FILM NUMBER: 09268
ANNOTATION: TWO 30-MINUTE PROGRAMS ABOUT NUTRITION. TITLES ARE: THE FLIM-FLAM MAN AND GETTING IT ALL TO- GETHER. (NOTE FORMAT)
SUBJECT(S): NUTRITION
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09269
ANNOTATION: FINAL TWO PROGRAMS IN SERIES, 30 MINUTES EACH. TITLES ARE: COUNT: 4-4-3-2 AND THE RACER THAT LOST HIS EDGE. (NOTE FORMAT)
SUBJECT(S): NUTRITION
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09308
ANNOTATION: GERMAN LANGUAGE FILM WHICH EXPLORES THE MONUMENTS AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE HISTORIC CITY OF MUNICH.
SUBJECT(S): GERMAN LANGUAGE, GERMANY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09582
ANNOTATION: PARTS 3 AND 4 IN SERIES. PT. 3 EXAMINES SHAKE- SPEARE'S USE OF THE LANGUAGE AND THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH TO AMERICA'S 13 COLONIES. PT. 4 TRACES SCOTTISH INFLUENCE FROM EMBATTLED NORTHERN IRELAND TO THE AMERICAN MOUNTAIN REGION OF APPALACHIA.
SUBJECT(S): ENGLISH LANGUAGE - HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN, SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 120
FILM NUMBER: 10317
ANNOTATION: CREATIVE SPARKS FLY AS THE TORONTO SYMPHONY PERFORMS WITH NATIVE MUSICIAN AND DANCERS FROM THE ARTIC.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 53
FILM NUMBER: 10228
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO THE HISTORICAL DEVELOP- MENT OF MUSIC DURING THE 12TH CENTURY BY PRESENT- ING SEVERAL WORKS FROM THIS PERIOD.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 55
FILM NUMBER: 09631
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY DEMONSTRATES HOW UNIVERSAL THE HUMAN IMPULSE IS TO MAKE MUSIC. OVERVIEW MOVES CHRONOLOGICALLY BACKWARD FROM LIGETI TO EARLY PAGAN MUSIC.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09632
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY DISCUSSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC FROM THE EARLY MUSIC OF THE EASTERN CHURCH TO THE BIRTH OF THE SECULAR SONG. EXAMPLES PERFORMED BY INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND MUSICAL GROUPS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09633
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY DISCUSSES THE IMPORTANCE OF WEALTHY NOBLES, KINGS, AND THE CHURCH AS PATRONS OF MUSIC. SHOWS HOW MUSIC MOVED AWAY FROM THE ELABORATE FORMALITY OF THE GOTHIC AND FOUND NEWER AND PURER FORMS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09634
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY DISCUSSES THE RENAISSANCE OF MUSIC IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND AND THE MADRIGALS POPULAR AT THE TIME. EXPLORES THE BIRTH OF OPERA IN ITALY AND OF EARLY BALLET IN FRANCE.
SUBJECT(S): DANCING, MUSIC, OPERA
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09635
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF THE REFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF MUSIC, FOCUSING ON THE WORK OF J. S. BACH WHO COMPOSED FOR CHURCH ORGANS AND CHOIR SINGING.
SUBJECT(S): BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN, CHORAL MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09636
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY EXPLORES THE MUSIC OF HANDEL AND OTHER COMPOSERS WHO WROTE FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND KEPT UP WITH POPULAR STYLES.
SUBJECT(S): CHORAL MUSIC, MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09637
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY PRESENTS A STUDY OF THE OPERATIC DEVELOPMENTS WROUGHT BY GLUCK. DISCUSSES VIVALDI AND HAYDN, AND THE NEW IDEAS FOR SYMPHONIC COMPOSITION DEVELOPED AT MANNHEIM.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, ORCHESTRA
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09638
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY DISCUSSES THE WORK OF MOZART AND SCHUBERT. SIR PETER HALL EXAMINES MOZART'S OPERAS. SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES AND MUSICAL GROUPS PRESENT EXAMPLES.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, OPERA, ORCHESTRA
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09639
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY DISCUSSES THE WORKS OF BEETHOVEN, THE MAN WHO ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES WHICH CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY IN 19TH CENTURY EUROPE.
