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>* «pV ABC in Step with New Children's Programming connection Guidelines A new children's television mandate from the Federal Communications Features Commission (FCC) in Washington, DC, Children's Programming Guidelines should be encouraging to educators. Issued Aug. 8,1996, the new rules are Solutions designed to strengthen the Children's Television Act of 1990. They require all 'Brand Spanking New Doug' television stations to air a minimum of three hours of educational/information­ Scholar-Athletes al programming weekly between 7:00 Afterschool Specials a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Only regularly scheduled programs Children First that are one-half hour or longer and that educate and inform children ages 'First Do No Harm' 16 and younger meet the new order. General audience programming with Weather Studies incidental educational value does not 'Schoolhouse Rock' qualify. The FCC rules are important because each broadcaster's license to Kidzine operate is tied to providing the mini­ mum three hours of service to children. If the FCC disagrees with a station rogram Schedule about which programs meet the educa­ tional/informational mandate, the oss the Curriculum broadcaster's license could be in jeop­ ardy. Current Events and Social Studies "ABC TV is enthusiastic about con­ Humanities and Language Arts tinuing its long history of serving the public's interest through children's Making Literacy Connections programming," says Christine Hikawa, ABC's vice president of Broadcast ABC Kids Movie Matinee Standards and Practices. "The new rules coincide with our commitment to Family Fun add new programs to our popular edu­ ABC Sports cational offerings, such as the Weekend Specials, our book-based series that we have aired for more than a decade. We Value Your Feedback "The new FCC rules also require ABC Classroom Connection is published for teachers by that stations identify educational pro­ ABC, Inc. Comments and letters to the editor are grams on the air. In addition, ABC's welcome. Please send to ABC Classroom Connection, children's programs with educational value will be identified in television pro­ 105 Terry Drive, Suite 120, Newtown, PA 18940-9988. gram guides and in our affiliates' public Call the ABC Hotline at 800-647-4ABC; fax to files to help parents make sound selec­ 12-456-1274 or use [email protected] for e-mail. tions for young people."

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FIRSTjZJ Initiative Don't Jus>tL Watc itiorh the Newsi. Use It! our students may or may not end And finally, good storytellers are ask, "What have I learned that is rele­ up with a job in a news room. also good talkers. This is not to say that vant, is compelling, and will have an YBut young people who develop they speak with perfect English. In fact, impact?" To decide, you have to learn the critical thinking skills and decision­ their language is usually quite simple about the world around you. Be curi­ making know-how used in the news and their sentences very short. The ous. Ask questions! room, can shoot for high career goals in important thing is to convey a sense of Everyone has a story to tell, and peo­ many fields. Employers are looking for confidence and enthusiasm. As any ple will surprise you. Telling their story is people who can systematically gather good storyteller knows, those qualities the next challenge. Getting the facts right information, analyze it and communi­ are contagious. is the greatest responsibility of all. I have cate it clearly. Michele Norris covers the education learned there are no dumb questions. I Learn from ABC News "Solutions" beat. Her on-air reporting has included ask and ask until I am sure I understand. correspondents who appear each the White House, political campaigns, the With every story, I hope you meet Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on budget, criminal court and affirmative someone you would not meet otherwise "World News Tonight with Peter action. As a print journalist, she special­ and learn something you did not know. Jennings." They search the nation for ized in education, children and the prob­ It is knowledge that leads to success. creative American problem solving at lems that plague America's inner cities. Carol Lin reports from ABC News in work. We turned to three "Solutions" Los Angeles and frequently focuses on correspondents for hints on honing the Ned Potter—Technology, ways that young people in their twenties thinking and communication skills that Science and the solve problems. Before joining ABC, she lead to success at school and in the Environment Beat was a TV anchor and reporter covering workplace. The information revolution is an breaking news, political campaigns, the We asked, unintended lie. It's really a "data revo­ effects of drought, and the White House. "What can young people do lution" and it is overwhelming us. I to develop a refined eye for need to tell stories that Selected Resources matter to people, not add In Print identifying important Death by Cheeseburger: High School Journal­ to the din. information, placing it in a ism in the 1990's and Beyond. 