Dead Reckoning ~ Champlain in America is the
story of a man who failed to find a northwest passage to China, but
instead laid the foundation for a multicultural nation in North America. The combination of an interactive map, lessons plans and video clips encourage students to chart their own course of learning.
The companion website champlaininamerica.org is available in both French and English. The core of the siteis an interactive map
that traces Champlain’s voyages from 1603 to 1616. The interactive map invites students and teachers to explore these voyages throgh film excerpts, lesson
plans, Champlain’s journal entries and facts about Amerindian culture.
This website also contains lesson plans developed for students in grades 6-12, aligned to national learning standards, to assist teachers in using Dead Reckoning ~ Champlain in America in the classroom.
Forgotten War: Struggle for North America tells the story of conflict in a way it’s never been told
before; introducing viewers to fresh, diverse voices and the latest
historical research. Forgotten War reaches beyond the broadcast
as a multi-media educational documentary including community and
educational outreach. The program allows viewers to see that the issues
of racism, terrorism, militarism, and colonialism that fed this long
ago conflict still strongly resonate 250 years later.
The Forgotten War website contains a wealth of supplementary material including media clips from the film, additional educational short films, source materials, scholarly articles and lesson plans.
Unless a Death Occurs: Hazing Examined is an incisive documentary on the
pervasiveness of hazing on America's high school and college campuses.
In particular, this film traces the tragic steps of Walter Dean
Jennings, a Plattsburgh State University freshman, who ultimately paid
his tormentors the highest price for admittance into a fraternity banned
by college authorities.
The story, although grim and wrought
with painful scenes of violence and humiliation, is also a powerful
testimony to a university's and community's pledge to not let a death
occur without sustainable intervention.
Dissed-Respect: The Impact of Bullying is produced by the Media Lab at
Mountain Lake PBS in collaboration with consultant J.W. Wiley, Director
of the Center for Diversity, Pluralism, and Inclusion (CDPI) at State
University of New York –Plattsburgh. Dissed-Respect: The Impact of Bullying encourages dialogue about the need to reduce the high-risk behavior of bullying. It reveals the relationship between bullying and dysfunctional aspects of diversity, as well as increases the positive development of respect in students. The program combines role-playing scenes with candid interviews of students and authorities in the field. In addition it employs an alternative approach utilizing poetry, rap and music to appeal to the sensibilities of today’s student.
