FILM NUMBER: 10951
ANNOTATION: IN-SERVICE FOR EDUCATORS EXPLAINS WHY TRADITION- AL DISCIPLINE STRATEGIES DON'T WORK ANYMORE, HOW TO: STOP PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY OCCUR; MEET 5 BASIC STUDENT NEEDS; DEVELOP "SOCIAL CONTRACT" TAKE ACT- ION AND DEAL WITH CHRONIC DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS.
SUBJECT(S): SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 51
FILM NUMBER: 11739
ANNOTATION: INTERACTIVE PROGRAM INTRODUCES CHILDREN NOT ONLY TO THE MANY SKILLS AND STRATEGIES NEEDED FOR READING MAPS, BUT ALSO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF MAPS AND THEIR USES.
SUBJECT(S): MAPS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 21
FILM NUMBER: 06354
ANNOTATION: REVIEWS AFRICAN AND ENGLISH INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC. TRACES ONE BALLAD FROM THE BRITISH VERSION TO ITS USE AS A COWBOY SONG, AND LATER IN A NEGRO BLUES VERSION.
SUBJECT(S): FOLK SONGS, MUSIC
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 10945
ANNOTATION: CULTURE AND HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE-SHOT ON LOCATION IN GREECE AND ITALY. ANCIENT MYCENAE, RUINS OF CORINTH, DELPHI, RUINS OF SANCTUARY OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA, ATHENA, HEPHAESTUS AND NEPTUNE.
SUBJECT(S): GREECE, GREECE - ANTIQUITIES
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 35
FILM NUMBER: 11799
ANNOTATION: SEE THE GREAT WALL, GOBI DESERT, SILK ROAD, BEIJING'S FORBIDDEN CITY, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, YANGTZE RIVER, LI RIVER AND MUCH MORE.
SUBJECT(S): CHINA
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09750
ANNOTATION: SHOWS COMPUTERS BEING USED IN SCHOOLS, OFFICES, FACTORIES, AND LABORATORIES. DISCUSSES HOW COMPU- TERS WORK AND DEMONSTRATES THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO EARLIER ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL DEVICES.
SUBJECT(S): COMPUTERS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 05678
ANNOTATION: THE FIVE BASIC FORMS IN ART ARE THE SPHERE, CUBE, CONE, CYLINDER, AND PYRAMID. THE ARTIST CREATES WITH THESE FORMS, COMBINING THEM AND VARYING THE PROPORTIONS, DEVELOPING ILLUSION AND ACTUAL FORMS.
SUBJECT(S): ART, DESIGN
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 21
FILM NUMBER: 05281
ANNOTATION: ILLUSTRATES THE WAY IN WHICH LINE RECORDS MOVEMENT AND HOW THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE LINE DIVORCED FROM FORM CAN BECOME A MAJOR AESTHETIC SKILL.
SUBJECT(S): ART, DESIGN, PERCEPTION
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 00413
ANNOTATION: NUMBER IS SHOWN TO BE A THOUGHT AND QUANTITY, AN IDEA ABOUT " HOW MANY". THE PUPIL IS LED TO SEE THAT ONE NUMBER MAY BE REPRESENTED IN MANY WAYS.
SUBJECT(S): MATHEMATICS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 9
FILM NUMBER: 05314
ANNOTATION: TELLS HOW ALL THROUGH LIFE WE LEARN ABOUT TEX- TURES BY TOUCHING AND LOOKING. SHOWS HOW DIS- MAN-MADE AND NATURAL TEXTURES CAN BE A DAILY ADVENTURE.
SUBJECT(S): ART, DESIGN, PERCEPTION
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 09587
ANNOTATION: FEATURES JOEL BARKER DISCUSSING HIS THEORIES RE- GARDING THE LIMITATIONS AND USES OF PARADIGMS OR "SETS OF RULES" IN INFLUENCING THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
SUBJECT(S): DECISION MAKING
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 34
FILM NUMBER: 09673
ANNOTATION: PROGRAM 5 IN SERIES. PRESENTS THE ROYAL PHIL- HARMONIC PLAYING RIMSKY-KORSAKOV'S CAPRICCIO ESPANOL. ILLUSTRATES THE SEATING PLAN OF AN ORCHESTRA AND GIVES BACKSTAGE GLIMPSES OF THE PLAYERS AND THE CONDUCTOR'S GREENROOM.