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\/ ou're walking down the street Doug learns to navigate the minefield and you find $14,000 and no of growing up. Fans are being _JL_ one in sight. What do you do? Doug's greatest kid power is his If you're Doug Funnie, Jim Jinkins's active imagination. In every episode, treated to two everykid hero of "Brand Spanking New viewers see Doug imagining himself as episodes of Doug," you instinctively turn the money the town's hero, or its biggest laughing "Brand Spanking over to the police, even though every­ stock. "Fantasy is extremely important," one thinks you're crazy. Jinkins emphasizes. "I grieve the day New Doug" on It's this "do-the-right-thing" value anybody decides he's too old to fanta­ Saturdays, at 8:30 that Jinkins hopes to instill in the par­ size. For Doug, it's a way of playing out ents and kids who watch the show. the jumble of emotions in some sort of and 9:00 a.m., "Doug is just the average person who exaggerated and yet tangible way." and no one could isn't perfect," says Jinkins. "Every week Besides playing out the best scenarios, be happier than he gets off the track. But ultimately he fantasy "breaks both ways," according sticks his head up and says 'Wait a to Jinkins. "To think about the worst "Doug" creator minute. I'm off the track here. I've got thing that could happen is a way of Jim Jinkins. to get it together.' To me, that ought to preparing yourself for certain realities." be the human experience. It's not so One of the worst things that could much about living your life perfectly, happen in Jinkins's mind is the loss of but it's about trying really hard to do innocence and hope in today's society. the right thing and to keep your mind "There seemed to be a time when being open." good and doing the right thing was what Doug is largely based on Jinkins's was lauded, was the thing that made own experiences growing up in a small you popular. I think we've moved into a town. Jinkins describes his hero as time in our culture where being bad is being "committed to the kid world. He's good. Look at the 'bad boys of sports.' at the height of his kid powers. He's still Many of today's heroes aren't heroes able to use his imagination and fanta­ for great reasons." size about being Quailman or Smash Jinkins says of the series, "This was Adams. Doug is young enough to do all the grand experiment. Would kids and the things kids do before they become parents really watch a show like this, or so self-conscious and desperate to be would they say it's too soft? The fact cool." Kid power is at the core of how that they're watching tells me that

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©KIDSNET 1997 there's a desire to solve problems in a Use a map of your hometown or Resources positive way. Doing the right thing can neighborhood to measure distance Be Your Own Map Expert by Barbara be a sacrifice. It can be painful. Yet and estimate how far away you are Taylor. Sterling, 1994. Local office of planning or management. that's what we ought to do. This show is from other towns or places you'd Local clerk's office, where detailed area encouraging to me because I do have like to visit. maps are available. parents call and send letters saying, What events or people influenced Kids Learn America: Bringing Geography to Life with People, Places and History by 'Keep doing this. This is what we want your town's development? What Patricia Gordon and Reed C. Snow. our children to believe in.'" landmarks or roads were named Williamson, 1992. after historical figures or famous Maps: Getting from Here to There by Harvey Weiss. Houghton Mifflin, 1991. events in the past? To the Teacher — Social Studies, National Geographic Society offers books, Draw maps showing each child's software, videos and other educational Grades K-3 home and neighborhood. Encourage materials on geography and reading and making maps. Call 800-368-2728 for kids to mark things that are impor­ information and catalogs. Help Kids Explore Doug's World tant in their lives, such as where University departments of geography. and Their Own their friends live, or where they like Bluffington is the quirky, small town to go with their families. where Doug Funnie lives. Despite its humorous attributes, it is a community that viewers can relate to and a place where Doug and his friends can thrive. After watching "Brand Spanking New Doug," you and your students will find more than a few similarities between Doug's town and the town you live in. Take a careful look at the Bluffington map shown here. Find Doug's house and school, the park, and the stores and shops featured in the show. Note the way the map shows different types of terrain and landmarks. Then let kids try out one or more of the activities that follow: • Ask a speaker from your local planning office to talk to the class about how engi­ neers plan cities to meet peo­ ple's needs now and in the future. • Learn a little about cartogra­ phy, the art of map making. What tools do map makers use? How do they depict geographic features such as bodies of water, mountains or cities? • Study a professionally drawn map of your area. Compare and contrast the natural and BLUFFINGTON human-built resources in The bumper sticker capital Bluffington and in your own or* the world /vlAR.1^* community. Z2 \ \ winter 1997 ©KIDSNET 1997 Scholar-Athletes: Great Grades, Top Play

