FILM NUMBER: 09838
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES THE "DARKER SIDE" OF JAPANESE MANAGE- MENT TECHNIQUES.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS, JAPAN
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 11714
ANNOTATION: BASIC SHEET MAKING; ADDING COLOR IN THE DECKLE; USING INCLUSIONS & BOTANICALS & SURFACE EMBEDMENT. HOW TO MAKE PAPER & DECORATIVE TECHNIQUES.
SUBJECT(S): ART, PAPERMAKING
GRADES: >06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 00564
ANNOTATION: DEFINES A FUNCTION AS A MAPPING INTRODUCING THE TERMS DOMAIN AND RANGE. PRESENTS FAMILIAR EXAM- PLES OF REAL VALUED FUNCTIONS OF A REAL VARIABLE.
SUBJECT(S): CALCULUS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 11183
ANNOTATION: THOUGH IT GROWS IN THE GROUND MUSHROOMS AREN'T REALLY PLANTS. THEY ARE FUNGI A GROUP SO UNIQUE BIOLOGISTS HAVE PLACED THEM IN A KINGDOM OF THEIR OWN.
SUBJECT(S): FUNGI
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 09500
ANNOTATION: SURVEYS SOME OF THE BREAKTHROUGHS MADE RECENTLY IN THE EFFORT TO HARNESS SOLAR ENERGY. EXPLORES THE PROBLEMS YET TO BE SOLVED, AND DISCUSSES OTHER ENERGY SOURCES, SUCH AS PLANT ENERGY. (GR.7 - TAG ONLY)
SUBJECT(S): ENERGY RESOURCES, SOLAR ENERGY
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 21
FILM NUMBER: 06827
ANNOTATION: TRACES THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYNTHETIC ACRYLIC AND ILLUSTRATES ITS POTENTIAL IN VARIOUS PRO- FESSIONS SUCH AS ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN.
SUBJECT(S): ART INDUSTRIES AND TRADE, CHEMISTRY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 11907
ANNOTATION: DRAMATIZES HOW LIFE MIGHT BE FOR US IF WE NO LONGER HAD THE BILL OF RIGHTS. A FICTIONAL FAMILY RETURNS FROM THE JUNGLE TO LEARN ALL THEIR PERSONAL FREEDOMS ARE GONE WITH TERRIFYING RESULTS.
SUBJECT(S): GOVERNMENT
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 10786
ANNOTATION: IN ASIA CONFUCIAN VALUES IN STATE INDUSTRIES AND FAMILY FIRMS LINK ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND POLITI- CAL OBEDIENCE. PROFILES SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE AS THEY RISE TO WORLD ECONOMIC POWER.
SUBJECT(S): KOREA (SOUTH), PACIFIC RIM, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09827
ANNOTATION: FEATURES THE WRITER HIMSELF AND THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD IN WHICH HE WRITES, ONE WHERE HISTORICAL RIOTS AND LEVITATING GRANDMOTHERS SEEM TO BE EQUALLY REAL. IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE, SPANISH LANGUAGE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 10948
ANNOTATION: TELLS THE STORY OF A DAY IN THE LIVES OF TWO EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRLS, SELENA, A BLACK GIRL AND HER BEST FRIEND GABRIELLE, A WHITE GIRL, ARE TIRED OF BEING THEMSELVES, SO THEY VISIT EACH OTHER'S FAMILIES.
SUBJECT(S): HUMAN RELATIONS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 11566
ANNOTATION: WITNESS GROUND-BREAKING RESEARCH USING TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY THAT PICKS UP WHERE DARWIN LEFT OFF. DEEP BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN AND EARTH ARE CREATURES HE COULD ONLY HAVE IMAGINED.
SUBJECT(S): BIOLOGY, EVOLUTION, GALAPAGOS ISLAND, MARINE ANIMALS, MARINE BIOLOGY
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 51
FILM NUMBER: 10150
ANNOTATION: DEPICTS AN INCIDENT IN THE LIVES OF SACHO, A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH LIMITED ATHLETIC ABILITIES, AND TWO BOYS WHO PLAY BASEBALL WITH EFFORTLESS GRACE.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 10285
ANNOTATION: FOCUSING ON GANG VIOLENCE IN L. A., THE PROGRAM ILLUSTRATES HOW AN ATTRACTION TO QUICK WEALTH, AND RECOGNITION CAN LEAD YOUTH INTO THE GANG CYCLE OF CONFLICT AND DEATH.
