FILM NUMBER: 11104
ANNOTATION: SALIF KEITA, DEDE ST. PRIX, FELA KNTI, RAY LEMA, BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO, KING SUNNY ADE, LOS VAN VAN, KANDA BONGO MAN, NTSIKANE, JOE ARROYO Y LA VERDAD, MALOMBO, BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS, SOUL BROTHERS, BABA MAAL, IRAKEERE, ABDULLAH IBRAHIM & OTHERS.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS, RHYTHM
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 57
FILM NUMBER: 09822
ANNOTATION: BIOGRAPHY OF WAGNER AND GUIDE TO THE RING CYCLE. SHOWS WAGNER'S DEVELOPMENT AS A COMPOSER AND THEATRICAL VISIONARY.
SUBJECT(S): BIOGRAPHY, MUSIC, OPERA, PERFORMING ARTS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 58
FILM NUMBER: 11245
ANNOTATION: SEE THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BEING USED TO UNLOCK THE SEA'S SECRETS AND THE HOPES OF SCIENT- ISTS FOR THE 21ST CENTRURY.
SUBJECT(S): OCEANOGRAPHY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 30023
ANNOTATION: BUILDS MATH PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WITH A DISCRETE ADVENTURE AND CHALLENGE INCLUDED IN A VIDEO STORY STUDENTS RESCUE PAIGE LITTLEFIELD, A NATIVE AMERICAN, FROM A CAVE ACCIDENT.
SUBJECT(S): MATHEMATICS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 05834
ANNOTATION: DEFINES THE SINE, COSINE, AND TANGENT OFAN ANGLE. DERIVES THE VALUES OF THESE FUNCTIONS FOR 30, 45, AND 60 DEGREES. DESCRIBES BRIEFLY THALES METHOD FOR FINDING THE HEIGHT OF A PYRAMID.
SUBJECT(S): GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 29
FILM NUMBER: 11446
ANNOTATION: CHILDREN DEFINE FREEDOM & EXPLAIN RIGHTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. VIGNETTES FOCUS ON IMPORTANCE OF BILL OF RIGHTS, CONSTITUTION & PREAMBLE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
SUBJECT(S): CITIZENSHIP, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, DEMOCRACY, UNITED STATES - DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11354
ANNOTATION: CLASSROOM EXAMPLES DEMONSTRATE THE SYSTEMIC DEVELOPMENT OF KEY STUDENT SKILLS THROUGH RIGOROUS CURRICULUM & RELEVANT ACADEMIC LEARNING ACTIVITIES. SHIFTING FOCUS OF EDUCATION TO ACCOM MODATE THE SKILLS THAT EMPLOYERS ARE DEMANDING.
SUBJECT(S): ASESSMENT, CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 40
FILM NUMBER: 06334
ANNOTATION: THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE AND INTERACTION OF MEXICAN, SPANISH, INDIAN, AND ANGLO-AMERICAN PEOPLES OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ARE EXPLORED.
SUBJECT(S): RIVERS, SOUTHWEST, NEW, UNITED STATES - DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 07345
ANNOTATION: ESCAPING FROM HIS WIFE INTO THE HILLS WITH HIS DOG, RIP IS GONE LONGER THAN HE EXPECTS. BASED ON THE SHORT STORY BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
SUBJECT(S): IRVING, WASHINGTON, LITERATURE
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 09381
ANNOTATION: ESCAPING FROM HIS WIFE INTO THE HILLS WITH HIS DOG, RIP IS GONE LONGER THAN HE EXPECTS. BASED ON THE SHORT STORY BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
SUBJECT(S): IRVING, WASHINGTON, LITERATURE
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 10124
ANNOTATION: COULD BE USED IN MANY BUSINESS CLASSES. TRACES THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF AMERICAN COMPANIES AND THE COUNTRY'S INDUSTRIAL BASE.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, SOCIAL CHANGE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 57
FILM NUMBER: 05163
ANNOTATION: BEGINNING WITH THE SAAR PLEBISCITE IN 1935, THE FILM SHOWS HOW HITLER LED THE THIRD REICH TO DOM- INATION OVER 15 COUNTRIES. CONCLUDES WITH THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY AND REFERENCE TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE ALLIED CONTROL COMMISSION.
