FILM NUMBER: 11230
ANNOTATION: EXPLORES THE COMPLEX SHIPS, SYSTEMS AND EQUIP- MENT BEING DESIGNED TO PROPEL US TOWARD PERMANENT COLONIES ON THE MOON AND MARS.
SUBJECT(S): SPACE FLIGHT
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 09573
ANNOTATION: USES THE DATA BANK OF GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE INTERNATONAL GEO- PHYSICAL YEAR, 1957-58, TO EXPLORE THE SEQUENCE OF MAJOR EVENTS IN OUR PLANET'S HISTORY.
SUBJECT(S): EARTH, GEOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 120
FILM NUMBER: 10478
ANNOTATION: FLORENCE PHILLIPS SHARES HER PHILOSOPHY AND CREATIVE APPFROACH TO TEACHING CHILDREN THE POWER OF LANGUAGE. A CLASS OF 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS COME TO KNOW AND LOVE FIVE POEMS IN THIS FILM ABOUT TEACHING ORAL LANGUAGE.
SUBJECT(S): LANGUAGE ARTS, POETRY
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 09488
ANNOTATION: LOOKS AT OCEANS IN THEIR BROADEST ASPECTS, FROM DROWNED PLAINS AND HIDDEN MOUNTAINS TO MINUTE DRIFTING PLANKTON. DISCUSSES FOOD WEBS OF THE OCEANS AND THE EVOLUTION OF FISH AND MAMMALS.
SUBJECT(S): OCEANOGRAPHY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 55
FILM NUMBER: 10466
ANNOTATION: FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POEM OVER A ONE YEAR PERIOD BY THEODORE WEISS, A MAJOR AMERICAN POET FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.
SUBJECT(S): LANGUAGE ARTS, POETRY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 29
FILM NUMBER: 10859
ANNOTATION: INFORMATION ABOUT SYMBOLIC FUNCTIONS, EGOCENTRIC THINKING, SELF IDENTITY, SHARING AND RULES AS THEY APPLY TO PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. FOR PARENTS, PARENTS-TO-BE AND CARE GIVERS.
SUBJECT(S): CHILD DEVELOPMENT
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 10860
ANNOTATION: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL INDEPEN- DENCE, SOCIAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT, EXPLORATION AND TIMING AS THEY APPLY TO TODDLERS. FOR PARENTS, PARENTS-TO-BE AND CARE GIVERS.
SUBJECT(S): CHILD DEVELOPMENT
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 09797
ANNOTATION: ADAPTATION OF THORNTON WILDER'S PLAY ABOUT 90 YEARS IN THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY, 1885 TO 1975.
SUBJECT(S): DRAMA, HOLIDAYS, WILDER, THORNTON
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 37
FILM NUMBER: 10918
ANNOTATION: THE LINES OF LONGITUDE ARE RELATED TO LOCAL TIMES, USING THE PRIME MERIDIAN AND THE SUN.
SUBJECT(S): GEOGRAPHY, LONGITUDE, MAPS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 09375
ANNOTATION: A PRACTICAL LOOK AT OUR EATING HABITS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO OUR HEALTH. THE ROLES OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY, FAST FOODS, AND VENDING MACHINES ARE EXAMINED.
SUBJECT(S): FOOD, NUTRITION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 10426
ANNOTATION: THE KRATT BROTHERS VISIT THE EXOTIC ISLAND OF MADAGASCAR. WHILE EXAMINING MANY FEATURES OF THIS AREA, THE ENDANGERED LEMURS RECEIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, ECOLOGY, ENDANGERED SPECIES, GEOGRAPHY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 21
FILM NUMBER: 10541
ANNOTATION: TWO EPISODES ABOUT CONCERNED STUDENTS WHO BUILD SUPPORT STRATEGIES TO RESIST THE PRESSURE TO USE DRUGS. BASED ON THE ACTUAL EVENTS OF A TEEN PARTY AND ITS TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES.
SUBJECT(S): DRUG ABUSE, HEALTH
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 52
FILM NUMBER: 10760
ANNOTATION: INFO AND ADVICE ON PERSONAL HYGIENE, NUTRITION AND EXERCISE TO HELP TEENS FEEL AND LOOK BETTER. FOLLOWING THESE STEPS CAN HELP IMPROVE PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND GROW IN CONFIDENCE AND SELF- RESPECT.
