z g. o n W 5-rnto g fif 1 •= 3 81 SCHOOL ho z m : REAK I A STUDY GUIDE TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH CBS SCHOOLBREAK SPECIALS I00 OC JAN.- JUNE 1993 I > 1 Washington Permi Non-Profi U.S PAI . t Postag | No MADE POSSIBLE BY CBS D t . Org 115 , D.C e 1 . CBS SCHOOLBREAK SPECIALS Schedule of Airdates OFF LIMITS Now in its tenth season, CBS SCHOOL- 1993 Schedule (January-June) (cc) BREAK SPECIALS are original contem­ January 19 - Off Limits January 19, 1993 porary, one-hour dramas for pre-teens and March 9 - Big Boys Don't Cry 4-5:00 pm EST adolescents that explore the conflicts March 30 - The Emancipation of On the CBS Television Network facing today's youth. They have been Lizzie Stern* (check local listings) developed with specialists in education, psychology, religion, and related fields. April 13 - An Original TBA June 1 - The Fourth Man* Grade Level: 7-12 These programs are closed captioned (cc). Curriculum Areas: English, Civics, Sociology, Psychology Most CBS SCHOOLBREAK SPECIALS * Rebroadcast are part of the CBS/LIBRARY OF John Rowe as Ben, Anne Meara as his teacher CONGRESS "Read More about It" Synopsis Project. Related reading lists are available Guidelines for Off-Air Taping When Jack and Sarah's film makes the successful at getting the school needed from local libraries and CBS-affiliated The provision for purchasing SCHOOL- statewide finals in a student competition, resources. Since topics like homosexuali­ stations. Up to 300 copies of each first-run BREAK SPECIALS does NOT change the they soon learn that some of their ideas are ty, adultery, and premarital sex in some SCHOOLBREAK SPECIAL can be guidelines for off-air taping and the too hot to handle. In fact, some topics are cases are against the law, argue for or purchased by educators after the original 10-day, 2-use rights. At the initiative of the so charged, that even without taking a against a principal who bars discussion broadcast. Contact Martin Garcia, CBS, classroom teacher or librarian, educators position as to whether they are right or about them at school. 7800 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, can continue to tape broadcasts off-air and wrong, their mention leads to a battle with CA 90036. use them two times within the first ten the school board. Off Limits explores the 3. What did Ben mean when he said school days from the time of recording. dilemma that arises when public monies schools are in a cultural battle for the During the current school year, The program may be retained for review are used to pay for activities that are minds of our kids? Who should determine CBS/Broadcast Group in connection with until the end of the 45-day possession perceived by some members of the com­ what is appropriate and which values are Helios Productions and a competition for period, after which the recording is to be munity as too controversial or morally right? What arguments can you make for The Young Playwrights Festival is pleased erased. These guidelines apply to programs incorrect. While the students eventually or against avoiding controversial ideas to honor the work of one or more winning recorded in school or at home, but must be find a solution to an official order to halt when public funds are involved? plays by writers under the age of 19. used in a school or library. To purchase a film production at school, they learn a Chosen plays will be adapted for a future copy for extended use, contact Martin valuable lesson about differing values, Resources CBS SCHOOLBREAK SPECIAL. Garcia at CBS. morals, and the presentation of ideas. Off Limits is a CBS/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS "Read More About It" Permission is granted to reproduce this Project. The Library will suggest the The SCHOOLBREAK SPECIALS study For Discussion guide for classroom use. following books on the air: guide was written by June Behrmann, 1. For what reasons did Jack and Sarah M.Ed., and produced for CBS by The Day They Came to Arrest the Book, believe their topic, the changing nature by Nat Hentoff. Delacorte Press, 1983. KIDSNET, the computerized clearing­ and expression of love relationships, was house for children's television, radio, Fifty Ways to Fight Censorship, by Dave important enough to earn them a scholar­ Marsh. Thunder's Mouth Press, 1991. video, and audio in Washington, DC. ship for film school? What values and risks exist when a film raises questions but Additional Resources does not answer them? Family Research Council (DC), (202)393-2100. 