FILM NUMBER: 10521
ANNOTATION: USES ANIMATION, RHYME, AND SONG TO INTRODUCE TO YOUNG CHILDREN THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET, AND TO SHOW SIMPLE WORDS IN WHICH THESE LETTERS APPEAR IN THEIR CUSTOMARY USAGE.
SUBJECT(S): ALPHABET
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 10258
ANNOTATION: THIS VIDEO SHOWS HOW THE UNITED NATIONS ALONG WITH GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER ORANIZATIONS, IS WORK- ING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF IT LITERACY WORLDWIDE.
SUBJECT(S): EDUCATION, READING
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 10279
ANNOTATION: AN ANIMATE CHARACTER CHRONICLES THE LIFE OF ABE LINCOLN, EMPHASIZING HIS IMPORTANCE IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.
SUBJECT(S): LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1861-1865,
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 11700
ANNOTATION: ROSALBA AND HER ABUELA, OR GRANDMOTHER, WHO HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP TAKE AN IMAGINARY FLIGHT OVER MANHATTAN. LATIN RHYTHMS PUNCTUATE SCENES OF CITY LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, CHILDREN'S VIDEO, DORROS, ARTHUR
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 11026
ANNOTATION: LEARN WHAT POWERFUL LEARNING IS; SEE APPLICATION OF LEARNING TRIANGLE; SHARE LEARNING THAT STIMU- LATES THINKING AND REASONING. USE WITH VIDEO 11025
SUBJECT(S): ACCELERATED SCHOOLS, LEARNING AND SCHOLARSHIP, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 35
FILM NUMBER: 11130
ANNOTATION: TEXTURE: ACCOMPANIMENT, ROUND; TONE: TIMBRE (HAWAIIAN INSTRUMENTS, HOME-MADE GUITAR)- VARIOUS TYPES OF ACCOMPANIMENT; IDENTIFY SELECTED HAWAIIAN INSTRUMENTS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11037
ANNOTATION: LEARNING THE PROCESS FOR ALIGNING CURRICULUM WITH ASSESSMENT; HOW CURRICULUM FOCUSES/CONNECTS TEACHING; RELATIONSHIP AMONG CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT. USE WITH VIDEO 11038
SUBJECT(S): CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 40
FILM NUMBER: 11358
ANNOTATION: PROGRAM 1: A COMMITMENT TO LITERACY, PROGRAM 2: FOCUS ON READING, PROGRAM 3: FOCUS ON WRITING. TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE OF BEGINNING LEARNERS & HOW THEY DISCOVER HOW TO READ & WRITE. INCLUDES VISITS TO CLASSROOMS.
SUBJECT(S): ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, ENGLISH LANGUAGE - STUDY AND TEACHING, READING, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 145
FILM NUMBER: 11833
ANNOTATION: FIRST LEG OF THE JOURNEY FROM INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI TO FORT LARAMIE, WYOMING. PROBLEMS OF CAMPING IN THE WILDERNESS, PERILS OF ACCIDENTS & ENCOUNTERS WITH NATIVE AMERICANS AS WELL AS LAND MARKS ALONG THIS ROUTE.
SUBJECT(S): INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA, OREGON TRAIL, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1783-1861
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 11653
ANNOTATION: DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE OF OUR ELECTED REPRESENT ATIVES AS THEY TRANSLATE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE INTO THE LAW OF THE LAND.
SUBJECT(S): LAW, UNITED STATES - CONGRESS, UNITED STATES - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 58
FILM NUMBER: 10549
ANNOTATION: AN IRREVERENT LOOK AT HOW ADVERTISERS TRY TO HOOK YOUNG PEOPLE ON CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL. AUDIENCES ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE CRITICAL OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH.
SUBJECT(S): HEALTH, SMOKING, YOUTH - ALCOHOL USE
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 09846
ANNOTATION: SHOWS HOW STRUCTURAL AND BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS ARE RELATED TO HABITS AND ENVIRONMENT. EXAMINES SKULLS OF VARIOUS MAMMALS TO ILLUSTRATE STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS IN TEETH.
SUBJECT(S): ADAPTATION (BIOLOGY), ANIMALS, PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 10277
ANNOTATION: SHOWS HOW ANIMALS, INVERTEBRATES AND VERTE- BRATES, ARE ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT, EATING, AND SPECIFIC CLIMATES.
