Everyone,
Here's more information on the upcoming National Youth Summit program on the Dust Bowl. If you know of any educators in your state that may be interested, please feel free to forward this message.
Thanks,
Robbie
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Date: October 10, 2012, 5:28:11 PM EDT
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Subject: National Youth Summit on the Dust Bowl, Wednesday October 17, 1pm
Educators, please join us virtually next Wednesday at 1pm as we present the National Youth Summit on the Dust Bowl. We have a terrific panel of speakers lined up to answer questions from students around the country, including at 10 Smithsonian Affiliate museums. Registration is free, and pre-and post-summit materials are available on the site. We’d love if you’d be willing to pass this along to your communities of teachers and educators and help us spread the word!
Many thanks!
The 2012 National Youth Summit Team
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National Youth Summit: Dust Bowl
Join a live Webcast for middle and high school students
Wednesday, October 17, 1:00-2:30 PM EDT
Free registration<http://nys.smithsonianconference.org/sessions/dust-bowl> is required.
What can history teach us about our relationship to the environment today?
How can we feed a growing world while respecting our environment?
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Arthur Rothstein, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936
Program Information
Date: October 17, 2012
Time: 1:00-2:30 pm EDT
For webcast registration: http://nys.smithsonianconference.org/sessions/dust-bowl/<redir.aspx?C=f626e8229706495fa0a3a1c5846df94a&URL=http%3a%2f%2fnys.smithsonianconference.org%2fsessions%2fdust-bowl%2f>
This summer the U.S. suffered the worst drought in 50 years, causing the government to declare one third of the nation a federal disaster area and sparking comparisons to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. On October 17, 2012, the Smithsonian Institution and the National Endowment for the Humanities will engage thousands of middle and high school students in a national dialogue with renowned filmmaker Ken Burns<redir.aspx?C=f626e8229706495fa0a3a1c5846df94a&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pbs.org%2fkenburns%2fdustbowl%2f> and environmental experts to discuss contemporary environmental issues and the legacy of the Dust Bowl. The National Youth Summit invites students to talk about what we have learned from the Dust Bowl and generate ideas for how each of us can be a responsible environmental steward.
Presenters:
Cara Santa Maria, Host, Huffington Post Science Correspondent
Ken Burns, Filmmaker
Cal Crabill, Dust Bowl survivor
Roy Bardole, Farmer, Chairman of the United States Soybean Export Council
Deb Peters, Research Ecologist, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Glenn Roberts, Founder, Anson Mills
Presented by the National Museum of American History, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and WETA Television, in collaboration with Smithsonian Affiliations.
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