o United headed in the win­ pursuit, he ^^^ cholar-athletes are as ener- ning goal, on Oct. 21, 1996, chose Duke I getic about their grades as they during an ABC Sports broad­ and became a nonscholarship ^_^/ are about playing at the top of cast of Major League Soccer's "walk-on" student-athlete their game. What makes them so suc­ championship game. See Pope play because of his professional status cessful? for the U.S. National Team on with Major League Baseball's San The ABC Classroom Connection ABC Sports in a World Cup 1998 Diego Padres. Scholastically, he made asked experts to tell us what makes "top qualifying match on "ABC Wide Duke's Dean's List. In high school he players with top grades" tick. Despite World of Sports," Sunday, ranked among the top five national widely varied backgrounds, learning March 30, 1:30-4:00p.m. finalists for the Naismith Award given styles, abilities and interests, they share Pope's coaches, United's to top college prep players of the year. at least one secret for success. Scholar- Bruce Arena and U.S. He also won a national Dial Award that athletes are superb managers of their Soccer's Steve 25-ra^ goes to top-ranking scholar-athletes. time! With an intensely personal com­ Sampson, are advocates See Duke take on Georgia Tech in the mitment to excel, each of them success­ for education. In 1996, they approved Paine-Weber College 1997 Basketball fully juggles practice schedules, class time off so this former North Carolina Season during regional play on Sunday, attendance, makeup work and friends, High School Athletic Association February 2, 3:30-6:00 p.m. Also watch along with research time and studying. Scholar and 1994-95 University of Duke at UCLA on Sunday, February 23, They also perform community service. North Carolina Scholar-Athlete could 2:00 p.m.; and at North Carolina on Recognition for sports scholars wrap up a semester's work toward a Sunday, March 2, 3:45 p.m. varies in high schools and colleges, yet political science degree at the keen minds and lifelong learning habits University of North Carolina. are prized by national athletic organiza­ Tonia Kwiatkowski—This 1996 tions. The National Collegiate Athletic U.S. National Figure Skating Silver Association, the National Association Medalist, at 25, won't let age keep her of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and from competing for the gold in the 1998 the College Sports Information Olympics. She thrives on challenges. IT ^ ^ Directors of America award scholar­ What other amateur, full-time, elite ships to encourage scholar-athletes to skater has earned a college degree (in go on to graduate school—even if they communications and psychology from plan to play professional sports first! Cleveland-based Baldwin-Wallace Raise your stu­ College) and membership in a college dents' awareness honor society? Not afraid of younger about the time-man­ competitors, she jokes about being like agement tools that the 36-year-old baseball record-breaker, l ''.:->Vv:;.- help sports scholars Cal Ripken, Jr., "who keeps coming succeed. Some back to give the audience more." Watch resources are listed her whirl when "ABC Wide World of below. Watch these Sports" broadcasts the State Farm 1997 remarkable scholar- U.S. Championships, Saturday, February Resources athletes on ABC 15, 8:00-11:00 p.m.; Sunday, February Chapter 2: "Time," in Becoming a Master Student by Dave Ellis. Houghton Mifflin, Sports—players who, 16, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; and Saturday, in and out of school, 1997. February 22, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Chapter 2: "Time-Management," in Your always aim nigh. Trajan Langdon—Returning College Experience by John N. Gardner Eddie Pope— courtside this season after a medical and A. Jerome Jewler. Wadsworth In the fourth minute Publishing, 1996. leave, this starting sophomore guard for Chapter 5: "So Much to Do, So Little Time of sudden-death Duke University's Blue Devils is hailed to Do It: Priority Management" in overtime against the as Alaska's greatest basketball player Cornerstone: Building Your Best by LA Galaxy, this Rhonda J. Montgomery et al. Allyn and ever. With high-powered colleges in Bacon, 1997. defender for D.C.