SUBJECT(S): MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ORCHESTRA
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 09669
ANNOTATION: PROGRAM 1 IN SERIES. INTRODUCES THE VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO AND DOUBLE BASS. PRINCIPAL STRING PLAYERS OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA DEMON- STRATE SIZE/PITCH RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE STRING FAMILY.
SUBJECT(S): MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ORCHESTRA
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 09671
ANNOTATION: PROGRAM 3 IN SERIES. INTRODUCES THE FLUTE, PICCOLO, OBOE, ENGLISH HORN, CLARINET, E-FLAT CLARINET, BASS CLARINET, BASSOON, AND CONTRA- BASSOON. EXPLAINS THAT THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE HOLLOW TUBES THROUGH WHICH AIR IS VIBRATED.
SUBJECT(S): MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ORCHESTRA
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 11031
ANNOTATION: NEW DEFINITION FOR INTELLIGENCE; THEORIES OF THE SEVEN INTELLIGENCES; HOW STUDENTS AND TEACHERS CAN ASSESS THEIR OWN INTELLIGENCES.
SUBJECT(S): INTELLECT, MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 31
FILM NUMBER: 11017
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND HOW TO BEGIN NAVIGATING IT IN YOUR CLASSROOM. A 20 MINUTE HANDS-ON TUTORIAL TO MASTER NETSCAPE THE WEB BROWSER.
SUBJECT(S): COMPUTERS, INTERNET (COMPUTER NETWORK)
GRADES: >03
MINUTES: 53
FILM NUMBER: 01438
ANNOTATION: BEAUTIFULLY PHOTOGRAPHED FILM PRESENTS AN INTI- MATE VIEW OF A SMALL BROOK AND ITS ADJACENT WOODS THROUGHOUT THE CHANGING YEAR. DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE POETIC EXPRESSION.
SUBJECT(S): NATURE STUDY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 01003
ANNOTATION: DR. CHARLES VAN DOREN DISCUSSES THE SHORT STORY, BARTLEBY THE SCRIVENER, BY HERMAN MELVILLE. USES FOOTAGE FROM THE ORIGINAL FILM TO ILLUSTRATE HIS POINTS.
SUBJECT(S): MELVILLE, HERMAN, SHORT STORIES
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 10871
ANNOTATION: AN AMERICAN SHORT STORY BY FLANNERY O'CONNOR. PERFORMED BY ACTORS STUDENTS WILL RECOGNIZE.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE, SHORT STORIES
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 58
FILM NUMBER: 00973
ANNOTATION: ILLUSTRATES CORRECT PROCEDURES AND PROPER SPEC- TATOR CONDUCT AT A FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY.
SUBJECT(S): CITIZENSHIP, FLAGS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 10914
ANNOTATION: CALCULATING DISTANCES ON THE LANDSCAPE AND USING MAP SCALES ARE EXPLORED IN THIS PROGRAM.
SUBJECT(S): GEOGRAPHY, MAPS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 10797
ANNOTATION: FOUR POETIC VERSIONS OF ICARUS MYTH-SEXTON, SPENCER, WILLIAMS AND FIELD-DRAMATIZED AND COMPARED. MARGE PIERCY DISCUSSES ROLE OF MYTH IN HER POETRY.
SUBJECT(S): ALLUSIONS, MYTHOLOGY, POETRY, SYMBOLISM
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11109
ANNOTATION: WOODY HERMAN, DELLA REESE, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, AL HIRT, FATS WALLER AND OTHERS PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION TO DIXIELAND AND THE ORIGINS OF JAZZ.
SUBJECT(S): JAZZ MUSIC, MUSIC
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 120
FILM NUMBER: 11586
ANNOTATION: SCIENTISTS GENETICALLY ENGINEER PLANTS & ANIMALS FOR DESIRED TRAITS. HOW FAR SHOULD WE GO WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY? BASICS OF DNA, DETAILS OF GENE TIC DISEASES & GENE THERAPY. A LOT OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION.
SUBJECT(S): BIOLOGY, DNA, EVOLUTION
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10259
ANNOTATION: STUDENTS STRUGGLING TO COMPLETE A SCHOOL ASSIGN- MENT, ARE INTRODUCED TO THE CREATIVE POWER OF THE IMAGINATION BY AN IMPROBLE CREATURE NAMED FIGMENT.