SUBJECT(S): HEALTH, HYGIENE, NUTRITION, PHYSICAL FITNESS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 10612
ANNOTATION: SHOWS PEOPLE AND ANIMALS UPSIDE DOWN, RIGHT SIDE UP, SIDE WAYS AND DIAGONALLY. THE FILM PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT EARLY LESSON IN LOOKING AT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
SUBJECT(S): LANGUAGE ARTS, PERCEPTION
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 5
FILM NUMBER: 11003
ANNOTATION: A FANCIFUL TALE WITH A SERIOUS ECOLOGICAL THEME: CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! BASED ON THE BOOK OF THE SAME TITLE BY DR. SEUSS.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 09784
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS HANSBERRY'S UNIQUE VISION, IN HER OWN WORDS AND VOICE. SHOWS EXCERPTS FROM HER PLAYS, INCLUDING A RAISIN IN THE SUN.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, HANSBERRY, LORRAINE, WOMEN
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 35
FILM NUMBER: 11116
ANNOTATION: ANIMALS OF THE WORLD PARADE THROUGH THE VIDEO TO HELP BEGINNING SPANISH STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR VOCABULARY AND GENERAL COMPREHENSION.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, SPANISH LANGUAGE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 11562
ANNOTATION: SPANISH LANGUAGE VIDEO-MYTH-HOW QUETZALCOATL TAMES THE ELEMENTS & CREATED THE SUN & MOON & MIXED CORN WITH HIS OWN BLOOD TO CREATE REAL MEN-THE INDIANS.
SUBJECT(S): INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA, MYTHOLOGY, SPANISH LANGUAGE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 11782
ANNOTATION: ARCHAEOLOGISTS REDISCOVER THE MINOAN COLONY AND HOW THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION DESTROYED AKROTRI AND FOREVER CHANGED THEIR WORLD. EXAMINES CRETE CULTURE.
SUBJECT(S): AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS, MINOAN CIVILZATION
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 11750
ANNOTATION: STORY OF THE DEMISE OF THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION AND THE SECRETS THAT THE ACROPOLIS OF DOS PILAS MAY HOLD IN ANSWERING THE PUZZLE.
SUBJECT(S): ARCHEOLOGY, MAYAS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 07469
ANNOTATION: TELLS OF TWO CHILDREN AS THEY TRY TO COPE WITH THEIR FATHER'S ALCOHOLISM. DRAMATIZES SPECIFIC PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUES AS WELL AS EXPLORING INFORMATION ABOUT HOW ALCOHOLISM AFFECTS A FAMILY.
SUBJECT(S): ALCOHOLISM
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 09556
ANNOTATION: LOUIS JAMES DISCOVERS THE REAL VALUES OF READING AND SPELLING WHETHER IN OR OUT OF SCHOOL. FROM THE BOOK BY BILL MORRISON.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, READING, SCHOOLS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 11987
ANNOTATION: GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANNEXATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. SHOWS THE DEBATE ON THE FLOOR OF CONGRESS OVER THESE ISLANDS.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 10129
ANNOTATION: THE FOLK WISDOM, ARTISTRY AND HUMAN WARMTH OF 94 YEAR-OLD LUTHER METKE, A MAN AT PEACE WITH HIMSELF AND ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE WORLD AROUND HIM.
SUBJECT(S): AGING, METKE, LUTHER
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 10851
ANNOTATION: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND LYRICS FOR EARLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY. VOCABULARY REINFORCEMENT-ZOO, SUPERMARKET, SEASONS.
SUBJECT(S): GERMAN LANGUAGE, GERMANY, LANGUAGES, MODERN
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 35
FILM NUMBER: 10852
ANNOTATION: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND LYRICS FOR EARLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY. VOCABULARY REINFORCEMENT - FAMILY, 5 SENSES AND EIGHT TRIPS.