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More than 2,000 first, second, and third graders in Wisconsin are having a ball with "The Long Road John, Amanda and Hank as they books. Meanwhile, local libraries are mark­ Home" blend into a new family? How do ing milestones. They are increasing the num­ Thursday, March 13,12 noon. Check you think the arrival of a new baby bers of library visitors overall and the num­ local listings. might affect each of them? bers of new borrowers of all ages. What When Hank, age 16, travels alone on accounts for the boom? A two-month the slow route from Los Angeles to Activities Children First local initiative, dubbed Denver with his new 28-year-old step­ • Examine stepfamilies as they are "Library Card Kids," that promotes reading. mother, Amanda, he is forced to cope depicted on television, in movies or Children First is the public service cam­ with painful memories. It was not easy in books. Compare and contrast the paign of the ABC Television Network and its to grow up feeling abandoned by his realities and myths about the way affiliates nationwide. In Milwaukee, local father, John, nor to be estranged from stepfamilies are portrayed in print, broadcaster WISN-TV created a partnership him in the years following his parent's film and broadcast media. with the public schools and public library sys­ divorce. Now that his father has a new • Write an extension to this script that tem to inspire parents to give young children wife and a desire to have his son spend reveals how Hank fared during the their very first library cards, f | f the entire summer with them, Hank is summer. Demonstrate what he Each partner took on ^\\ f FCIMP(^\ facing a flood of unresolved and new learned about himself, as well as defined roles—such as air- FIR^T) J feelings. "The Long Road Home" offers about the way stepfamilies function. ing public service announcements, insights into the complicated roles that contacting parents, inscribing names of new many young people must confront as Resources card holders on posters and granting new members of a stepfamily. Stepkids: A Survival Guide for Teenagers in patrons their cards. The result? More young Stepfamilies by Ann Getzoff and Carolyn McClenahan. Walker, 1984. kids became book borrowers. Libraries bus­ To the Teacher — Grades 7-12 "Stepfamilies," Facts for Family fact sheet tled with business. And WISN-TV won an (no. 27) from the American Academy of Emmy award. The program has been an all- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Go Discussion Questions around win for the community. online at http://www. aacap. org/web • Identify both positive and negative /aacap/ or contact AACAP, 3615 feelings that Hank felt during the trip Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC March Is and at the reunion with his father, 20016-3007. "Support for Stepfamilies, Suggestions for Anti-Drug Month John. Why do experts say that step- Schools," is one of the free or low-cost at ABC families are born of many losses? publications available from the Can experiences in a blended family Stepfamily Association of America, 215 The ABC Television Network will launch Centennial Mall South, Suite 212, make life better? Why or why not? Lincoln, NE 68508. 800-735-0329. a major spring offensive against drugs in the • What are some of the challenges, month of March, including a public servrce such as rules and discipline, that face announcement each hour addressing drug use among America's youth and how best to Teaching about combat the problem. ABC will air dozens of messages that focus on the need for parents HIV and AIDS? to talk to their kids about drugs, as well as The ABC Afterschool Special, "Positive: A messages directed at kids and teens about Journey into AIDS," is now available on video. It won both the 1996 Nancy Susan Reynolds the dangers of drugs. ABC will also have spe­ Award for Best Children's Program and a 1996 cial programming in primetime, daytime and Media Access Award for children's program­ news shows concerning the drug problem in ming. The documentary chronicled the real-life America. This campaign will culminate with experiences of "General Hospital" teen actors "ABC D-Day" on March 30 when parents as they researched the lives of people affected across America will be encouraged to talk by HIV and AIDS for their roles in the award- winning storyline on the ABC daytime drama. with their children about drugs. The video features candid discussions of teen Tune in to our March anti-drug offensive sexuality, AIDS awareness and pregnancy. and let us know what you and your students For information, call AIMS Media, think. Write to ABC Community Relations, 800-367-2467. 77 West 66th Street, 20th FL, New York, NY 10023-6298. winter 1997 ©KIDSNET 1997 ABC Movie: 'First Do No Harm' Airs February. Check local listings for date and time.