SUBJECT(S): ADAPTATION (BIOLOGY), EVOLUTION
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 09319
ANNOTATION: POINTS OUT VARIOUS ADAPTATIONS IN THE FEET, BILLS, WING SHAPE, AND NEST BUILDING HABITS OF CERTAIN SPECIES OF BIRDS IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF HABITATS.
SUBJECT(S): ADAPTATION (BIOLOGY), BIRDS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 09657
ANNOTATION: SHOWS HOW BOTH PLANTS & ANIMALS ADAPT TO THE CHANGES OF SEASONS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE ADAPTING PROCESSES OF SEVERAL SPECIFIC TYPES OF PLANTS AND ANIMAL SPECIES.
SUBJECT(S): ADAPTATION (BIOLOGY), ANIMALS, PLANTS, SEASONS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 11498
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES HOW DRUGS AFFECT THE MIND, HOW THEY DEVELOP, PREDISPOSITIONS TO ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR, EFFECTS OF HEREDITY & THE ENVIRONMENT & THE PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY.
SUBJECT(S): ALCOHOLISM, BRAIN, DRUG ABUSE, MIND AND BODY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10523
ANNOTATION: REVIEWS CONCEPTS OF SET, NUMBER AND NUMERAL. EXPLORES THE NOMENCLATURE AND SYMBOLS OF ADDITION; EXPLAINS THE LAW OF ORDER, ADDITION WITH ZERO, THE USE OF THE NUMBER LINE, AND THE LAW OF GROUPING.
SUBJECT(S): MATHEMATICS, SET THEORY
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 10926
ANNOTATION: DEMONSTRATES SUCCESSFUL AND PROVEN TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR USE BY TEACHERS IN REGULAR CLASS- ROOMS AS THEY SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATE THOSE WITH ADHD AND SIMILAR NEEDS. REAL TEACHERS AND REAL STUD- ENTS. ACTIVE LEARNING AND TEAMWORK ARE EMPHASIZED
SUBJECT(S): ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVE DISORDER, INCLUSION(SPECIAL EDUCATION/REGULAR EDUCATION RELATIONSHIP)
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 38
FILM NUMBER: 10889
ANNOTATION: REALISTIC LOOK AT TODAY'S TEENAGE CHALLENGES OF PREGNANCY, STD'S, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. RECOGNIZED AUTHOR- ITIES IN ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT AND TEENAGERS THEMSELVES PROVIDE AUTHENTICITY TO VIDEO.
SUBJECT(S): CHILD DEVELOPMENT, INFANTS - CARE AND HYGIENE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 31
FILM NUMBER: 05453
ANNOTATION: SILENT FILM ABOUT THE PERCEPTIONS OF A YOUNG BOY ON A SHOPPING TRIP TO A SUPERMARKET WITH HIS MOTHER. HIS IMAGINATION BUILDS THE EXPERIENCE IN- TO AN EXCITING AND SCARY ADVENTURE. USEFUL FOR A VARIETY OF LEARNING SITUATIONS.
SUBJECT(S): COMMUNITY LIFE, FAMILY, FOOD
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 06555
ANNOTATION: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF THE DUTCH GRAPHIC ARTIST, M.C. ESCHER. STUDIES HIS OBSESSION WITH GEOMETRIC FORMS AND VISUAL ILLUSIONS, SHOWS EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK, AND DISCUSSES HIS LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): ART - HISTORY, ESCHER, M. C., GEOMETRY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 10655
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY TEST PILOTS AND ASTRONAUTS TO THE SPACE PROGRAM. FAMOUS ASTRONAUTS ARE FEATURED, AND THE CHALLENGER DISASTER IS DISCUSSED.