SUBJECT(S): ENGLISH LANGUAGE - STUDY AND TEACHING, LANGUAGE ARTS, STORYTELLING
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 10587
ANNOTATION: ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO THINK OF THEMSELVES AS SELF-STARTERS IN BUSINESS. BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS SHOULD FOCUS THEIR OWN INTERESTS INTO BUSINESS IDEAS.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 11418
ANNOTATION: SMITHSONIAN/FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS OF ARTHEL "DOC" WATSON A BELOVED PERFORMER. EXCELLENT PRODUCTION TAPE OF FINGER PICKING AND FLAT PICKING TUNES IN HIS VAST REPERTOIRE. SLOWED-DOWN, CLOSE-UP DETAIL WITH SPLIT-SCREEN IMAGES TO SHOW BOTH HANDS
SUBJECT(S): GUITARS, MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 90
FILM NUMBER: 09551
ANNOTATION: SINCE HE IS A MOUSE AS WELL AS A DENTIST, DR. DE SOTO DOES NOT ACCEPT DANGEROUS ANIMALS AS PATIENTS. SO WHAT DOES HE DO WHEN A FOX SHOWS UP? ADAPTATION OF THE PICTURE BOOK BY WILLIAM STEIG.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 10616
ANNOTATION: VIEWERS ACCOMPANY A DOG AND HIS BOY AS THEY ARE MAGICALLY TRANSPORTED TO SHERWOOD FOREST, A PIRATE'S CAVE, AND THE WILD WEST THROUGH THEIR IMAGINATIONS.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, INTELLECT, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 09875
ANNOTATION: STEPHANIE'S DEPRESSION DEEPENS AS HER FATHER CONTINUES TO FIGHT FOR CUSTODY AND HER MOTHER PLANS TO REMARRY. ALSO UPSET BY FAMILY TURMOIL, ARTHUR CONSIDERS RUNNING AWAY. THEMES INCLUDE DEALING WITH CONFLICT AND SUICIDE.
SUBJECT(S): ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, HIGH SCHOOLS, SCHOOL STORIES, YOUTH - ATTITUDES
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10369
ANNOTATION: THE VIDEO FOLLOWS YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY LEARN THE BASICS OF MANAGING THEIR MONEY. AMONG THE SUBJECTS COVERED ARE SELECTING A BANK, HOW TO ESTABLISH CREDIT, AND PERSONAL BUDGETING.
SUBJECT(S): CONSUMER EDUCATION
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 33
FILM NUMBER: 10668
ANNOTATION: A YOUNG GIRL'S FASCINATION WITH AN OLD DOLLHOUSE TURNS TO FEAR WHEN MYSTERIOUS THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN TO THE DOLLS. THE SUPERNATURAL ASSISTS WITH THE SOLVING OF A MURDER MYSTERY.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 59
FILM NUMBER: 11227
ANNOTATION: SEE RESEARCHERS STUDY DOLPHIN THINKING, LEARNING, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILLS.
SUBJECT(S): MAMMALS, MARINE ANIMALS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 10963
ANNOTATION: DOES A COMPARISON OF THE FASCINATING SIMILAR- ITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO ANIMALS. THEY ARE BOTH INTELLIGENT AND ALSO PLAYFUL CREATURES. DER & BILL DEMBY-ATHLETE.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, OCEANOGRAPHY
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 8
FILM NUMBER: 09806
ANNOTATION: PICTURES HOW THE NATION TURNED WEST IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. EXPLAINS HOW EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS POPULATED THE MIDLANDS AND THE INDIANS' STRUGGLES EXPLODED IN THE CUSTER MASSACRE. FROM THE AMERICA SERIES, WITH ALISTAIR COOKE.
SUBJECT(S): FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE, UNITED STATES - HISTORY, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1865-1898
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 52
FILM NUMBER: 10028
ANNOTATION: GIVES AN EXCELLENT INSIGHT INTO THE FEELINGS AND NEEDS OF SICK CHILDREN. APPROPRIATE FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ADMINISTRATION.
SUBJECT(S): CANCER, CHILDREN - DISEASES, HUMAN RELATIONS
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 09408
ANNOTATION: DONALD DUCK LEARNS THE IMPORTANCE OF MATHE- MATICS. SEQUENCES SHOW HOW ITS BASIC PRINCIPLES RELATE TO MUSIC, ART, ARCHITECTURE, SPORTS AND OTHER PHASES OF LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): MATHEMATICS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 07112
ANNOTATION: FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS IN A HUMOROUS ADVENTURE INVOLVING A DOPE-PUSHER.