Lori and Dave Reimuller's family goes beyond physical effects and cre­ life is turned upside down when their ates social and psychological prob­ son's worsening seizures are given a lems that must be solved. name—severe epilepsy. When Robbie, • Lori's drastic actions pose medical the youngest of three children, does not risks for her child and create finan­ respond to traditional medications, Lori cial difficulties that have long-term risks it all by removing him from the consequences for her family. hospital. The medical staff feels he is • What can kids do to support friends too fragile to travel and recommends an Points to Discuss with epilepsy? accepted surgical procedure. She is • Since most seizures can be con­ determined to get Robbie to a clinic trolled with medication, they are not Resources where he can be placed on an unusual usually considered medical emergen­ To learn more about epilepsy, con­ diet program that may help to control cies. Why is Robby's story unusual? tact your local affiliate of the Epilepsy his seizures. The high-fat ketogenic • What experiences made the Foundation of America (EFA), 800- diet may be his best hope, although it Reimullers feel that their parental EFA-1000. succeeds only in certain cases. A drama­ rights were disregarded? Why would For resource materials about epilep­ tization based on actual events, "First or wouldn't you act in the same way sy, including the ketogenic diet, a school Do No Harm" takes a compelling look on behalf of a family member? education program and other related at the effects of illness on a family and materials—plus "Count Me in," a kit for the daunting task facing each of us as Subjects to Explore as a Follow-up school nurses—go to http://www.efa.org we confront our own medical destiny or • What first aid is recommended for for EFA's World Wide Web site. For cat­ that of our loved ones. the majority of children and youths alog sales, call 800-213-5821 or 301-459- who have seizures, including when 370. they have seizures at school? Go to http://www-leland.stanford To the Teacher — Social Studies, • Why are the attitudes about seizure educ/group/ketodiet/index.html to learn Science, Grades 7-12 disorders, and not the physical more about the ketogenic diet from Ideas to watch for aspects of seizures, the most difficult Stanford University's Department of • Robby's severe epilepsy, a disorder problems for people affected by Neurology at the Lucile S. Packard of certain nerve cells in the brain, epilepsy? Children's Hospital.

Books for Teens and Adults: Growing Up a Star: Novels: Making it Work Isn't Magic for Alice by Sara Flanagan. St. Martin's Press, 1988. Melissa Joan Hart Embrace the Dawn by Andrea Davidson. At age 20, Melissa Joan Hart is in the enviable position of starring in her own hit come­ Sylvan Creek Press, 1989. Nonfiction: dy, "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch," airing Fridays at 9:00 p.m. on ABC. Although Sabrina The Brainstorm's Family: Epilepsy on Our can utter a magic word or two and solve her problems, Melissa has had to work a little Terms by Stephen C. Schachter, M.D. harder—despite leading a seemingly charmed life. Raven Press, 1996. Melissa is part of a show-biz family and began star­ Epilepsy: 199 Answers by Andrew N. Wilner, M.D. Demos Vermande ring in commercials at the age of four. Her mother is Publications, 1996. one of the producers of "Sabrina," and juggles that with raising Melissa's six younger siblings, several of whom This issue of ABC Classroom Connection was are also actors. Melissa remembers the self-doubt and produced for ABC, Inc. by KIDSNET, the peer pressure that accompanied junior high school. computerized clearinghouse for children's television, radio, video, and audio Those experiences help her develop her "Sabrina" char­ in Washington, DC. The KIDSNET acter today. monthly Media Guide lists H Anxious to live a "normal" life, Melissa is consider­ educational radio and television E J Prpcc ing attending college in California. Just like her charac­ programs for children ages ^ ™ ter, Sabrina, Melissa says she will rely on her family and preschool through high school. The ABC friends to help her. Classroom Connection may be reproduced for educational purposes.