SUBJECT(S): SPACE FLIGHT
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 00002
ANNOTATION: FOLLOWS A BABY RABBIT WHO LEAVES HIS WOODLAND HOME TO SEARCH FOR LETTUCE ON A NEARBY FARM AND SHOWS HOW HE NARROWLY ESCAPES FROM AN ANGRY FARMER AND A HUNGRY FOX.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 09953
ANNOTATION: FOLLOWS A BABY RABBIT WHO LEAVES HIS WOODLAND HOME TO SEARCH FOR LETTUCE ON A NEARBY FARM AND SHOWS HOW HE NARROWLY ESCAPES FROM AN ANGRY FARMER AND A HUNGRY FOX.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 10884
ANNOTATION: PBS AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE ADAPTATION OF THE BOY, WHO ON HIS RAFT, ALONG THIS RIVER,LIVED OUT THE STORY OF A COUNTRY, A PEOPLE AND A FRIENDSHIP.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 234
FILM NUMBER: 09413
ANNOTATION: AN EXCERPT FROM THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS BY KENNETH GRAHAME.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 10610
ANNOTATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF A BABY EAGLE WHICH FALLS OUT OF THE NEST BEFORE IT CAN FLY. SHOWS HOW IT FINDS FOOD AND SHELTER UNTIL LEARNING TO FLY.
SUBJECT(S): BIRDS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 10874
ANNOTATION: ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE STUDYING THERA, POSSIBLE SITE OF ATLANTIS, IN GREECE. SAIL TO CRETE, TURKEY AND MAINLAND GREECE-HUNT FOR TROY, AGAMEMNON AND THE MINOTAUR.
SUBJECT(S): FOLKLORE, GREECE - ANTIQUITIES, HISTORY, ANCIENT, MYTHOLOGY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 48
FILM NUMBER: 09031
ANNOTATION: LESSONS 1 & 2 IN SERIES WHICH GIVES TIPS ABOUT WATER AND BOATING NECESSARY FOR SAFE RECREATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL INVOLVEMENT WITH WATER. BACKGROUND NATURE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS IT APPLIES TO BOATING AND SWIMMING.
SUBJECT(S): OUTDOOR RECREATION, SAFETY EDUCATION
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09039
ANNOTATION: LESSONS 9 & 10 IN SERIES.
SUBJECT(S): OUTDOOR RECREATION, SAFETY EDUCATION
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09774
ANNOTATION: 2 PROGRAMS, 15 MIN. EACH. AFRICA, SOUTH OF THE SAHARA EXPLORES HOW PEOPLE USE THEIR ENVIRONMENT; AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND SHOWS HOW PEOPLES MOVE TOGETHER OR APART AS THE TIME-DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM CHANGES.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, GEOGRAPHY, NEW ZEALAND
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10875
ANNOTATION: EXPLORES GREAT ZIMBABWE, AFRICA'S SWAHILI COAST AND DISCOVER THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICA'S INDIGENOUS CIVILIZATIONS - LONG PURPOSELY MIS- INTERPRETED BY EUROPEAN DISCOVERERS.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, HISTORY, ANCIENT
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 48
FILM NUMBER: 10939
ANNOTATION: SAMPLE AFRICA'S CULTURES, DIVERSE HISTORIES, AND LANDSCAPES. THE HERDS OF WILDLIFE AND THEIR PREDATORS ARE ALSO DOCUMENTED.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 35
FILM NUMBER: 10940
ANNOTATION: LANDFORMS, CLIMATE, EARLY MAN, DEVELOPMENT OF ART, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, TRADE ROUTES, EARLY EXPLORATIONS, SLAVE TRADE AND RESULTS OF RULE BY EUROPEANS.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 32
FILM NUMBER: 10941
ANNOTATION: AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS, BUSHMAN (SAN), VILLAGES, CITIES, SOUKS, KENYA, SENEGAL, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, BIG HOLE AND GABARONE.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 32
FILM NUMBER: 10942
ANNOTATION: BENEFITS OF SAFARIS, WILD ANIMAL POPULATION, KENYA'S MASAI MARA NATIONAL PARK, ARABIC LANGUAGE AND PEOPLES, "BLACK" AFRICANS AND THEIR LANG- UAGES, RELIGIONS, MUSIC AND DANCE.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 29
FILM NUMBER: 11563
ANNOTATION: THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA IS SHOWN IN FOUR SEG MENTS: AFRICA'S GEOGRAPHY; FLIGHT OVER THE EQUA TOR; PEOPLE OF THE NILE & MAKING A FILM IN THE SERENGETI. MEET THE PEOPLE OF THE NILE & SEE THE AMAZING DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE, CULTURES & ANIMALS.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, EGYPT, KENYA
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 33
FILM NUMBER: 10519
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS A TYPICAL AFRICAN FAMILY LIVING IN KENYA. VIEWERS VISIT A TYPICAL SCHOOL, A KENYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE PARK, GO SHOPPING, AND GO ON A FAMILY OUTING TO LAKE NAKURU.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 11106
ANNOTATION: DISCOVER THE DJEMBE, AN AFRICAN DRUM, WHICH IS NOW WIDELY USED BY ORCHESTRAS AND DANCE GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD. SYLVIAN CHAISSON EXPLAINS WHY RHYTHM IS THE "BASIS OF THE UNIVERSE".