SUBJECT(S): ADOLESCENCE, CRIME, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10915
ANNOTATION: DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESEARCH; PATTERNS; AND THE NEED FOR CAREFUL, ORGANIZED GATHERING OF DATA ARE DISCUSSED.
SUBJECT(S): GEOGRAPHY, MAPS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 11963
ANNOTATION: VMI'S FIRST FEMALE STUDENT, FEMALE WRESTLER, UNIVERSITY SPORTS PROGRAMS FOR MALES AND FEMALES TITLE IX IS THE RECURRENT THEME IN THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF GENDER.
SUBJECT(S): CIVIL RIGHTS, LAW, SPORTS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 10697
ANNOTATION: FOR 130 YEARS AMERICA HAD A CYCLICAL PATTERN OF DRUGS REFURFACING AGAIN MORE POTENT AND LETHAL THAN BEFORE. OFFERS HISTORY AND SCIENTIFIC FACT TO BREAK THIS CHAIN ONCE AND FOR ALL.
SUBJECT(S): DRUG ABUSE, NARCOTIC HABIT
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 10800
ANNOTATION: FOCUSES ON RAPESEED PLANT, LONG USED FOR OIL FOR COOKING, FOOD AND MEDICINAL PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL USE. IT NOW CAN PRODUCE OIL THAT CAN BE MADE INTO PLASTIC AND PRODUCES PLASTIC ITSELF.
SUBJECT(S): GENETICS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 09501
ANNOTATION: EXPLORES ONE OF OUR MOST IMPRESSSIVE NATURAL RECORDS OF EARTH HISTORY - THE GRAND CANYON. DIS- CUSSES THE PROCESS BY WHICH IT IS STUDIED AND DATED AS EACH STAGE IN ITS DEVELOPMENT IS REDIS- COVERED. APPROPRIATE FOR ORGANIC VARIATION.
SUBJECT(S): EARTH, GEOLOGY, NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 09987
ANNOTATION: SHOWS HOW NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO HARNESS THE LIFE-GIVING FORCES OF THE SUN.
SUBJECT(S): EARTH, ENERGY RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, SOLAR SYSTEM
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 09334
ANNOTATION: PORTRAYS THE FIRST TEST OF PUTTING THE CONSTITU- TION INTO PRACTICE DURING THE WHISKEY REBELLION OF 1789.
SUBJECT(S): PRESIDENTS - UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1783-1861, WASHINGTON, GEORGE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 00879
ANNOTATION: EXPLAINS THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS CARVER MADE TOWARD AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS - HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, FARMS
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 10280
ANNOTATION: AN ANIMATED CHARACTER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LIFE. EMPHASIZING HIS IMPORTANCE IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1775-1783,, WASHINGTON, GEORGE
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 10933
ANNOTATION: GEORGE WASHINGTON-BORN IN VIRGINIA IN 1732 ONE OF THE ORIGINAL COLONIES. HE LED OUR WAR IN THE REVOLUTION AND WAS ELECTED OUR FIRST PRESIDENT.
SUBJECT(S): WASHINGTON, GEORGE
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 09370
ANNOTATION: DISMAYED WHEN HE AND THE OTHER BURGESSES ARE SUMMARILY DISMISSED BY THE GOVERNOR, WASHINGTON BEGINS TO SUSPECT THAT COMPROMISE WITH THE CROWN MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE.
