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Rivers of North America: The Ohio River
Natural and human history in the Ohio Valley

Grade Levels:: 4-8
Length:: 22 minutes
Taping Rights:: School year
MARC Record:: Downloadable
Teaching Materials:: See Below

Looking to both the past and the future, this documentary explores how the Ohio River and its vast network of tributaries have shaped—and continue to shape—the North American landscape and the lives of its inhabitants. Topics covered include dams, watersheds, steamboats, fossil fuels, river confluences, the Ice Age, the French and Indian War, the Erie and Ohio canals, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Underground Railroad.

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Teaching Materials

STREAMING VIDEO: http://www.filmideas.com/streamingfiles/riversstreaming.html
Windows Media format.
Film Ideas Inc.
(800) 475-3456
308 N. Wolf Rd.
Wheeling, IL 60090
filmid@ais.net
TEACHER'S GUIDE: http://www.filmideas.com/formforguides.html
Free to schools on request (fill out online form).
Film Ideas Inc.
(800) 475-3456
308 N. Wolf Rd.
Wheeling, IL 60090
filmid@ais.net

Kentucky Academic Expectations

This program relates to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations.

2.19	Geography and Human Activity
2.20	Historical Perspective

Kentucky schools may tape and retain programs according to the rights listed above. For further information, contact the KET Education Division.

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