Lesson Plan Current Events Lesson Plan Reflect on the role that current events play in our lives while analyzing and critiquing newspaper and media news reports. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/includes/content/features/images/programs/newsflashfive/newsflashfive-cast.jpg http://pbskids.org/newsflashfive/parentsteachers/currentevents/index.html?campaign=features_t Lesson Plan A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement Get in shape for the elections! Learn about local, state, and national representatives and issues, create political blogs, and take an interactive quiz. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/includes/content/features/images/programs/blueprint/blueprint-access.jpg http://www.pbs.org/teachers/vote2008/blueprint/?campaign=features_t TV Program & Web Content Series Premiere Watch the all new Sid the Science Kid! Meet Sid and his friends and learn fun new ways to explore science. Premieres Labor Day. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/includes/content/features/images/programs/sid/sid-lookingforfriends.jpg http://pbskids.org/sid/?campaign=features_t SISK Online Professional Development Curriculum Mapping Learn from the expert on curriculum mapping in this course developed with Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/includes/content/features/images/teacherline/curriculum_mapping.jpg http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/catalog/courses/INST300?campaign=features_tl