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"Captain O.G. Readmore Meets All times listed are Eastern Standard Time help for her son who suffers from (EST). Check local listings; air dates and severe epilepsy. February. Check local Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde" The book times are subject to change. Use the listings. H, F club meets on a dark and stormy night abbreviations below to identify shows "The Long Road Home" A teenag­ to hear about the kindly doctor turned appropriate for particular age levels. er reluctantly travels from Los Angeles monster. Saturday, January 18. K-3, AH programs are closed captioned to Denver with his new stepmother who 4-6, F unless otherwise noted. P is not much older than he is. Along the "The Magic Pearl" An all-Asian K-3 Kindergarten through 3rd Grade way, he learns the value of family. cast tells of the mystical journey of 12- 4-6 4th-6th Grades Afterschool Special. Tuesday, March 13, year-old Peter Leung and his 9-year-old M-J Middle School or Junior High 4p.m. M-J, H, F sister, Jamie. When Grandmother School Po Po comes to visit, she shows them H High School how a magic pearl can transport them F Family Humanities and Language Arts to ancient China. Their adventures lead The ABC Television Network will begin using the new the children to a new respect for their TV Parental Guidelines as of January 1,1997. ABC News and Sports Programming are exempt. "The New Adventures of Winnie grandmother and their Chinese culture. the Pooh" The classic characters from Based on Chinese folk-tales. In three A.A. Milne's renowned books and parts: Saturday, February 8, 15 and 22. Across the Curriculum poems share adventures in growing up 4-6, F in the 100 Acre Wood. This series was "The Legend of Lochnagar" "Schoolhouse Rock" Watch for cited in the Children's Television Act of Based on The Old Man of Lochnagar, ABC's popular shorts to run twice dur­ 1990 as a positive example of educa­ written by Prince Charles, this special ing the "Bugs and Tweety Show" on tional programming. Saturdays, Noon. features the Prince himself as the Saturdays. See classic Rocks on Amer­ K-3, F storyteller. An ica, Grammar, Money, Multiplication old man who and Science. And look for newly thinks he knows Make Literary Connections with released Money Rocks "Tyrannosaurus everything learns Weekend and Saturday Specials Debt," "Walking on Wall Street," "The how wrong he is Check's in the Mail" and "This for ABC Weekend and Saturday when his actions That." Saturdays. K-3, 4-6, M-J, H, Specials serve as great springboards to threaten the existence of reading. And they also serve as an the diminutive Gorms, impetus to develop a classroom library tiny people who make all Current Events and of stories featured in the programs. the flowers in Scotland. Social Studies Before or after viewing the specials, Saturday, February 1. "Brand check out the books the stories on K-3, 4-6, F Spanking New which they are based. Kids can explore "The Magic Flute" Inspired by Doug" Follow car­ the differences between the books and Mozart's opera, "The Magic Flute", this toon anykid Doug the programs. Be sure to include a animated special tells the tale of Prince Funnie as he uses selection of additional titles by the sto­ Tamino, who, with the help of a magic his imagination ne's authors or other relevant titles. to tackle the prob­ Stimulate student interest by reading ABC Off-air Taping lems of growing up. See portions of some of the books aloud. Guidelines page 4 for activities based on this series. Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. Check local listings. Teachers may videotape World Hem Tonight with Saturdays, 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. K-3, 4-6, F Peter Jennings, World News Now, This Week with "Dangerous Minds" Former Resources David Brinkley, Nightline, and Turning Point for , educational non-profit purposes and may keep marine Louanne Johnson uses uncon­ Book Links is a periodical that features cross-curriculum activities based on them up to one (1) year after broadcast, after ventional methods to motivate her at- literature. which they must be erased. All other programs in risk students to believe in themselves. Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. this guide still follow the standard off-air taping The series addresses the issues of litera­ Viking, 1995. guidelines for educators. Those programs may be cy, poverty and racial equality. Mondays, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) sponsors videotaped and shown to students twice within the numerous programs designed to cultivate 8p.m. H, F first 10 school days after broadcast and kept for 45 an interest in reading. For more informa­ days for teacher evaluation, after which the tion about their programs, write to RIF, "First Do No Harm" Meryl Streep recording is to be erased. stars as a mother determined to find 600 Maryland Ave., SW, Ste. 600, Washington, DC 20024. 301-287-3220. winter 1997 ©KIDSNET 1997 Pro r a Schedule

