FILM NUMBER: 11918
ANNOTATION: HOME OF 18,000,000 MOSTLY MUSLIM, 60% JUNGLE. A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY WITH ITS CAPITAL IN KUALA LUMPUR. 1/3 CHINESE; 85% SPEAK MALAY. MOST ARE FARMERS AND FISHERMEN. SINGAPORE IS AN ECONOMIC TIGER WITH MANY BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE.
SUBJECT(S): MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 50
FILM NUMBER: 11684
ANNOTATION: MILES POSSUM RECEIVES A BIRTHDAY GIFT OF A SHINY NEW SAXOPHONE, BECOMES INVOLVED IN THE SWAMP BAND WHICH PLAYS FOR THE ALLIGATORS ON A RIVERBOAT.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, CHILDREN'S VIDEO, HURD, THACHER
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 09386
ANNOTATION: SHOWS CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIOR OF MAMMALS AS TO THEIR MOVEMENT, CARING FOR OFFSPRING, AND BUILDING OR SEEKING SHELTER.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 09864
ANNOTATION: EXPLORES THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF MAMMALS AND HOW, DESPITE THEIR SIMILARITIES, MAMMALS COME IN ALL SIZES AND SHAPES AND ARE FOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 10869
ANNOTATION: AN AMERICAN SHORT STORY BY AMBROSE BIERCE. PERFORMED BY ACTORS STUDENTS WILL RECOGNIZE.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE, SHORT STORIES
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 07357
ANNOTATION: DRAMATIZATION OF THE SHORT STORY BY MARK TWAIN WHICH STRIPS AWAY THE VENEER OF HADLEYBURG, JUST ABOUT THE MOST HONEST TOWN ONE COULD FIND.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE, TWAIN, MARK
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 40
FILM NUMBER: 11385
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO SEEMED TO LEARN HOW TO FLY, BUT WHO HAD GOOD REASON TO KEEP THE SECRET TO HIMSELF.
SUBJECT(S): FOLKLORE, JAPAN
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 05854
ANNOTATION: SHOWS THE MASTER VIOLINIST PLAYING THE VIOLIN, PURSUING HIS OUTSIDE INTERESTS, AND ENJOYING HIS FAMILY.
SUBJECT(S): BIOGRAPHY, MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STERN, ISAAC
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09362
ANNOTATION: A DRAMATIZATION OF EDWARD EVERETT HALE'S CLAS- SIC STORY OF PHILIP NOLAN, THE MAN WHO RENOUNCED HIS COUNTRY.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 06682
ANNOTATION: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY INSIDE A WONDROUS AND SELDOM-SEEN UNIVERSE: THE HUMAN BODY.
SUBJECT(S): PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 09365
ANNOTATION: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY INSIDE A WONDROUS AND SELDOM-SEEN UNIVERSE: THE HUMAN BODY.
SUBJECT(S): PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 10074
ANNOTATION: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY INSIDE A WONDROUS AND SELDON-SEEN UNIVERSE. THE HUMAN BODY.
SUBJECT(S): BIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 06357
ANNOTATION: SHOWS SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF MAN'S EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FROM THE TIME OF THE EAR- LIEST COLONISTS, AND RAISES QUESTIONS AS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES PROVIDE.
SUBJECT(S): CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 11053
ANNOTATION: GROUPING STRUCTURES, PROCEDURES AND GROUP ASSESSMENTS, SET STANDARDS STUDENTS CAN UNDER- STAND, SEE NEED FOR TEAMING AND SUPPORT STRUC- TURES. USE WITH VIDEO 11052
SUBJECT(S): HOMOGENEOUS/HETEROGENEOUS GROUPING, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 40
FILM NUMBER: 10485
ANNOTATION: THIS FILM DISCUSSES AND DRAMATIZES KEY POINTS WHICH CAN HELP ANY ORGANIZATION FACING CHANGE ACCOMPLISH A SMOOTH TRANSITION WHILE MAINTAINING PRODUCTIVITY AND MORALE.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS EDUCATION
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 19
FILM NUMBER: 10346
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCES SIX MANUFACTURING PROCESSES: SEPARA- TING, CUTTING, FORMING, CASTING, CONDITIONING, ASSEMBLING, AND FURISHING. VISITS TO WORKING SITES ARE USED TO ILLUSTRATE THESE CONCEPTS.