SUBJECT(S): GERMANY - HISTORY, HISTORY, MODERN, WORLD WAR, 1939-1945
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 10589
ANNOTATION: UNNECESSARY RISK TAKING PRESENTS A MAJOR HEALTH DANGER FOR TODAY'S TEENAGERS. DRINKING AND DRIV- ING, DRUG ABUSE, AND SUICIDE HEAD THIS LIST OF THREATS.
SUBJECT(S): DECISION MAKING, SOCIAL PROBLEMS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 09815
ANNOTATION: DISCUSSES HOW A STREAM IS FORMED AND BECOMES A RIVER WHICH FLOWS INTO AN OCEAN. SHOWS HOW SOME CITIES BECAME RIVER PORTS.
SUBJECT(S): CITIES AND TOWNS, GEOGRAPHY, RIVERS, TRANSPORTATION, WATER
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 11527
ANNOTATION: IN RURAL AMERICA CROPS WENT UNSOLD, FARM MORT GAGES WERE CALLED IN, HUNGRY FARMERS PROTESTED & ROBBERIES INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. IN 1932 "PRETTY BOY" FLOYD WAS ROBBING BANKS IN OKLAHOMA THE ARMY WAS DEFENDING WASHINGTON, DC AND FDR WAS ELECTED.
SUBJECT(S): GREAT DEPRESSION, 1929-1939, HOOVER, HERBERT, ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1933-1945, UNITED STATES-HISTORY-1919-1933
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09945
ANNOTATION: FILM VISITS THE PONTIAC DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS TO EXAMINE IMPACT OF W. EDWARDS DEMING'S MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY AFTER 3 YEARS OF IMPLEMENT- TATION AT THE FIERO PLANT.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS EDUCATION
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 10241
ANNOTATION: ATTEMPTS TO CONVEY THE DYNAMICS OF A CHILD- PARENT RELATIONSHIP IN A SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY THROUGH THE MAIN CHARACTER'S FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
SUBJECT(S): FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10168
ANNOTATION: ROBERT MCCLOSKEY DISCUSSES THE VARIOUS EXPER- IENCES WHICH HAVE SHAPED HIS WORK.
SUBJECT(S): AUTHORS, MCCLOSKEY, ROBERT
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 11993
ANNOTATION: AS HE TALKS ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORK, THE AUTHOR OF THE POPULAR HOMER PRICE BOOKS SHOWS HOW CRAFTSMANSHIP MUST GO HAND IN HAND WITH INSPIRATION.
SUBJECT(S): AUTHORS, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, ILLUSTRATORS, MCCLOSKEY, ROBERT
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 10169
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS FIVE POPULAR STORIES BY ROBERT MCCLOSKEY.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE, MCCLOSKEY, ROBERT
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 55
FILM NUMBER: 06565
ANNOTATION: SHOWS ROBERTA FLACK, A BLACK SINGER AND PIANIST, DURING SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCES. ROBERTA DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF A MIXED MARRIAGE AND DUAL CAREERS.
SUBJECT(S): BIOGRAPHY, FLACK, ROBERTA, MUSIC
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10035
ANNOTATION: BASIC INTORDUCTION INTO THE ROBOT AND THEIR USE IN INDUSTRY. TYPICAL TASKS ASSIGNED TO ROBOTS ARE ILLUSTRATED.
SUBJECT(S): INDUSTRY, ROBOTS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 00956
ANNOTATION: AN ANIMATED FILM DESIGNED TO STIMULATE DISCUSS- SION OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHERS IN SOCIETY. PORTRAYS THE REACTIONS OF FOUR MEN WHO TRIP OVER A ROCK.
SUBJECT(S): ETHICS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 6
FILM NUMBER: 11973
ANNOTATION: AN ANIMATED FILM DESIGNED TO STIMULATE DISCUSSION OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHERS IN SOCIETY. PORTRAYS THE REACTIONS OF FOUR MEN WHO TRIP OVER A ROCK.
SUBJECT(S): ETHICS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 6
FILM NUMBER: 11893
ANNOTATION: SHOWS HOW COMMON ROCKS AND MINERALS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY COLOR, TEXTURE, HARDNESS, STREAK, AND OTHER STANDARD PROCEDURES.
