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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED
- Block Feed: Programs 101-108 Program Details
- 3 hours, 59 minutes
- Monday, September 3 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Monday, January 28 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Block Feed: Programs 109-112 Program Details
- 1 hours, 59 minutes
- Monday, September 10 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Monday, February 4 at 4:00 pm on KETED
Episodes Included in These Block Feeds
- 101. Revealing Character
- A language arts teacher and a visual art teacher ask 8th graders to demonstrate their understanding of a novel's characters by creating unusual ceramic place settings. 29 minutes.
- 102. Breathing Life Into Myths
- A language arts teacher draws on puppetry techniques and help from her school's theater teacher to engage her 6th graders in exploring Greek myths. 29 minutes.
- 103. Two Dance Collaborations
- In a first-time collaboration, a dance teacher and a science teacher combine forces to explore the laws of motion with a 7th- and 8th-grade dance class. At another school, a dance teacher and a math teacher work with 6th graders on imaginative interpretations of the idea of circles. 29 minutes.
- 104. Constructing a Community
- A visual art teacher and a social studies teacher use the distinctive architecture and history of their school's neighborhood to help 8th graders see their community in a new light. 29 minutes.
- 105. Making Connections
- Teachers of music, visual art, and theater build thoughtful connections to topics their 7th graders are working on in social studies and language arts. 29 minutes.
- 106. Exploring Our Town
- 7th- and 8th-grade students explore Thornton Wilder's classic play Our Town from the perspectives of theater, music, visual art, language arts, and social studies. 29 minutes.
- 107. Creating a Culture—The Story Begins
- 6th graders develop their own cultures, complete with language, clothing, artwork, and rituals. Weeks of hard work culminate in a surprising twist. 29 minutes.
- 108. Analyzing a Culture—The Story Continues
- Students become archaeologists, analyzing artifacts from other student-created cultures. They then design a museum exhibit from those artifacts. 29 minutes.
- 109. Folk Tales Transformed
- A visiting theater artist works with a language arts teacher and a visual art teacher to help 8th graders transform folk tales into original scenes that the students perform. 29 minutes.
- 110. Preserving a Place for the Arts
- When faced with budget cuts, the staff of a rural middle school finds innovative ways to keep the arts a viable part of the curriculum. 29 minutes.
- 111. Can Frogs Dance?
- A dance teacher and a science teacher ask 7th graders to compare the anatomy of frogs and humans. Then a language arts teacher coaches the students in a lively debate about whether a frog should be allowed to join a ballet company. 29 minutes.
- 112. Finding Your Voice
- Drawing on themes of conflict and genocide that 8th graders are studying in their world cultures class, four arts teachers organize an interdisciplinary unit that encourages students to use their artwork as a form of protest. 29 minutes.
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