SUBJECT(S): INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION, INDUSTRY
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 10348
ANNOTATION: TO STAY AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION, MANUFACTURERS MUST PLAN FOR QUALITY CONTROL, PRODUCTIVITY, AND FOR NEW PRODUCTS. VIEWERS VISIT SEVERAL WORKING LOCATIONS, APPLYING PRACTICAL EXAMPLES TO THEORY.
SUBJECT(S): INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION, INDUSTRY
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10338
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCES INTERMITTENT, CONTINOUS, AND CUSTOM MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND THEIR ESSENTIAL ELE- MENTS.
SUBJECT(S): INDUSTRY
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 10919
ANNOTATION: THE SIMPLE SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF DETERMINING LOCATION-BY MEANS OF A MAP GRID-IS DESCRIBED, AND ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OUTLINED.
SUBJECT(S): GEOGRAPHY, LATITUDE
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 10672
ANNOTATION: EXPLAINS ELEMENTS OF LATITUDE, LONGITUDE AND SCALE IN MAP READING THROUGH THE USE OF ANIMATION AND FACTUAL SITUATIOS. DIVIDED INTO THREE DISTINCT SEGMENTS THE PROGRAM. BUILDS MAP SKILLS AND VOCABULARY.
SUBJECT(S): MAPS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11764
ANNOTATION: CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN EAST AND WEST LONGITUDE AND TO USE TIME MEASUREMENTS TO FIND LONGITUDE.
SUBJECT(S): MAPS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11765
ANNOTATION: CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH SPECIAL FEATURES ON MAPS SUCH AS COLOR AND LINES TO DETERMINE ELEVATION, ETC.
SUBJECT(S): MAPS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 11766
ANNOTATION: CHILDREN WILL SEE HOW SCALE DETERMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTANCE ON A MAP AND THE DISTANCE A MAP REPRESENTS AND HOW SCALE CAN BE REPRESENTED WITH A RATIO OR BAR SCALE.
SUBJECT(S): MAPS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 11767
ANNOTATION: LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO BUILD A CABIN, LANCE CONSULTS DIFFERENT KINDS OF MAPS LOOKING AT VEGETATION, RAINFALL, ELEVATION, TRANSPORTATION, NATURAL RESOURCES AND POPULATION BEFORE MAKING HIS DECISION.
SUBJECT(S): MAPS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 10920
ANNOTATION: THIS PROGRAM TEACHES AN UNDERSTANDING OF MAP LEGENDS, AND THE TECHNIQUES OF IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING INFORMATION THROUGH DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES OF SYMBOLS.
SUBJECT(S): GEOGRAPHY, MAPS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 11544
ANNOTATION: TEACHES COMMON & PRACTICAL USES FOR MAPS, EXAMPLES OF HOW SYMBOLS ON A MAP STAND FOR REAL FEATURES. EXPLAINS RELIEF, RAISED RELIEF, TOPOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, POPULATION & OTHER KINDS OF MAPS.
SUBJECT(S): MAPS
GRADES: K-09
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 10479
ANNOTATION: DISCUSSES THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA.
SUBJECT(S): DRUG ABUSE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 10364
ANNOTATION: A COMPUTER SALESMAN, TRAPPED IN HIS PREDICTABLY ROUTINE LIFE, IS APPROACHED BY ANOTHER COMPANY OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 10240
ANNOTATION: HIGH ON MARIJUANA, TWO TEENAGERS ARE CAUGHT WITH A STOLEN CAR. DURING THE FOLLOWING INTERROGATION MARK FORCES THE ENTIRE BLAME UPON DONNY, THE PRODUCT, OF AN ABUSIVE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT.
