Rivers of North America: The Ohio River

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2011/12 KETKY Program Schedule

101. The Ohio River

Explores how the Ohio has shaped and continues to shape the North American landscape. Topics include dams, watersheds, steamboats, fossil fuels, tributaries, river confluences, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Underground Railroad, the Ice Age, the French and Indian War, and the Ohio and Erie canals. 25 minutes

    Tuesday, February 21 at 3:05 am on KETKY

102. The Lower Mississippi River

ravels down the Mississippi Lower, which begins at the confluence of the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois and ends at New Orleans. Topics covered include headwaters, floodplains, sediment, fossils, the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Five Civilized Tribes, the Mound Builders, and Cajun culture. 25 minutes

    Tuesday, February 21 at 3:30 am on KETKY

The schedule listed here includes only airings on the KETKY channel. See the complete Rivers of North America: The Ohio River broadcast schedule for airings on all KET channels.

Teaching Materials

STREAMING VIDEO

http://www.filmideas.com/streamingfiles/riversstreaming.html
$0.00
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
$0.00
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

This program relates to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations.

2.19	Geography and Human Activity
2.20	Historical Perspective