Hope you have enjoyed watching The Tales of Charles Dickens on Masterpiece Classic! Hope you were able to join LPB, Barnes and Noble Corporate Woods in Baton Rouge, and the LSU Dickens Project for insightful discussions, dancing, singing and lots of fun!

Continue the discussion online: HERE!

Masterpiece Classic Teachers Guide to Teaching Dickens

Are Dicken’s novels relevant to our world?  Download extensive teaching tools with general questions and activities to be used in conjunction with Masterpiece Classic’s productions of Oliver Twist, Little Dorrit, The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield.

The Teachers Guide for Teaching Dickens offers clear and concise classroom ideas for opening the world of Charles Dickens to school-age readers.

Teaching Dickes, A Masterpiece Guide - click here. (pdf)

Complete list of Masterpiece guides - click here.

Caring for Parents

As the population ages, many adult children are grappling with an unprecedented social, cultural, economic and personal revolution as they become the primary caregivers for their aging parents. Caring for Parents, an award winning documentary, takes an intimate look at five American families struggling to keep parents at home and manage sibling tensions while working through the complexity of shifting caregiver roles. Immediately after the 90-minute broadcast, former NBC medical correspondent Dr. Art Ulene leads "A Conversation About Caring," a half-hour panel discussion that offers concrete advice and guidance on how to start the conversation - often the most difficult step in caregiving.

• Caregiver's Handbook: pdf
  
  
• Glossary: pdf
  
  
• Insurance: pdf
  
  
• Checklist of Activities: pdf
  
  
• Caregiver Self-assessment Questionnaire: pdf
  
  
• Auto-evalucion de cuidadores (Spanish): pdf
  
  
• It Starts with a Conversation...: pdf
  
  
• The Joys of Caregiving: pdf
  
  
• Selected Books and Web Sites: pdf

For more information or to view a video clip, visit pbs.org

Louisiana Chapter: The Alzheimer’s Association for additional information for parents with dementia or Alzheimer’s.