flute, rescues Princess Pamina from her the emotional growth he experiences. the Weasel Brothers, P.J.'s ambition evil captor, the Queen of the Night. In Saturday, March 22. K-3, 4-6, F comes true when he is interviewed on two parts: Saturday, March 1 and 8. K-3, "P.J. Funnybunny: A Very Cool TV. Based on the book series by 4-6, F Easter" It seems that spring will never Marilyn Sadler and Roger Bolen. "Jirimpimbira: An African Folk arrive. But with the help of Super P.J., Sunday, 1st airing March 16, consult local Tale" Kind-hearted Temba's character the warm weather and the spirit of listings, 12:30p.m. K-3, 4-6, F is tested when he discovers the powers Easter return in time for the big holi­ "Educating Mom" Sixteen years of some magic bones while on a journey day. Based on the Sadler and Bolen after leaving high school as a result of to find food for his starving village. book series. Saturday, March 29. K-3, pregnancy, Nancy returns to complete Saturday, March 15. K-3, 4-6, F 4-6, F her senior year. Everyone applauds "The Parsley Garden" William Nancy's tenacity except for her son Saroyan's short story from The Assyrian ABC Kids Movie Matinee Jason, who is a junior at the same and Other Stories is the basis for this school. After working through their live-action special. A young boy living in "P.J. Funnybunny: Lifestyles of conflicts, Nancy learns to give her son the early part of this century struggles the Funny and Famous"After an some space, and Jason comes to under­ with pride, character and sense of self. inspiring dream, P.J. attempts to stand the sincerity of his mother's When he is caught shoplifting, he faces become famous by contacting space efforts. First airing Sunday, March 16; a moral dilemma. His solution reflects aliens. With the unintentional help of consult local listings. M-J, H

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Many students saw the movie they've learned from following fun­ cover, wind speeds, air masses and mois­ "Twister" spiral its way into theaters or nel clouds. ture present in the air. across their television screens. Although • "The Chase" lets viewers experi­ Social Studies—Find out how the the movie is a fictional account, it suc­ ence thrills and disappointments possibility of tornadoes has shaped the cessfully portrays nature's most disas­ along with seasoned storm chasers as lives of people who live in twister terri­ trous storm—the tornado. these specialists gather important tory. Find out where "Tornado Alley" is Now ABC Video and The Weather information about tornadoes in and why it's called that. Channel have teamed up to produce a action. series of weather videos, and the first These titles are available wherever four titles take up where the movie videos are sold and can serve as teacher To the Teacher — Grades 5-12 leaves off by providing factual informa­ resources. Here are a few curriculum- tion about tornadoes and the people based activities to accompany any of the Resources who study them. videos: The National Weather Service offers a sin­ gle copy of the brochure "Tornadoes... • "Storm Chaser Warren Faidley" Health and Safety—Prepare chil­ Nature's Most Violent Storms" free to follows the award-winning photo- dren for a tornado. Stress that the best teachers who request it. The brochure journalist, who served as technical place to wait out the storm is in a cellar provides tornado facts and explains safety advisor to "Twister," as he comes or basement, under a sturdy piece of precautions. A copy of the informational poster "Natural Hazard Watch and face to face with natural disaster. furniture and away from windows. Warning" is also free. Write to the • "Tornadoes '95" tracks the destruc­ Language Arts—After watching National Weather Service, Office of tive paths of some of the most severe any of the videos, have students react to Public Affairs, 1325 East-West Hwy., #18444, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or call twisters of 1995. Features up-close the images by writing journal entries or 301-713-0622. footage of the storms, including shots poems. Younger kids can write poems in The Nature Company Guide: Weather by of six Texas twisters touching down twister shapes. William J. Burroughs, Bob Crowder, Ted Robertson, Ellanor Vallier-Talbot and simultaneously. Science—Write a recipe for a torna­ Richard Whitaker. Time-Life, 1994. • "Target: Tornado" tags along do, featuring the conditions necessary Weather by Brian Cosgrove. Knopf, 1991. behind tornado chasers to see what for a storm's formation. Some clues to Weather edited by David Ellyard. Time- they experience and to share what look for are the temperature, cloud Life, 1996.

