History channel offering series to schools (revised to include ordering info)

[Frank W. Baker]

The History channel says it will give a free DVD copy of its sprawling 12-hour series on American history to any school in the country that wants one. The AP News story did not include THIS URL for securing a copy of the DVD. The network is launching a broad educational outreach to accompany "America The Story of Us," which premieres April 25. Before the series starts, it will mail posters, a teacher's guide and family viewing guide to 35,000 high schools and middle schools. "America The Story of Us" is the most expensive project in the network's history, although Nancy Dubuc, the president and general manager, would not say how much is being spent. In scope, she called the series the broadest look at the nation's history on television since Alistair Cooke's "Personal History" aired in the early 1970s.