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National Park Service Partners with Research & Education Networks to Launch First Annual Interactive Program Series

• Linda Rosenblum, National Park Service, 785-354-4273
• Randy Stout, Kan-ed, 785-296-7033
• Kim Owen, STAGEnet-North Dakota, 701-231-9522
• Greg Monaco, Great Plains Network, 785-554-9657

During the week of April 19, 2010, four National Park Service sites will partner with the Great Plains Network, Kan-Ed, KanREN, and STAGEnet-North Dakota research and education networks to present programs to classrooms of students across the US via interactive video and video streaming. 

 

On April 19, the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE, will present a program on Native Americans and the Buffalo Grocery Store. 

 

On April 20, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site will hold a virtual Plaintiffs Panel Discussion with plaintiffs from the U.S. Supreme Court decision and classrooms across the country.  

 

On April 21 the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site will present an interactive program on the Hidatsa Earthlodge. 

 

On April 22, the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site will present a program on Minuteman Missiles.

 

This is the first event of its kind for the National Park Service and it follows a successful pilot held with the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in 2009.

 

You can find out more information by visiting http://collaboration.greatplains.net/k20.