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"Family Matters" In this TGIF Out Twice on Saturdays classic, family members, both young and Watch for ABC's popular "Schoolhouse Rock" segments old, loyally support one another through to run twice during the "Bugs and Tweety Show" on a strong value system. TGIF Series. Saturdays. See classic Rocks on America, Grammar, Fridays, 8:00p.m. M-J, H, F Money, Multiplication and Science. And look for newly "Boy Meets World" In this coming- released Money Rocks, "Tyrannosaurus Debt," of-age program, Cory goes through the "Walking on Wall Street," "The Check's in the process of growing up while dealing Mail" and "This for That." with friends, parents, teachers, and Check out the new "Schoolhouse Rock" home girlfriends. TGIF series. Fridays, 8:30 page on the Web. There you'll find fun learning p.m. M-J, H, F activities featuring the "Know Your States Trivia Game" hosted by Bill of "I'm Just a Bill" fame. You can also download fun "Schoolhouse Rock" sounds, images and printable projects or link to other educational sites. Type www.cwonders.html to access "Schoolhouse Rock" on the Web. Add "Schoolhouse Rock" to your Classroom Collection Have all the "Schoolhouse Rock" vignettes on hand for viewing anytime with your class. They are available in these formats: Videos. Four half-hour videos contain "Grammar Rock," "Multiplication Rock," "Science Rock" and "America Rock." They are available at retail outlets. Laser Disks. To order call 800-777-8100. CD-ROM. "Grammar Rock" the first in the four-part CD-ROM series, is now available. To order call 800-543-9778. CD-ROM Recordings. Kid Rhino Records offers a CD with recordings of Classic Rocks.

"Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" In "The Bugs and Tweety Show" Watch Scholar-Athletes Play addition to struggling with her bur­ Classic animated characters Bugs on ABC Sports geoning supernatural powers, Sabrina Bunny, Tweety, Sylvester, Wile E. faces typical teenage problems. TGIF Coyote, Daffy Duck, Road Runner and "Paine-Weber College 1997 Series. Fridays, 9:00p.m. M-J, H, F Pepe Le Pew star in Looney Tunes Basketball Season" Trajan Langdon "Clueless" Based on the popular shorts. Saturdays, 10:00 and 10:30 a.m. takes the court with the Duke Blue movie by the same name, the series K-3, 4-6, F Devils against Georgia Tech depicts teenagers in a privileged "Bone Chillers" Based on books by on Sunday, February 2, environment confronting many of the Betsy Haynes, this series features four 3:30-6:00p.m., UCLA same problems that face all teens. TGIF freshmen trying to survive adolescence on Sunday, February 23, Series. Fridays, 9:30p.m. M-J, H, F amid all the spooky happenings at 2:00p.m.; and North obc "Disney's Jungle Cubs" Edgar Allen Poe High School. Carolina on Sunday, March 2, Based on Rudyard Kipling's Saturdays, 11:00 a.m. 3:45 p.m. F The Jungle Book, 4-6, M-J, F "Wide World of Sports" this animated "Gargoyles: Figure skater Tonia SPORTS series depicts The Goliath Kwiatkowski competes in the the adventures Chronicles" The streets of State Farm 1997 U.S. Championships. of the book's animal New York City are a little safer Saturday, February 15, 8:00-11:00 p.m; characters when they were when the Gargoyles wake up each Sunday, February 16, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; little. Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. night to protect people. But by and Saturday, February 22, 4:30- K-3, F day the monsters literally turn to 6:00 p.m. F "Disney's Mighty Ducks" Six stone. In addition to fighting crime, "Wide World of Sports" Watch crime-fighting, hockey-playing ducks leader Goliath and his gargoyles must scholar-athlete Eddie Pope play with from planet Puckworld come to Earth also ward off the Quarrymen, who the U.S. National Team in the 1998 to fend off intergalactic conqueror would have them reduced to rubble. World Cup qualifying match. Sunday, Dragaunus. Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. 4-6, F Saturdays,! 1:30 a.m. 4-6, M-J, F March 30,1:30-4:00 p.m. F winter 1997 1 1 ©KIDSNET 1997 bbc connection ABC Programming

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