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Assignment: The Worldis a weekly fifteen-minute program
which reports current world and national events in a way that helps
young viewers understand what's happening around them. Each week's program
features segments that spark curiosity and facilitate class discussion
to make news viewing an active and involving experience.
- Grade Levels
4-6 & Junior High
Subject Areas
Current Events
Social Studies
Science
Assignment:
The World Features
Has been in non-commerial broadcast
for over 40 years
Weekly transcripts are available on the web
Assignment:
The World Benefits
With each program, viewers will:
- understand the who, what, when, where, and why of national and world
events - recognize leading newsmakers and understand their role in contemporary
issues
- understand key words and phrases
- see the news as a continuing process and understand its historical
context
- become familiar with world cultures and geography
- develop basic research and listening skills
- be encouraged to interact via the internet
Program
Modules
Because Assignment: The World
is produced weekly with each program's content determined by current
events, program titles and times are not listed. However, the following
segments appear regularly.
| News Stories
|
Covers five to seven of the week's top stories,
including thorough coverage of one lead story. |
Clues in the
News
|
Presents three clues (scrambled letters, fill-in-the-blank
statements, latitudes and longitudes, key words) to upcoming events.
Viewers are asked to figure out what the events are and why they
are newsworthy. Answers are provided in the next week's program. |
| Feature Story |
This segment is shot on location and provides
a short look at
some topic of general interest. |
| Pop Quizzes |
Ask quick multiple choice questions based on
a news story
presented eariler in the program, to reinforce key words, ideas
and facts. |
| Issue |
Presents a topic of current public interest
from divergent points of view. Encourages students to think about
the issue and to respond by mail. In the past, questions have inlcuded
the
following:
What suggestions do you have to keep election results in one
part of the country from affecting voting in another?
Should there be capital punishment?
If you were president, what would you cut from the federal
budget to balance it? |
Mail Bag
|
Reports on student responses to the Issue of
two weeks earlier. A portion of several representative letters are
read and displayed on the air. |
Awards
and Recognition:
Winner: 1994 Best
Children's Series — New York State Broadcasters Association
Right: Virginia Bacheler,
host of
Assignment: The World, and
series producer John Overlan
with award received for Best
Children's Series. |
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Product
Pricing Information:
Utilization Packet (includes Teacher's guide)
(#215-UP)
$ 6.20
Additional Teacher's Guides
(#215-TG)
$ 5.20
Broadcast pricing is dependent on population. Please contact AIT's Broadcast
Services Department at 800-236-6248, or info@ait.net
for more information on leasing Assignment:The World.
Related Products
You can order Assignment: The World utilization packets or teacher's
guides. When placing an order, please be sure to note the product number
for Assignment: The World, (#215-UP) or (#215-TG), as well as the number
that you require. All orders must be accompanied by the Purchase Order
number to which they will be billed.
You can fax or mail in your purchase orders. Please direct all fax orders
to: Customer Service at 812-333-4278, or info@ait.net
Purchase orders sent via mail should be addressed to:
AIT
Customer Service Department
Box A
Bloomington, IN 47402-0120
To place an order over the phone, or request more information, please
contact AIT Customer Service at 800-457-4509. Requests for product information
can also be made via e-mail at info@ait.net.
Assignment: The World is produced by WXXI-TV, Rochester, New York and
is made available by AIT.
Assignment: The World - A Guide for Teachers ©1988, WXXI-TV and AIT.
Assignment: The World Video Archive
Why use Assignment:the World streamed
via the Internet?
- Teachers can preview the program or use it live
in the classroom
- Students and parents can use it to review current
events, participate in activities and discuss issue questions.
- Archives of the program are also streamed.
If you receive Assignment: The World in
your school district or public television station, you can received
the streamed version of the program.
Request an ATW Streamed account
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