SUBJECT(S): GERMAN LANGUAGE, GERMANY, LANGUAGES, MODERN
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 35
FILM NUMBER: 09175
ANNOTATION: SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC PLAY AS DRAMATIZED IN THE CLASSIC FILM BY ORSON WELLES. RESTORED, UN-CUT VERSION.
SUBJECT(S): DRAMA, SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 89
FILM NUMBER: 11967
ANNOTATION: CONSIDERS MACBETH'S WORDS, "EVERYMAN IS THE SECRET'ST MAN OF BLOOD." DISCUSSES HIS, AND EVERYMAN'S CAPACITY FOR GOOD AND EVIL WITHIN THE SAME HUMAN HEART. SUGGESTS THAT ALL MEN'S LIVES SIGNIFY SOMETHING.
SUBJECT(S): DRAMA, SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 32
FILM NUMBER: 10659
ANNOTATION: RAMPS AND LEVERS ARE EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE MACH- INES, WHILE EXAMINING A WIDE VARIETY OF MACHINES, VIEWERS LEARN THAT MANY "COMPLEX" MACHINES ARE ACTUALLY COMBINATIONS OF SIMPLE MACHINES.
SUBJECT(S): FORCE AND ENERGY, MACHINERY, PHYSICS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 11588
ANNOTATION: LOOKS AT THE LARGER PICTURE OF SPECIES' CHANGES OVER TIME AS SEEN IN THE FOSSIL RECORD, CONTINEN TAL DRIFT & PLATE TECTONICS, INCLUDES SPECIATION & EXTINCTION, MOLECULAR EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION.
SUBJECT(S): BIOLOGY, EVOLUTION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11928
ANNOTATION: SEE THE BIGGEST ISLAND IN AFRICA AND ITS GORGEOUS SCENERY, THE PEOPLE, HALF AMERICAN AND HALF ASIAN. ALSO EXPLORE THE MYSTERIOUS FAMADIHANA, OR "CULT OF THE DEAD".
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, MADAGASCAR
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10170
ANNOTATION: WHEN A LITTLE GIRL FALLS INTO A RIVER, SHE IS COURAGELY RESCURED BY A DOG.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 7
FILM NUMBER: 10489
ANNOTATION: WITHOUT DIALOGUES THIS VIDEO EXPLORES THE GROW- ING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO CHILDREN AS THEY EXPLORE THE CONFLICTS AND VIOLENCE OF THE STREETS.
SUBJECT(S): HUMAN RELATIONS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 11504
ANNOTATION: OFFERS A PORTRAIT OF THE TRAGEDY OF SCHIZOP HRENIA AND THE SEARCH FOR BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF THE DISEASE.
SUBJECT(S): BRAIN, MENTAL ILLNESS, MIND AND BODY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11683
ANNOTATION: DESCRIBES A MUSICIAN WHO PRODUCES A KALEIDOSCOPE OF FEELINGS-THE MAESTRO OF MOOD SWINGS. COLLAGES BURST INTO LIFE ACCOMPANY BY AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL SCORE.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, CHILDREN'S VIDEO, MARTIN, BILL
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 5
FILM NUMBER: 09511
ANNOTATION: A FILMED TOUR OF THE MALAYSIAN PENINSULA AND THE STATES OF SARAWAK AND SABAH IN NORTH BORNEO.
SUBJECT(S): ASIA, SOUTHEAST
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 11919
ANNOTATION: TRACES THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE NORMAN INVASION IN 1066 TO THE CROWNING OF KING JOHN IN 1199. GIVES BACKGROUND OF FEUDALISM AND SETS THE SCENE FOR THE MEETING AT RUNNYMEDE.
SUBJECT(S): GREAT BRITAIN - HISTORY, HISTORY, MODERN
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11920
ANNOTATION: DRAMATIZES THE EVENTS AFTER THE CROWNING OF JOHN WHICH BROUGHT THE CONFLICT BETWEEN KINGS AND BARONS TO A CLIMAX AND RESULTED IN THE DRAFTING OF THE MAGNA CARTA.