SUBJECT(S): CHILD ABUSE, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10818
ANNOTATION: HAL HOLBROOK'S CLASSIC IMPERSONATION OF MARK TWAIN IS RECREATED IN THIS INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR OF SOME OF THE MOST BELOVED AND WIDELY READ WORKS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE.
SUBJECT(S): AUTHORS, LITERATURE, TWAIN, MARK
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10111
ANNOTATION: TAKEN FROM A SELECTION OF TWAIN'S ESSAYS, SPEECHES, AND STORIES, THIS LITERARY PORTRAYAL OF SAMUAL CLEMENS IS PRESENTED BY RICHARD HENZEL POSING AS THE FAMOUS HUMORIST.
SUBJECT(S): AUTHORS, TWAIN, MARK
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 21
FILM NUMBER: 09902
ANNOTATION: TRACES THE VOYAGE OF FATHER MARQUETTE AND LOUIS JOLLIET TO THE AMERICAN MIDWEST, COVERING OVER 3,000 MILES IN CANOES. REENACTS THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THE INDIANS.
SUBJECT(S): AMERICA - EXPLORATION, MIDDLE WEST, VOYAGES AND TRAVELS
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 11148
ANNOTATION: TRAVEL ABOARD VOYAGER TO EXPLORE MARS'S SURFACE. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE FUTURE EXPLORATION OF "OUR MYSTERIOUS NEIGHBOR", INSPIRES DREAMS AND FANTASIES.
SUBJECT(S): SOLAR SYSTEM
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 6
FILM NUMBER: 11478
ANNOTATION: WHEN THEY CRASH THEIR HOT-AIR BALLOON INTO A SALTWATER MARSH, MARTIN & CHRIS ARE TREATED TO THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS & PREDATORS OF THE MARSH. WINGS! PONDERS THE MYSTERIES OF HOW BIRDS FLY-FROM EVOLU TION TO MAN'S DUPLICATION OF THE PHYSICS OF FLIGHT
SUBJECT(S): BIRDS, MARSHES, WETLANDS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09889
ANNOTATION: TRACES THE EVENTS WHICH LED UP TO DR. KING'S ARREST IN BIRMINGHAM IN 1963 FOR PROTESTING SEGREGATION. HIS LETTER WRITTEN FROM JAIL PRESENTS THE BASIC IDEAS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS - CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICANS - HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, HUMAN RELATIONS, KING, MARTIN LUTHER
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 05772
ANNOTATION: DR. KING EXPRESSES HIS PHILOSOPHY OF NON- VIOLENCE, HIS THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE PATH OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE ROLE OF ORGANIZED RELIGION IN BRINGING ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE, AND HIS FEELINGS ABOUT DEATH. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS - CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICANS - HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, KING, MARTIN LUTHER, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 09228
ANNOTATION: DR. KING EXPRESSES HIS PHILOSOPHY OF NON- VIOLENCE, HIS THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE PATH OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE ROLE OF ORGANIZED RELIGION IN BRINGING ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE, AND HIS FEELINGS ABOUT DEATH. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS - CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICANS - HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, KING, MARTIN LUTHER, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 28
FILM NUMBER: 10109
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS THE EVENTS PRIOR TO KING'S JAILING IN BIRMINGHAM. HIS WATERSHED LETTER, WRITTEN WHILE DETAINED, MARKED A TURNING POINT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND IS REVEALED IN THIS CONTEXT.
SUBJECT(S): KING, MARTIN LUTHER
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 07426
ANNOTATION: MARTIN IS A RUSSIAN COBBLER WHO LIVES ALONE AND HAS LOST ALL INTEREST IN LIFE, UNTIL HE DISCOVERS NEW MEANINGS BY MEDITATING OVER OLD TRUTHS. FROM THE STORY BY LEO TOLSTOY.
