Native American Day: Friday September 22, 2017
Show your students the significance of Native American history with Thinkport's educational media lessons and activities.
Inquiry kits are a great way to help students
learn about history. In this interactive, students examine questions and topics surrounding Native
American history and review primary source documents from the Library of
Congress.
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 Help students understand how point of view is conveyed with Thinkport's social studies-themed literacy lesson. Students examine
two speeches concerning the U.S. government's policy regarding American Indians
in the 1800s to identify aspects of a text.
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Maryland Teacher of the Year Finalists
 Making strides in Maryland. The results are in and these
incredible educators have been named as Maryland Teacher of the Year Finalists! See
who is on the list, and let’s wish them all good luck!
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Save the date!
MPT will air the Maryland Teacher of the Year Gala on November 9, 2017.
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Opportunities and Events
Event Reminder!
Baltimore Book Festival!
MPT’s education team will host an exhibit table
at the Baltimore Book festival on September 23. Stop by and come say hi to PBS
KIDS character Daniel Tiger! Can’t wait to see you there.
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WEBINAR: Climate Conversations: Using Media & Research in the
Classroom
Tuesday, September 26 | 7:00pm – 8:00pm ET
Using Frontline’s new 360 video "Why is Greenland
Melting?" as a guide, this virtual professional development session will
give educators resources and information to teach climate
change confidently in the classroom.
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WEBINAR: PBS LearningMedia 101
Tuesday, October 3 | 7:00pm – 8:00pm ET
Expand your digital toolkit and discover how PBS
LearningMedia and its collection of over 120K standards-aligned resources can
be integrated into meaningful learning experiences for your students.
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