SUBJECT(S): GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, ROCKS
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 11887
ANNOTATION: DISCUSSES THE FORMATION OF IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS WITHIN THE EARTH'S CRUST. CONDITIONS OF THEIR FORMATION ARE RECONSTRUCTED.
SUBJECT(S): EARTH, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, ROCKS
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 30002
ANNOTATION: BY EXAMINING NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS THIS FILM DEMONSTRATES THE CONCEPTS OF ADAPTION AND INTER- DEPENDENCY.
SUBJECT(S): ADAPTATION (BIOLOGY), ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 11160
ANNOTATION: STRETCHING FROM MEXICO TO CANADA WITH SOME OF AMERICA'S MOST SCENIC VISTAS THE ROCKYS HOLD MOST OF THE TRUE WILDERNESS IN AMERICA & ARE HOME TO SOME LARGE AND MAGNIFICENT WILDLIFE SPECIES.
SUBJECT(S): MOUNTAIN ANIMALS, MOUNTAINS, WILDLIFE
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10893
ANNOTATION: DRAMA OF A MISSISSIPPI AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY'S STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEIR LAND AND THEIR DIGNITY DURING THE DEPRESSION SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF CASSIE LOGAN. NEWBERY AWARD WINNING BOOK BY MILDRED TAYLOR.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 95
FILM NUMBER: 11419
ANNOTATION: MILDRED TAYLOR'S 1977 NEWBERY MEDAL, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST, BOSTON GLOBE - HORN BOOK HONOR BOOK, PACIFIC NW LIBRARY ASSOC. YOUNG READ ERS' CHOICE AWARD WINNER. SET IN MISSISSIPPI DUR ING THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930'S
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, LITERATURE
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 45
FILM NUMBER: 07286
ANNOTATION: ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF ROLLER SKATING SAFETY EQUIPMENT, STRESSING THE NEED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND DISCUSSES BASIC SKATING SAFETY ON SIDEWALKS AND STREETS.
SUBJECT(S): SAFETY EDUCATION, SPORTS
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10911
ANNOTATION: ON LOCATION FILMING OF ANCIENT EVENTS RECON- STRUCTED BY MODERN COMPUTERS SHOWS GLADIATORIAL COMBAT AS PURE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE HEART OF ROMAN POLITICAL POWER AND CULTURE. ORIGIN OF VIOLENCE AS MASS ENTERTAINMENT.
SUBJECT(S): HISTORY, ANCIENT, ROME
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 50
FILM NUMBER: 11531
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES THE ROMAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, COMMERCE, AND CULTURAL ASSIMILATION THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE.
SUBJECT(S): ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY, ANCIENT, ROMAN ARCHITECTURE, ROMAN ART, ROME - ANTIQUITIES
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09847
ANNOTATION: DESCRIBES HOW ROMANS IMITATED THE GREEK IDEALS AND EMERGED AS RULER OF THE KNOWN WORLD. OUTLINES CONQUESTS, WARS, POLITICAL INTRIGUES, AND THE FACTORS WHICH LED TO THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE.
SUBJECT(S): HISTORY, ANCIENT
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 09840
ANNOTATION: DESCRIBES THE EARLY BEGINNINGS OF THE ROMAN EM- PIRE, PUNIC WARS, ETC. USES MAPS TO TRACE HISTORY AND BATTLES. INCLUDES DISCUSSION OF LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT, ART, AND SCULPTURE.
SUBJECT(S): ART - HISTORY, HISTORY, ANCIENT
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 09151
ANNOTATION: THE FAMOUS ROMANTIC WAY BEGINS IN WURZBURG AT THE MARIENBERG FORTRESS, CONTINUES ALONG THE TAUBER RIVER TO ROTHENBURG. MANY TOWERS, WALLS, AND OLD BUILDINGS CAN BE SEEN IN THE CITIES OF OLD GERMANY. (IN GERMAN)
SUBJECT(S): GERMAN LANGUAGE, GERMANY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 10881
ANNOTATION: JOIN RESEARCHERS AS THEY UNCOVER FACTS FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE-POMPEII, HADRIAN'S WALL, THE COLOSSEUM, VESUVIUS AND THE MIGHTY ROMAN MILITARY.
