[Agor] Fw: [VROMANS] request for ideas

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----- Original Message -----
From: Matjaz Babic <matjaz.babic3@guest.arnes.si>
To: <matjaz.babic@ff.uni-lj.si>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:44 AM
Subject: Fw: [VROMANS] request for ideas


> Posredovano od Mirana Spelica.
>
> Matjaz Babic
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Miran Speliè <miran.spelic@rkc.si>
> To: Marko Marincic <marko.marincic@guest.arnes.si>; Matjaz Babic
> <matjaz.babic3@guest.arnes.si>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:41 PM
> Subject: Fw: [VROMANS] request for ideas
>
>
> > AVETE!
> > Ali poznata ta projekt?
> > Ko smo se ravno internetili....
> > Miran.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Barbara F. McManus <bmcmanus@ix.netcom.com>
> > To: VRomans <vromans@hippokrene.colleges.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:03 PM
> > Subject: [VROMANS] request for ideas
> >
> >
> > > Salvete omnes! To those of you also on the VRomaCore list, please
> > > forgive the duplicate request.  I am writing to get ideas and
> > > suggestions from you about an exciting project in which I have been
> > > asked to participate, primarily
> > > because of my involvement in VRoma.
> > >
> > > Sesame Workshop (producers of Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, Sagwa,
etc.)
> > > are seriously contemplating a TV series for children set in ancient
> > > Rome, provisionally set in the time of Marcus Aurelius.  The proposed
> > > protagonist would be an 11-year-old boy on some kind of quest.  They
> > > would also like to create a web page and possibly a CD-ROM that would
be
> > >
> > > tied to the series.
> > >
> > > They have invited me to participate in their first brainstorming
session
> > > for the project on April 9 (their offices are in New York City).  One
> > > thing they want me to do is present a mini-lecture on what life might
> > > have been like for a child from various social classes at that time,
> > > since they haven't decided on the background for their hero.  I said I
> > > thought that a girl should also figure prominently in the series, and
> > > the woman from Sesame Workshop definitely agreed.  In order for them
to
> > > see good and bad examples of media projects that already exist, they
> > > also want me to suggest web pages and CD-ROM materials on similar
> > > topics.
> > >
> > > I'd be grateful for any ideas you might have to help me prepare for
> > > this, suggestions on web pages or CDs to look at, especially things
that
> > > you might have used.  I would particularly like to hear from folks who
> > > work with children younger than high school, as I am less familiar
with
> > > what might be out there for that age group.  Many thanks for any
> > > suggestions you can give me, since I want to do a good job here.  If a
> > > project like this is successful, it could help all of us and the area
of
> > > study which we hold dear.  Wish me luck!  Best to all, Barbara
> > > --
> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > Barbara F. McManus, Professor of Classics Emerita
> > > The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY 10805
> > > <bmcmanus@ix.netcom.com> or <bmcmanus@cnr.edu>
> > > http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/
> > > http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/
> >
> >
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