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The C-SPAN School Bus is
Coming to Your School!

The C-SPAN School Bus is no ordinary bus—it is a mobile television production studio on which C-SPAN’s travelling staff will help your students understand more about C-SPAN's Mission, critical viewing and all of the topics C-SPAN covers—government, history, books and current events.
 


You may use the web links on the C-SPAN School Bus Home Page and the appropriate activity sheet below to help your students prepare for and process the Bus visit. Use or adapt an activity for Social Studies, TV/Journalism , Elementary classes or Spanish-speaking classes.

We hope you’ll find ways to integrate the Bus visit your classroom lessons. C-SPAN in the Classroom offers many web resources that can help you bring C-SPAN into your curriculum However, you and your students may have the most fun in pursuit of the answers to:

Top Ten Questions Raised on the Bus

  1. How many miles has this Bus traveled?

  2. Where does the crew sleep at night?

  3. What is the most interesting place the Bus crew has visited?

  4. What famous people have you met?

  5. How many miles to the gallon does the Bus get?

  6. How many gallons does the tank hold?

  7. Where is the Bus going next?

  8. Are we going to be on tv?

  9. Has the president been on this Bus?

  10. How much did the Bus cost?

Now, click on the subject that best represents the class that will be visiting the C-SPAN School Bus:


Elementary classes
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