LESSEN - Lower Eastern Shore Shared Educational Network
 Program Channels Dear Educators

Colonial Williamsburg’s Electronic Field Trips Spring 2003
Grades 6-12
Retention Rights: 10 days standard viewing rights from time of broadcast
Web Site: www.history.org/trips

Now you and your students can visit Colonial Williamsburg without leaving your desks. Experience the wonders of 18th Century Williamsburg through the Electronic Field Trips. Visit one of the most important towns in America and experience the founding of freedom. Feel the revolutionary spirit that builds this nation. LESSEN will provide broadcast of the electronic field trips for your viewing. Schools may register for a nominal fee. Registered schools receive 1-800 phone number so they can call on the day of the Electronic Field Trip and interact with our interpreters and historian. You also receive access to the special web site activities, electronic bulletin board, teacher’s guides, primary sources, lesson plans, and life of tape rights. For more information you may call (410) 548-4774. A $ 7.00 per hour LESSEN site fee will be requested for registered schools. You may access more information on the series from the Colonial Williamsburg web site at: www.history.org/trips

Chained to the Land
Thursday, February 6, 2003 1:00 PM 58 minutes “Live”
Rebroadcast: Friday, February 7, 11:00 AM
Monday, February 10, 10:00 AM
LESSEN ITFS Channel 24 Retention Rights: 10 day viewing rights
Plantation masters exploited the slave labor of African-Americans to create a successful agricultural economy. Through the voices of slaves and master, explore the economic, social and racial development of plantation life.

Jefferson’s West
Thursday, March 6, 2003 1:00 PM 58 minutes “Live”
Rebroadcast: Friday, March 7, 11:00 AM
Monday, March 10, 10:00 AM
LESSEN ITFS Channel 24 Retention Rights: 10 day viewing rights
Thomas Jefferson secured the American West and the future of the United States of American. Join Jefferson as he examines the flora, fauna and Indian artifacts collected by Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery and reflects on the significance of their mission.

Crossroads
Thursday, April 3, 2003 1:00 PM 58 minutes “Live”
Rebroadcast: Friday, April 4, 11:00 AM
Monday, April 7, 10:00 AM
LESSEN ITFS Channel 24 Retention Rights: 10 day viewing rights
Travel through Colonial Virginia the way people did in the 18th century. On horseback, in a carriage and on foot, you’ll traverse the lanes of time in this unique transportation experience.

Comments and questions about this page can be directed to:
Bill Chalanick, Executive Director of LESSEN
awchalanick@salisbury.edu