SUBJECT(S): DRUG ABUSE
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 09349
ANNOTATION: FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS IN A HUMOROUS ADVENTURE INVOLVING A DOPE-PUSHER.
SUBJECT(S): DRUG ABUSE
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10530
ANNOTATION: A DRAMATIZED EPISODE FROM ROBERT MCCLOSKEY'S BOOK "HOMER PRICE". SHOWS HOMER'RESOURCEFULNESS IN SOLVING A HILARIOUS CRISIS CAUSED BY A DOUGHNUT MACHINE WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, COMMUNITY LIFE, MCCLOSKEY, ROBERT
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 10475
ANNOTATION: THIS SPECIALLY-ADOPTED PHIL DONAHUE PROGRAM IS DEVOTED TO RECENT MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE TREATMENT OF DOWN'S SYNDROME CHILDREN.
SUBJECT(S): EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 10544
ANNOTATION: DOCUMENTS THE USE AND EFFECT OF DRUGS/STEROIDS ON ONE'S HEALTH AND ATHLETIC CAREER.
SUBJECT(S): DRUG ABUSE, SPORTS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 11286
ANNOTATION: ANABOLIC STEROID USE IS EXPAINEDD BY GLEN MAUR, BILL BURKE & ERNIE GAROS. DRUG USER IS EXPLAINED BY STEVE HOWE, TODD DICKERSON, MELISSA RINDLER, CHARLES WHITE, TONY ANDERSON. THEN DRUG FREE ATHLETES DALE MURPHY, ALEX ENGLISH & ROSE MONDAY
SUBJECT(S): ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ABUSE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09872
ANNOTATION: DISCUSSES HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY CAUSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, SUCH AS WATER COMING FROM ABANDONED MINES, AIR POLLUTION, AND ACID RAIN. EX- PLORES EFFECTS ON PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND HUMANS.
SUBJECT(S): CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ECOLOGY, POLLUTION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 59
FILM NUMBER: 09451
ANNOTATION: INTERVIEW WITH DR. ARIS T. ALLEN, PROMINENT BLACK MARYLANDER, LEGISLATOR AND PHYSICIAN. FILM COULD BE USED FOR MARYLAND STUDIES OR AS A MOTIVATION TECHNIQUE FOR GUIDANCE, COUNSELING AND CAREERS.
SUBJECT(S): BIOGRAPHY, MARYLAND, VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09310
ANNOTATION: DOVETAILS WITH THE STUDY OF ANY HAWTHORNE WORK. CONSIDERS THE CONSEQUENCES OF TAMPERING WITH NATURE AND OF REJECTING CONVENTIONAL MORALITY.
SUBJECT(S): HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL, SHORT STORIES
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 01347
ANNOTATION: COMPUTER ANIMATION ILLUSTRATES THE CONCEPT OF CREATING A CURVE WHICH IS A LOCUS OF ONE-DIMENSION POINTS THAT TOUCH EVERY POINT IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL AREA.
SUBJECT(S): GEOMETRY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 06824
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS THE INHERENT INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNINGS IN DRAMATIC PLAY AND THE STRATEGIES USED BY CHILDREN IN DEALING WITH INDI- VIDUALS AND MATERIALS.
SUBJECT(S): CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EMOTIONS, HUMAN RELATIONS, RECREATION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 32
FILM NUMBER: 11280
ANNOTATION: ANCIENT EGYPT THE DREAMS OF THE VILLAGERS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AND GIVE A FIRST-HAND PORTRAIT OF THE FEARS, FRUSTRATIONS AND JOYS OF ANCIENT LIFE. TOMB OF PRINCE MONTERKOPOSHEF HOW ARTISTS MADE BRUSHES, GROUND COLORS, CRAFTSMANSHIP OF ARTISTS
SUBJECT(S): EGYPT, EGYPT - ANTIQUITIES
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 10122
ANNOTATION: EARLY EXPLORATION OF CANADA IS DEPICTED THROUGH ANIMATED SKETCHES. THE MAIN EXPLORER DISCUSSED IS CHAMPLAIN.
SUBJECT(S): AMERICA - EXPLORATION, CANADA, DISCOVERIES (IN GEOGRAPHY)
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 8