SUBJECT(S): BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN, MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09640
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY EXPLORES THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT AND DEMONSTRATES HOW MUSIC CHANGED AS THE ROMANTICS COMPOSED FOR THEMSELVES AND THE NEW BOURGEOIS AUDIENCE THAT NOW ATTENDED CONCERTS AND HAD PIANOS AT HOME.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09641
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY DISCUSSES COMPOSERS, SUCH AS BERLIOZ AND WAGNER, WHO IDENTIFIED WITH POLIT- ICAL CAUSES IN EUROPE AND EXPRESSED THESE HOPES AND DESIRES IN MUSIC.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09642
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY EXPLORES THE INCREASING ACCEPTANCE OF FOLK MUSIC, THEMES FROM WHICH WERE INCORPORATED IN THE MUSIC OF COMPOSERS WHO TRIED TO EXPRESS THE LANGUAGE, SCENES, AND MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF THEIR HOMELANDS.
SUBJECT(S): FOLK SONGS, MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09643
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY EXAMINES THE EVOLUTION OF RUSSIAN TASTE IN MUSIC DURING THE 19TH CENTURY, FROM A PREFERENCE FOR WESTERN MUSIC TO AN AWARE- NESS OF RUSSIAN FOLK SOURCES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW RUSSIAN STYLE.
SUBJECT(S): FOLK SONGS, MUSIC, SOVIET UNION
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09644
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY DISCUSSES THE TRANSITION FROM ROMANTICISM TO MODERNISM WHICH OCCURRED AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09645
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY SHOWS HOW, DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS, COMPOSERS SOUGHT TO EXPRESS IN MUSIC THEIR SENSE THAT CIVILIZATION WAS GIVING WAY TO BARBARISM. THIS ERA ALSO SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF JAZZ.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09646
ANNOTATION: FLUTIST JAMES GALWAY PRESENTS A BROAD CROSS- SECTION OF MODERN MUSIC AND CURRENT MUSICAL TRENDS. LEADS VIEWER TO SPECULATE ON WHICH MUSICAL STYLE WILL LEAD TO TOMORROW'S CLASSIC.
SUBJECT(S): FORECASTING, MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 11111
ANNOTATION: PLAYERS IN PERIOD COSTUME DEMONSTRATE THE INSTRUMENTS AND SOUNDS OF THE 13TH CENTURY AND DISCUSS MADRIGALS, CANONS, AND ANCIENT INSTRU- MENTS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, RENAISSANCE
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 50
FILM NUMBER: 07106
ANNOTATION: ADAPTED FROM THE SHORT STORY BY JOHN UPDIKE. PORTRAYS A CONTEMPORARY WRITER'S STRUGGLE TO FIND A FOCUS IN HIS LIFE DURING A 24-HOUR PERIOD.
SUBJECT(S): SHORT STORIES
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11265
ANNOTATION: A MINSTREL FROM THE MIDDLE AGES JOINS THE CHARACTERS WHO TRAVEL TO MANY MUSICAL ERAS. THEY JOURNEY THROUGH THE BAROQUE, CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC MUSIC ERAS TO THE PRESENT WHICH IS UP DATAED WITH A SYNTHESIZER DEMONSTRATION.
SUBJECT(S): MIDDLE AGES, MUSIC
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11267
ANNOTATION: DISCOVER HOW A COMPOSER WRITES A SONG BY BEGINNING WITH MUSICAL DESIGN.
SUBJECT(S): COMPOSITION (MUSIC), MUSIC
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 09490
ANNOTATION: COMPARES SUCH MUSICAL GENRES AS ROCK, COUNTRY, GOSPEL, JAZZ, AND CLASSICAL. SEVERAL PERFORMERS PLAY MUSICAL EXAMPLES.
