Steve Dembo from DE streaming live

Discovery Education and Ben Rhodes, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor aired live Thursday, May 5, 2011, from the White House to host a discussion on Osama bin Laden. Discovery’s man at the White House was none other than Steve Dembo, streaming on discoveryedu‘s livestream channel.

Thank You for Joining this Historic Event

Over 1,600 classrooms, and tens of thousands of students across the globe, tuned in to the live webcast to hear Ben Rhodes, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor, to discuss Osama bin Laden.

In addition, we received over 1,700 questions from students. Watch the three-part archive of this historic event.

Ben Rhodes, Deputy Assistant to the President

Due to the sensitive nature of this webinar, we recommend that only middle school and high school classrooms watch the archive. The discussion within this webinar may include details and concepts not suitable for all ages.

* Presentation (10 minutes) Ben will provide context and perspective

* Q&A with Students (20 minutes) Students’ questions answered by Ben

If you missed this historic event, you can view the archive. Click this link.

Images from the webinar appear below.

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