Heidi,

I think 3 regions used the matching Path funding from the beginning of the project to work with their local PBS affiliates to create videos based on local historic sites including with WSKG. Those may be the basis for the ones you see perhaps with some classroom questions added.

Peter

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:44 PM, NYHISTLED <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Did anyone see the new PBS site: “Student Portal and Productivity Tools for Teachers” at: http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/student/

You’ll see that one of their Social Studies offerings is NYS Path Through History – were the local “partners” ever made aware of this? Who put the site together? The “discussion questions” are pretty uninspiring. And I thought “I Love NY” was only in the business of promoting tourism – that’s what they told me when I asked them if some of the resources from “I Love NY” could go directly to local historical and cultural sites to develop their programs and other public products…sigh!

Heidi Bamford

Heidi Bamford, Regional Archivist

Documentary Heritage Program at WNYLRC

Airport Commerce Park East

4950 Genesee Street, Suite 170

Buffalo, NY 14225-5528

(716) 633-0705 ext 114

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