doria; "Deep Sea Hunting" for treasured relics of an ancient ship at the bottom of the Aegean Sea; and"Secrets of Titanic," which documents his expedition to locate the famous vessel.

James Cameron's Expedition: Bismarck

Discovery Channel, December 8, 8 p.m., ET, check local listings.

In 1941, the British bombed and sunk Germany's "unsinkable" DKM Bismarck. In 2002, Titanic director James Cameron conducted the first detailed survey of the sunken ship with the help of revolutionary camera and lighting equipment and remotely operated vehicles. Enhanced by interviews, commentary from historians, and archival materials, the program explores the last days of the ship and investigates the cause of its sinking.

Rocks with Wings

PBS, December 11. 9 p.m., ET check local listings.

Follow the journey of Jerry Richardson, an African-American star college basketball player from Texas, and the Lady Chieftains, a women's high school basketball team from the Navajo community of Shiprock, New Mexico, in this twohour documentary. With intense and at times controversial determination, Richardson molds the young women into fighters on the court. What results is an inspirational story about the meaning of winning and losing, set against a complex background of race and heritage and societal expectations-for the players, the coach, and the Navajo community.

Degrassi: The Next Generation

Noggin/The N, Saturday, December 31, 9 p.m. - 3 a.m., ET.

It's New Year's Eve and the Degrassi kids are celebrating with a lock-in at Degrassi Community School. The "Degrassi New Year's Lock-in Eve" will feature back-toback episodes of the series chosen by the show's stars who will host the special. At 11:30 p.m., a viewer's choice episode will close out the year. Beginning November 25 through December 23 kids can log on to vote at the N website at www.the-n.com. A discussion guide for parents can be found on www. discussions.the-n.com.

A Very Muppet Christmas Movie

NBC, December, check local listings.

Whoopi Goldberg joins Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and an all-star Muppet cast in this first-ever madefor-television holiday Muppet movie. Filled with celebrity cameo appearances, the film pays homage to all Christmas movies as Kermit struggles, on Christmas eve, to save the Muppet Theater from the stylish, yet Scroogish, bank owner Rachel Bitterman (played by Joan Cusack), who plans to demolish it. David Arquette plays Daniel, the rookie angel trying to earn his wings by helping Kermit.

NEA Leaders Hit the Road

NEA President Reg Weaver kicked off his presidency in September by traveling the country to meet more NEA members and hear firsthand the issues they find most critical. Weaver also met with the media and with other education organizations to discuss NEA's advocacy of public education.

In late September, Weaver traveled to Wisconsin to meet with Milwaukee Teachers Education Association members and visit four local schools. At Riverside High School, students in an AP history class engaged the

NEA president in a discussion on vouchers. Students noted that they felt vouchers violated the separation of church and state, and that public schools were more inclusive.

Weaver also met with the media while in Milwaukee. WMCS radio's toprated "Morning Magazine with Keith Murphy" plus NBC, FoxNews, and Wisconsin Public Radio all featured interviews with the NEA president, covering issues including teacher morale, vouchers, and ESEA. Weaver then met with an editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Weaver, NEA Vice President Dennis Van Roekel, and SecretaryTreasurer Lily Eskelsen have continued to travel the country. For Weaver, late October began a national Listening Tour, where hundreds of NEA members got the opportunity to see and speak to their president irl person. Check out future issues of NEA Today for details.

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