SUBJECT(S): MUSICAL FORM
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 06994
ANNOTATION: DISSECTS BACH'S FUGUE IN G MINOR AND EXPLAINS ITS VARIOUS COMPONENTS, ANALYZING A TYPICAL FUGUE.
SUBJECT(S): BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN, MUSICAL FORM
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 09491
ANNOTATION: FEATURES MODERN AND EARLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE DRUM FAMILY: TIMPANI, SNARE DRUM, TOM TOMS, BASS DRUM, AND ACCESSORIES SUCH AS CYMBALS, TRI- ANGLES, TAMBOURINE, CLAVES, GUIRO, SANDPAPER BLOCKS, CASTANETS, AND MARACAS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 11153
ANNOTATION: BEN BAHAN AND NATHIE MARBURY DO ORIGINAL AMERI- CAN SIGN LANGUAGE ADAPTATIONS OF THESE FOLK TALES. THEY USE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, BODY MOVEMENTS, AND SIGN LANGUAGE FOR THE DEAF.
SUBJECT(S): FOLKLORE, SIGN LANGUAGE
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 45
FILM NUMBER: 09584
ANNOTATION: PARTS 7 & 8 IN SERIES. PT. 7 GIVES AND OVERVIEW OF THE SPREAD OF THE INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH DURING BRITISH COLONIALISM. PT. 8 INVESTIGATES THE IRISH INFLUENCE ON BOTH THE ENGLISH & AMERICAN DIALECTS.
SUBJECT(S): ENGLISH LANGUAGE - HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 120
FILM NUMBER: 11452
ANNOTATION: DEMONSTRATES HOW TO MAKE "MY AMERICA: BUILDING A DEMOCRACY" AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR A SOCIAL STUDIES/ ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM. EACH TAPE IN SERIES ARE HIGHLIGHTED WITH EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES & CONCEPTS TO BE TAUGHT. MODEL LESSONS.
SUBJECT(S): CITIZENSHIP, DEMOCRACY, TEACHING, UNITED STATES - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 57
FILM NUMBER: 10187
ANNOTATION: MARTIN'S BROTHER, TIMMY, IS AFRAID OF ALMOST EVERYTHING. ENCOURAGES CHILDREN TO SHARE EXPER- IENCES AND FEARS. HELPS DEVELOP GREATER SENSITI- VITY TOWARDS OTHERS.
SUBJECT(S): CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, PSYCHOLOGY
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 01065
ANNOTATION: COMBINES ART AND POETRY TO CREATE A CLASSROOM MOOD FOR THIS MONOLOGUE. BASED ON THE POEM BY ROBERT BROWNING.
SUBJECT(S): ART, POETRY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 11977
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS A UKRAINIAN FOLK TALE, BY BECKY REYHER AND RUTH GANNETT, ABOUT A LOST LITTLE GIRL LOOKING FOR HER MOTHER. SHE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD, IF ONLY, PERHAPS, IN THE EYES OF HER SMALL DAUGHTER.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, FOLKLORE, SOVIET UNION
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 9
FILM NUMBER: 10060
ANNOTATION: THIS STORY COVERS CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES AS A SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME ITS BIASES IN THE 1960S.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS - CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICANS - HISTORY, LITERATURE, MINORITIES
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 47
FILM NUMBER: 11533
ANNOTATION: POEM BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON WHICH DEALS WITH LIGHT AND SHADOWS. LEVAR BURTON DEMONSTRATES HOW THEY CAN BE USED TO TELL TIME AND DEMONSTRATES SHADOW PUPPETS.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, LIGHT, SHADES AND SHADOWS, STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09929
ANNOTATION: JEAN C. GEORGE'S NOVEL TELLS OF A YOUNG BOY'S ATTEMPT TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-WORTH BY LIVING ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS FOR A YEAR. RESERV- ED FOR USE AS JR. NOVEL, NOT LOWER THAN 4TH GRADE.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 38
FILM NUMBER: 00876
ANNOTATION: TELLS A STORY ABOUT A BOY WHOSE PET TURTLE DIED AND WHO LATER DISCOVERED THAT A PET CAT HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO A LITTER OF KITTENS. DESIGNED TO STIMU- LATE DISCUSSION ON THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH AND THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): DEATH, PETS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 8
FILM NUMBER: 11545
ANNOTATION: BEGINS WHEN THERE WERE NO CITIES IN AMERICA & WHY CITIES LOCATED WHERE THEY DID & WHY & HOW SOME PROSPERED & GREW WHILE OTHERS DISAPPEARED. SHOWS HOW STREETS, BUILDINGS, NEIGHBORHOODS & MAPS OFFER CLUES TO THE COMMUNITY'S PAST.