2. Argue for or against Patricia's point that People For the American Way (DC), merely including a topic doesn't endorse (202)467-4999. anything, but instead explores ideas. ©KIDSNET 1993. • I 11 'RIvSH o=^ Defend or refute Ben's assertion that by Study guide made possible by CBS. avoiding controversy, he'll be more ©KIDSNET 1993. BIG BOYS DON'T CRY Identify some of the reasons that made it THE EMANCIPATION OF worthwhile to expose Paul at this time. LIZZIE STERN (cc) March 9, 1993 2. Identify the clues showing Tony was in (cc) 4-5:00 pm EST trouble. Why do you think his parents March 30, 1993 failed to see that something was wrong? On the CBS Television Network 4-5:00 pm EST Argue for or against the idea that a teenag­ (check local listings) er's problems can be detected by his or her On the CBS Television Network teachers or other school personnel. (check local listings) Grade Level: 7-12 Curriculum Areas: Health, Family 3. Describe Uncle Paul's behaviors and Grade Level: 7-12 Life, Psychology, Counseling explain why he was able to abuse children Curriculum Areas: Law-related for so long. Where can a teenager turn for Education, Sociology, Psychology, Synopsis help when they are victims of sexual Family Living Tammy Lauren as Lizzie Stern When Tony's behavior changes in and out abuse? What family, community, and of school and he can no longer concen­ national resources are currently available? Synopsis emancipation by her friends. What are the trate, it is clear this popular athlete is in Explain the kinds of treatment families Lizzie Stern is absolutely miserable after alternatives to emancipation that Lizzie or some kind of trouble, and his new girl­ like Tony's need when sexual abuse is her life is thrown into turmoil following her mother might have pursued? Relate a friend Erin knows it. For years he has kept discovered. her parents' divorce. Her mother and personal situation that shows how friends a dark and painful secret. But now, his prospective new stepfather complicate can be persuasive and create problems for Uncle Paul's Resources things further with plans to move to unsuspecting teens. attention to Big Boys Don't Cry is a CBS/LIBRARY Chicago, far away from her school, Tony's OF CONGRESS "Read More About It" friends, and home. Influenced by a friend, Resources younger Project. The Library will suggest the Lizzie chooses emancipation—a legal way The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern is a brother has following books on the air: to separate from her mother—so that she CBS/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS "Read triggered an By Silence Betrayed: Sexual Abuse of can stay in her home town and live on her More About It" project. The library will intolerable Children in America, by John own. Her day in court gives her the free­ suggest the following books on the air: thought that Crowdson. Little Brown, 1988. dom she wanted, but is it what she needs? Borrowed Children, by George Ella Lyon. little Andy is The Right to Innocence: Healing the The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern depicts Watts, 1988. being forced Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse, one teenager's troubling experience with Goodbye and Keep Cold, by Jenny Davis. to endure the by Beverly Engel. Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1989. change and how to cope with it. Watts, 1987. same kind of Jason Wiles as Tony Where It Stops, Nobody Knows, by Amy sexual abuse Additional Resources For Discussion Ehrlich. Dial, 1988. as Paul once forced on Tony. Big Boys Family Violence Information Center 1. Divorce can cause havoc for children Don't Cry is the compelling story of a (VA), (202) 429-6695. like Lizzie. Who in her community might Additional Resources teenager's personal strength. It also shows National Center for Missing and Exploited help her with the emotional distress that is "Emancipation Manual" from National how a confrontation with an ugly truth Children (VA), (800) 843-5678 or normal to feel in her circumstances? Center for Youth Law (CA), comes at a high price for a seemingly (800) 826-7653 (TDD). (415)543-3307. happy family. National Committee for the Prevention of 2. Beyond finding work and a place to Facts for Families ($15 plus $2 shipping), Child Abuse (IL), (312) 663-3520. live, what will Lizzie also need to take 45 fact sheets on step families and For Discussion The Child Help USA/IOF Foresters responsibility for that families usually family moves from American Academy 1. Describe the range of conflicting National Child Abuse Hotline, provide to under-age children to assure of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry emotions that Tony experienced when he (800) 422-4453. their good health and well being? (DC), (202) 966-7300. realized Uncle Paul was abusing Andy. Why did Tony keep his secret for so long? Study guide made possible by CBS. 3. Argue for or against the proposition that Study guide made possible by CBS. ©KIDSNET 1993.