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, BLACK MUSIC, MUSIC, PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS, RHYTHM
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10439
ANNOTATION: SHOWS THE POTENTIAL RESULTS OF GLOBAL WARMING WHILE EXPLORING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO MAN'S DEVASTATION OF NATURE.
SUBJECT(S): CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ECOLOGY, POLLUTION, WEATHER
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 110
FILM NUMBER: 10281
ANNOTATION: RECREATES O'HENRY'S POIGNANT TALE OF TWO BROTHERS MEETING AFTER A TWENTY YEAR SEPERATION.
SUBJECT(S): HENRY, O., LITERATURE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 11625
ANNOTATION: BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN BLUES SINGER. ORIGINAL FILM FOOTAGE AND SOUNDTRACK.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC, AFRICAN AMERICANS, BIOGRAPHY, MUSIC, SMITH, BESSIE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11497
ANNOTATION: RECOUNTS HOW THE PROMISES OF THE 1950S UNRAVELED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR MINIMALISM ROSE IN THIS ERA. REGANOMICS OF THE 1980'S INFLATED THE ART MARKET & TURNED IT DISHONEST. BOTH SERIOUS & RIDICULOUS ARTISTS OF THE ERA ARE PROBED.
SUBJECT(S): ART, ART - HISTORY, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,
GRADES: >09
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 05317
ANNOTATION: DISCUSSES THE IDEAS OF COPERNICUS, KEPLER, GALILEO, AND NEWTON. COMPARES THEM WITH THOSE OF LOCKE, MONTESQUIEU, VOLTAIRE, ROUSSEAU AND DIDEROT.
SUBJECT(S): EUROPE - HISTORY, HUMANITIES, LITERATURE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10098
ANNOTATION: EMPHASIZES THE DEPENDENCE OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF A FEW FAMOUS INVENTORS ON THE ACCUMULATION & EX- CHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE BY GREAT NUMBERS OF SCIENT- ISTS. RECOGNIZES AMERICA'S ROLE IN PERFECTING IN- TERCHANGEABLE PARTS & EDISON'S VISION.
SUBJECT(S): SOCIAL CHANGE, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1865-1898
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 10097
ANNOTATION: SHOWS HOW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTIONED METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF AMERICA. FOCUSES ON ADVANCES IN TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION.
SUBJECT(S): SOCIAL CHANGE, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 10946
ANNOTATION: 1642-1800 PROVIDES A GLIMPSE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL CHANGES OF THE AGE OF REASON. ISAAC NEWTON, DENIS DIDEROT, CARL LINNAEUS, AMATEUR SCIENTISTS, AND OTHERS.
SUBJECT(S): EUROPE - HISTORY, SCIENCE - METHODOLOGY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 09839
ANNOTATION: TRACES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NAPOLEON TO THE SPREAD OF FRENCH IDEAS THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND THE WESTERN WORLD.
SUBJECT(S): FRANCE - HISTORY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 05520
ANNOTATION: ROCOCO IS EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH EXAM- PLES OF 18TH CENTURY ART. THE INFLUENCE OF ROCOCO STYLE ON 18TH CENTURY EUROPEAN LIFE IS FEATURED ALONG WITH POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE TIME.
SUBJECT(S): ART - HISTORY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 11499
ANNOTATION: CHALLENGES STEREOTYPICAL VIEWS OF THE MENTAL ABILITIES OF OLDER PEOPLE, WITH CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF AGING ILLUSTRATED BY VIVID CASE HISTORIES.
SUBJECT(S): AGING, BRAIN, MIND AND BODY
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 30