SUBJECT(S): BIOGRAPHY, PRESIDENTS - UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1775-1783,, WASHINGTON, GEORGE
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 29
FILM NUMBER: 09306
ANNOTATION: EVERYONE LOVES A GHOST STORY. IN THIS ONE, SYMPATHY FOR THE ALMOST HOMELESS GHOST, GEORGIE, IS EVOKED BY COMICAL SKETCHES OF HIS PLIGHT - IN- CLUDING SOMETHING THAT SCARES HIM. BASED ON BOOK OF THE SAME TITLE BY ROBERT BRIGHT.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 6
FILM NUMBER: 11458
ANNOTATION: FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD UNIT-GRADE 1 STORY OF A GIRL IN GHANA DEPICTS HER DAILY LIFE & SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS ODWIRA; DESCRIBES FAMILY STRUCTURE & TRADITIONAL BELIEFS.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, GHANA
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 10750
ANNOTATION: BACTERIA AND VIRUSES AND OUR BODY'S DEFENSES AGAINST THEM. ACTIVITIES THAT SHARE BLOOD-EAR PIERCING AND TATTOOS THAT CAN SPREAD HIV VIRUS ARE EXPLAINED. GOOD HEALTH HABITS ARE STRESSED.
SUBJECT(S): AIDS (DISEASE) PREVENTION, BACTERIOLOGY, DISEASES, HEALTH, HYGIENE
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 10854
ANNOTATION: AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF LIFE IN MODERN DAY GERMANY. BEGINS AND ENDS IN FRANKFURT.
SUBJECT(S): GERMAN LANGUAGE, GERMANY, LANGUAGES, MODERN
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 33
FILM NUMBER: 10707
ANNOTATION: TRACES HISTORY AND TRADITIONS WITH EMPHASIS ON REUNIFICATION AFTER OCTOBER 3, 1990. ESTABLISH- MENT AS EMPIRE, WORLD CONFLICTS IT LED AND DIVISION OF COUNTRY AFTER WORLD WAR II SHOWN IN LIVE ACTION.
SUBJECT(S): GERMANY, GERMANY - HISTORY, WORLD WAR, 1914-1918, WORLD WAR, 1939-1945
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 10855
ANNOTATION: FROM WURZBURG, PASSING ROTHENBURG, DINKELSBUHL, NORDLINGEN AND AUGSBURG UP TO THE ALPS. TRACES OF THE PAST AND SPLENDOR OF THE ALPINE LAKES.
SUBJECT(S): GERMAN LANGUAGE, GERMANY, LANGUAGES, MODERN
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 30021
ANNOTATION: BUILDS MATH PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WITH A DISCRETE ADVENTURE AND CHALLENGE INCLUDED IN A VIDEO STORY. PREPARING PLANS FOR DRIVING AS MANY VOTERS AS POSSIBLE TO THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.
SUBJECT(S): MATHEMATICS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 00849
ANNOTATION: EMPHASIZES THE ROLE THAT HANDS PLAY WHEN A QUARREL BETWEEN TWO PLAYMATES IS SETTLED BY AN ELDERLY MAN.
SUBJECT(S): HUMAN RELATIONS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 2
FILM NUMBER: 11144
ANNOTATION: WAYS TO DEVELOP POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY, WHEN AND HOW TO COMPROMISE, WHEN TO BE ASSERTIVE IMPORTANCE OF ACTING RESPON- SIBLY. RELATIONSHIPS WITH CO-WORKERS, STRATEGIES FOR GETTING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TYPES.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS, COUNSELING, DECISION MAKING, HUMAN RELATIONS, VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 35
FILM NUMBER: 11741
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCES BEGINNING POTTERS TO LOW-TECH APPROACHES TO CLAY ARTS. AFTER DIGGING AND PREPARING LOCAL CLAY, HE DEMONSTRATES SIMPLE TECHNIQUES FOR MAKING HAND BUILT FORMS.
SUBJECT(S): ART, POTTERY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 10012
ANNOTATION: STACEY KEECH GIVES A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE GETTYSBURG CONFLICT. ORIGINIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS ARE USED TO PRESENT THE ACTUAL BATTLE.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1861-1865,
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 43
FILM NUMBER: 11639
ANNOTATION: EXPLORES THE HISTORY AND SCENIC FEATURES OF THE OLD GHOST TOWNS OF THE AMERICAN WEST.
SUBJECT(S): FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1783-1861, WEST (U.S.)
