Anaana's Tent

An eight-part telecourse for composition teachers designed to help develop effective instructional strategies in the classroom, deal with differently abled students and create writing communities. The series also includes advice from professional writers on the publication process.

This half-hour British production faithfully recreates author Raymond Briggs' classic children's holiday tale, in which a young boy's snowman magically comes to life and whisks him away to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus. Appropriate for very young children, the film has no dialogue, relying instead upon its images to tell the tale. The score by veteran composer Howard Blake features one song with lyrics, the hymn-like "Walking in the Air." The Snowman was nominated for Best Animated Short of 1982.

A history of civil rights in the U.S., from the Constitution and Bill of Rights to the present.

How to apply for Carl D. Perkins funding for career and technical education.

An award-winning bilingual children's series set in a Latino community. Produced by KLRN-TV in Texas, it was the first Spanish and English educational TV program to be telecast nationally.

The most interesting events of the week dug up and dusted off by QI's research team.