SUBJECT(S): COMMUNITY LIFE, GEOGRAPHY, HOUSES
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11465
ANNOTATION: MIGRATION IS THE PERIODIC, DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS FORM ONE REGION TO ANOTHER. EXAMINES MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR OF SPECIES FROM BACTERIAL TO TRUMPETER SWANS. DISCUSSES THEORIES FOR MIGRA TIONS & SENSORY ABILITIES USED BY MIGRATING ANIMAL
SUBJECT(S): SCIENCE
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 11751
ANNOTATION: CONTINUES THE RECONSTRUCTION OF COPAN, THE PEARL OF MAYAN CIVILIZATION. OFTEN CALLED THE "ATHENS OF THE NEW WORLD," THE CIVILIZATION DISAPPEARED ABRUPTLY IN THE NINTH CENTURY A.D.
SUBJECT(S): ARCHEOLOGY, MAYAS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 21
FILM NUMBER: 05234
ANNOTATION: FILM INTENDED TO HELP DETER SHOPLIFTING BY EXPOSING FAULTY BELIEFS (MYTHS) THAT ARE SHARED BY MOST SHOPLIFTERS.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS, CRIME, LAW
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 09095
ANNOTATION: FILM INTENDED TO HELP DETER SHOPLIFTING BY EXPOSING FAULTY BELIEFS (MYTHS) THAT ARE SHARED BY MOST SHOPLIFTERS.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS, CRIME, LAW
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 09621
ANNOTATION: STORY OF 12-YR-OLD CINDY, WHO USES EVERY ARGU- MENT SHE CAN TO GET HER FATHER TO QUIT SMOKING. FINALLY SOMETHING HAPPENS TO MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS MIND, FOR HIS SAKE AND HERS.
SUBJECT(S): FAMILY, SMOKING
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 11133
ANNOTATION: EEPERES IS A MASIA WHO LIVE IN NAIROBI, THE CAPITAL OF KENYA. IT IS A COSMOPOLITAN CITY WHERE MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES HAVE ALWAYS MINGLED. HE IS MEETING HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO IS COMING FROM HER VILLAGE IN THE BUSH FOR A VISIT.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, CITIES AND TOWNS, KENYA
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 10086
ANNOTATION: DISCUSSES BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING CUSTOMER RELATIONS. USE OF A CUSTOMER'S NAME MAKES THEM MORE COMFORTABLE AND FOSTERS A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS EDUCATION, CUSTOMER RELATIONS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 07354
ANNOTATION: PROVIDES A VIVID BACKGROUND FOR READING THE SCARLET LETTER AND THE HOUSE OF GREEN GABLES. PRESENTS BOTH BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS AND HAWTHORNE'S VIEW OF THE WORLD AS A MIXTURE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW.
SUBJECT(S): HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL, LITERATURE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 10072
ANNOTATION: PROVIDES A VIVID BACKGROUND FOR READING THE SCARLET LETTER AND THE HOUSE OF GREEN GABLES. PRESENTS BOTH BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS AND HAWTHORNE'S VIEW OF THE WORLD AS A MIXTURE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW.
SUBJECT(S): HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL, LITERATURE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 06699
ANNOTATION: DISCUSSES THE CRISES WHICH AROSE AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, BEFORE A STRONG FEDERAL GOVERN- MENT WAS DEVELOPED.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1775-1783,
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 17