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 10218
ANNOTATION: THIS INTRODUCTION TO PANDA BIOLOGY AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR FOCUSES ON TWO PANDA VISITORS AT THE LOS ANGELES ZOO. INCLUDES FOOTAGE OF THE PANDA'S NATIVE HABITAT.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, BIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 09312
ANNOTATION: DRAMATIZES O. HENRY'S CHRISTMAS STORY IN WHICH A YOUNG HUSBAND PAWNS HIS PRIZED WATCH TO BUY COMBS FOR HIS WIFE, ONLY TO DISCOVER SHE HAS CUT HER HAIR AND SOLD IT TO BUY A FOB FOR HIS WATCH.
SUBJECT(S): HENRY, O., SHORT STORIES
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 09571
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES PLATE TECTONIC ACTIVITY THAT CREATES AND EXPOSES MINERALS AND EXPLORES THE NATURE OF TOPSOIL, A RICH MIXTURE OF MINERALS AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. DISCUSSES NEW METHODS OF EXPLORING FOR FOSSIL FUELS AND MINERAL DEPOSITS.
SUBJECT(S): EARTH, ENERGY RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, ROCKS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 120
FILM NUMBER: 11493
ANNOTATION: CIVIL WAR CHANGED THE COUNTRY FOREVER. BRADY'S PHOTOGRAPHS, HOMER'S PAINTINGS, JOHN FREDERICK PETO'S STILL LIFES, EAKINS REALISM, THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, THE "PALACES" OF NEWPORT, RI MUSEUMS START ED BY PEOPLE LIKE ISABELLA STEWARD GARDNER.
SUBJECT(S): ART, ART - HISTORY, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1861-1865,, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1865-1898
GRADES: >09
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09666
ANNOTATION: ADAPTED FROM THE PICTURE BOOK BY NANCY PATZ. THE INDEPENDENT GINA FARINA, ONE OF A TROUPE OF TRAVELING PLAYERS, HAS A CONTEST OF WILLS WITH THE GROUCHY PRINCE WHEN SHE REFUSES TO FOLLOW HIS IRONCLAD RULES.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 30010
ANNOTATION: THE GINGERBREAD MAN OFFERS REPITITION IN LANG- UAGE AND ACTION AS IT FOLLOWS THE ORIGINAL STORY USING ANIMATION. THE LITTLE RED HEN ALSO FOLLOWS THE ORIGINAL STORY. USING ANIMATION WHILE OFFERING THE LESSONS OF WORK FAIRNESS AND RESPONSIBILITY.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, FOLKLORE, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 01053
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIOR OF AFRICAN ANIMALS IN THEIR NATURAL ENVI- RONMENT.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, ANIMALS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 09592
ANNOTATION: FOLKTALE WHICH WILL ADAPT WELL TO VARIOUS LITERATURE UNITS.
SUBJECT(S): FOLKLORE, LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 11083
ANNOTATION: HELPS PUBESCENT GIRLS UNDERSTAND NEW EMOTIONS AND PHYSICAL CHANGES THEY EXPERIENCE. ANATOMY OF FEMALE AND MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SEXUAL CHANGES IS SHOWN THROUGH ANIMATION.
SUBJECT(S): FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 01392
ANNOTATION: ANIMATED FILM CONCERNING THE HUMAN FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
SUBJECT(S): FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 5
FILM NUMBER: 10436
ANNOTATION: SET SLIGHTY BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THIS FILM PROVIDES INSIGHTS REGARDING PATRICK HENRY'S TO THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM FOR THE COMMON MAN.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1775-1783,
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 10599
ANNOTATION: A DRAMATIC REVIEW OF PATRICK HENRY'S INFLUENCE UPON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
SUBJECT(S): HENRY, PATRICK, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1775-1783,
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 11733
ANNOTATION: BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT THE NATURAL WORLD IS A RARE AND PRECIOUS GIFT-FROM THE MOON AND THE STARS TO THE TINIEST BLADE OF GRASS.
SUBJECT(S): INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA, MOHAWK INDIANS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 7
FILM NUMBER: 11238
ANNOTATION: FOLLOWS TRAILS OF ANCIENT GLACIERS AND OBSERVES TREKS OF TODAY'S. STUDY THE CLUES TO THE PLANET'S PAST AND FUTURE.
SUBJECT(S): EARTH SCIENCES, GLACIERS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 15