SUBJECT(S): GERMAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 09333
ANNOTATION: EXPLORES THE HISTORICAL AND CURRENT DIMENSIONS OF KARL MARX THROUGH DRAMATIZED INTERVIEWS WITH THOSE WHO KNEW HIM, ANIMATED EXPLANATIONS OF HIS MAJOR TENETS, AND DOCUMENTARY TREATMENT OF THE MONUMENTAL CHANGES WROUGHT IN HIS NAME.
SUBJECT(S): BIOGRAPHY, COMMUNISM, HISTORY, MODERN, MARX, KARL
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 07417
ANNOTATION: USING STILLS AND ON - LOCATION FOOTAGE OF THE PLACES SHE PAINTED, FILM ILLUSTRATES THE LIFE OF MARY CASSATT, ONE OF THE FOREMOST AMERICAN ARTISTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
SUBJECT(S): ART, CASSATT, MARY, PAINTING
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11532
ANNOTATION: WITH ONLY $1.50 & 5 STUDENTS IN A POOR BLACK COMMUNITY SHE CREATED A SCHOOL THAT GREW INTO WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS BETHUNE-COOKMAN COLLEGE. PRESI DENTS SOUGHT HER ADVICE. FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HEAD A FEDERAL AGENCY. FDR APPOINTED HER TO GVT.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS, AFRICAN AMERICANS - CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICANS - HISTORY, BETHUNE, MARY MCLEOD
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 09083
ANNOTATION: THREE 20-MINUTE PROGRAMS: EARLY TIDEWATER, REVOLUTIONARY TIMES, AND FRONTIER.
SUBJECT(S): MARYLAND
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09084
ANNOTATION: THREE 20-MINUTE PROGRAMS: BALTIMORE, THE EASTERN SHORE, AND THE SOUTHERN SHORE.
SUBJECT(S): MARYLAND
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09085
ANNOTATION: THREE 20-MINUTE PROGRAMS: THE CENTRAL REGION, THE WESTERN REGION, AND FOLKWAYS.
SUBJECT(S): MARYLAND
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09160
ANNOTATION: ORIGINAL SLIDE TAPE PROGRAM PRODUCED BY ANNE ARUNDEL CO. PUB. SCHOOLS. THIS TWO-PART PROGRAM ON VIDEOTAPE TRACES MARYLAND HISTORY AND RECORDS THE CELEBRATIONS HELD IN ANNAPOLIS AND ST. MARY'S CITY MARKING MARYLAND'S 350TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1984.
SUBJECT(S): MARYLAND
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 32
FILM NUMBER: 11711
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES THE USE OF MASKS IN MANY OF THE WORLD'S CULTURES. LIVE ACTION SHOWS THE VARIED WORLD OF MASKS AND HOW THEY ARE USED IN FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND RELIGIOUS LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): ART
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10047
ANNOTATION: DETECTIVE SLATER GUIDES STUDENTS THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES WHILE STUDYING THE MYSTERIES OF MASS, DENSITY, VOLUME, WEIGHT, GRAVITY, AND BUOYANCY.
SUBJECT(S): FORCE AND ENERGY, GRAVITATION, MATTER, PHYSICS
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 19
FILM NUMBER: 00443
ANNOTATION: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRAVITATIONAL MASS AND INERTIAL MASS IS DEMONSTRATED BY SIMULATING THE BEHAVIOR OF A BOWLING BALL, AT THE NORTH POLE, AT THE EQUATOR, ON THE MOON, AND IN SPACE.
SUBJECT(S): GRAVITATION, PHYSICS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 11415
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS A DRAMATIZATION OF THE STRIKE AT THE HOMESTEAD STEEL MILLS IN 1892 WHICH ENDED IN VIOLENCE AND BLOOD SHED. THE OUTCOME OF THE STRIKE AFFECTED ORGANIZED LABOR FOR DECADES.
SUBJECT(S): LABOR
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 26