SUBJECT(S): GREAT BRITAIN - HISTORY, HISTORY, MODERN
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 10328
ANNOTATION: FEATURES AN OUTSTANDING TRADITIONAL VERSION OF BACH'S MAGNIFICENT IN D CROSSCUT WITH AN ELECT- RIFYING JAZZ VERSION.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, ORCHESTRA
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 50
FILM NUMBER: 09792
ANNOTATION: PROGRAM HOSTED BY BRIAN GUMBEL AND DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH 12 TEENAGERS WHO OPENLY REVEAL THEIR PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THEY ENCOUNTER DURING THIS PERIOD OF AWAKENING SEXUALITY.
SUBJECT(S): FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 45
FILM NUMBER: 11129
ANNOTATION: HARMONY: CHORD; TONALITY: SCALE, MAJOR, MINOR; MELODY, INTERVAL (STEP, SKIP); TONE: TIMBRE, (SOUND SOURCE, STRINGS, WOODWINDS, BRASS, PERCUS- SION, ORCHESTRA); FORM: TERNARY (ABA)-DIFFERENT- IATE MAJOR & MINOR REVIEW SYMPHONY INSTRUMENTS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 29
FILM NUMBER: 10885
ANNOTATION: OFFERS TANGIBLE EXAMPLES OF HOW FILMS ARE CON- STRUCTED USING OUTTAKES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM SERIES AND INTERVIEWS WITH CAST AND CREW MEMBERS. SHOWS HOW TO MAKE MOVIES YOURSELF.
SUBJECT(S): MOTION PICTURES
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 11543
ANNOTATION: SCHOOL GIRL'S PERSONAL JOURNAL FROM THE LATE 1800'S SHOWS HOW A JOURNAL OF A CHILD'S LIFE TO DAY WOULD BECOME FUTURE HISTORY & AN INSIGHT OF HOW PEOPLE LIVED. FARM AND IMMIGRANT GHETTO LIFE OF 100 YEARS AGO IS SHOWN.
SUBJECT(S): DIARIES, UNITED STATES - HISTORY
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 11467
ANNOTATION: FEATURES A VARIETY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN INVENTORS SUCH AS BENJAMIN BANNECKER, LOUIS LATIMER, GARRETT MORGAN, ALICE PARKER & GRANVILLE T. WOODS-USES ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE. SHOWS THE INGENUITY OF THESE PEOPLE WHO INVENTIONS HAVE HELPED
SUBJECT(S): INVENTIONS, SCIENCE
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 11221
ANNOTATION: CAREER GUIDANCE TO THE FIELD OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING ITS TOOLS, MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND COMPUTERS.
SUBJECT(S): ENGINEERING, OCCUPATIONS, VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 07460
ANNOTATION: EXPLORES WHAT WENT WRONG IN A MEETING WHERE A NEW IDEA WAS PRESENTED AND TEMPERS FLARED. SHOWS WHAT STEPS ARE NEEDED TO PREPARE AND RUN AN EFFECTIVE MEETING.
SUBJECT(S): HUMAN RELATIONS
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10601
ANNOTATION: DEMONSTRATES HOW SOME FRIENDS MAY SEE, HEAR, TALK, AND PLAY DIFFENTLY BECAUSE THEIR EYES, EARS, VOICES, OR LEGS DON'T WORK THE SAME AS OTHER CHILDREN'S.
SUBJECT(S): PHYSICALLY DISABLED
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 9
FILM NUMBER: 11237
ANNOTATION: IN-DEPTH LOOK AT ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO ALASKA.
SUBJECT(S): CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ECOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 11056
ANNOTATION: EFFECTIVE MODELS FOR PLANNING AND USING A 90- MINUTE BLOCK; APPLICABLE AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN ACTIVE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM. USE WITH VIDEO 11057
SUBJECT(S): BLOCK SCHEDULING, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 34
FILM NUMBER: 11828
ANNOTATION: A BROTHER AND SISTER WHO LIVE ON LAKE MALAWI SHOW US SCHOOL, LETTERS FROM PENPALS, COOKING FISH AND FLOUR FOR LUNCH, MIXING MORTAR OF LAKE MUD AND SAND TO REPAIR HOME AND THE SIGNING OF AN DANCING TO AFRICAN MUSIC.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, MALAWI, MUSIC
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 15