Jamestown LIVE!

Jamestown LIVE! Register NOW for FREE November 9th Educational Webcast.

Jamestown LIVE!

Register for this free,
once-in-a-lifetime event at www.jamestownjourney.org. While there, you will find more than 70 free lesson plans, plus a new Teacher's Resource Guide developed by Time for Kids. Technical information for log in to the webcast is also posted at this Web site.

On November 9, 2006 at 1 P.M. EST, you and your students are invited to participate in Jamestown Live! a free one-hour educational webcast that brings to life the legacies that helped build the tapestry of our nation. Created in partnership with leading educational organizations to support standards, this online educational event is part of the America's 400th Anniversary commemoration.

Hosted by renowned veteran journalist and PBS correspondent Gwen Ifill from the sites where these historic events took place, Jamestown Live! offers creative programming designed for students in Grades 4 – 8.

Experience the Journey that Changed the World

Your students will enjoy a highly interactive and engaging look at how representative government, cultural diversity and exploration began to shape our country and our society through:

	Fast-paced interviews with historians and special experts, conducted by student reporters
		Dr. James Horn, author of "A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America"
		Stephen Adkins, Chief of Virginia's Chickahominy Indian Tribe
		Dr. Rex Ellis, Co-chair of the Jamestown 2007 African American Advisory Council
		Dr. William Kelso, Director of archaeology at Historic Jamestowne
		Dr. Kathryn Thornton, former NASA astronaut
		Captain Eric Speth, maritime programs manager for Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
		Bill Warder, Park Ranger, Historic Jamestowne
	A live student audience – including representatives of all 50 states and the District of Columbia – participating in hands-on, living-history activities
	Participation in online surveys before and during the webcast
	Interactive question-and-answer sessions with featured experts
	Performances of original music interpreting historical and cultural themes

Jamestown Live! is developed in partnership with NASA, NCSS, National Education Association, National History Day, U.S. Department of Education, The History Channel, the Jamestown 2007 African American and Virginia Indian Advisory Councils, Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, Historic Jamestowne and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Jamestown Live! is funded in part by Colonial Williamsburg, Verizon and Norfolk Southern Corp., Founding Colony Sponsors of America's 400th Anniversary.