SUBJECT(S): ART - HISTORY, HISTORY, ANCIENT, ROME - ANTIQUITIES
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 48
FILM NUMBER: 09185
ANNOTATION: FILM ADAPTATION OF CLASSIC TRAGEDY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, DIRECTED BY FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI AND STARRING OLIVIA HUSSEY.
SUBJECT(S): DRAMA, SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 138
FILM NUMBER: 11667
ANNOTATION: SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEGENDS OF A NATION AND ITS HISTORY. DESCRIBES THE EXPLOITS OF SOME AMERICAN LEGENDARY HEROES SUCH AS JOHNNY APPLESEED, PECOS BILL, DAVY CROCKETT, JOHN HENRY, AND OTHERS.
SUBJECT(S): FOLKLORE, FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE, UNITED STATES - HISTORY
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10867
ANNOTATION: ANIMATED PRESENTATION OF SOURCES OF ENERGY: FOSSIL FUELS WIND, WATER, SOLAR, AND NUCLEAR. DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY AND TO STIMULATE AN INTEREST IN ENERGY CONSERVATION.
SUBJECT(S): CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY RESOURCES, SOLAR ENERGY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 9
FILM NUMBER: 10096
ANNOTATION: ILLUSTRATES HOW THE GREAT DEPRESSION INFLUENCED FDR'S ELECTION AS PRESIDENT. HIS FIRESIDE CHATS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN CONTROLLING PUBLIC OPINION AND OVERCOMING BUSINESS'S OPPOSTION TO THE NEW DEAL, CHANGING THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN SOCIETY.
SUBJECT(S): PRESIDENTS - UNITED STATES, ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO, UNITED STATES - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 11100
ANNOTATION: KINGSTON, JAMAICA, L997-FLASHPOINT YEAR FOR REG- GAE AND JAMAICA A RARE GLIMPSE INTO THE ROOTS OF REGGAE. JIMMY CLIFF, BOB MARLEY, TOOTS & THE MAYTAFS, JACOB MILLER & INNER CIRCLE, ABYSINNIANS, LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY, RAS MICHAEL & SONS OF NEGUS.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICA, FOLK SONGS, MUSIC
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 00556
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS THE CORRECT HANDLING OF THE ROPE AND THE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS NECESSARY FOR IMPROVING MOVEMENT AND COORDINATION.
SUBJECT(S): PHYSICAL FITNESS, RECREATION
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 07366
ANNOTATION: FAITHFUL ADAPTATION OF THE SHORT STORY BY WILLIAM FAULKNER: HIGHLY CHARACTERISTIC IN CONTENT LANGUAGE, CHARACTERS, STYLE OF PRESENTATION. RESTRICTED TO SENIOR HIGH.
SUBJECT(S): FAULKNER, WILLIAM, SHORT STORIES
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 11634
ANNOTATION: "IT'S YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN BE THE MAN OR WOMAN YOU REALLY WANT TO BE." WITH THIS ATTITUDE, ROSEY GRIER OVERCAME PAINFUL SHYNESS, REJECTION AND FAILURES TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
SUBJECT(S): BIOGRAPHY, SELF PERCEPTION, SPORTS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 01021
ANNOTATION: TELLS THE STORY OF A HEN'S WALK THROUGH A BARN- YARD AND OF THE FOX WHO STALKS BEHIND HER. BASED ON THE BOOK BY PAT HUTCHINS.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 5
FILM NUMBER: 05316
ANNOTATION: SHOWS THROUGH HUMOROUS SITUATIONS WHAT A WORLD WITHOUT RULES WOULD BE LIKE.
SUBJECT(S): ETHICS, HUMAN RELATIONS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 11712
ANNOTATION: RETELLING OF THE GRIMMS BROTHERS FAIRY TALE WHICH IS ABOUT DECEPTION AND LIVING A LIE.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, CHILDREN'S VIDEO, ZELINSKY, PAUL O.
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 10739
ANNOTATION: ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE 1917-1935 WOVEN WITH IMAGES OF NATION IN CRISIS. STORIES OF STEEL WORKER, MOSCOW POLICE CHIEF AND NEW ENTREPRENEUR AGAINST BACKDROP OF USSR BREAKUP AND TODAY'S HISTORIC CHANGES.
SUBJECT(S): CAPITALISM, COMMUNISM, RUSSIA, SOVIET UNION
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 58
FILM NUMBER: 11798
ANNOTATION: WITNESS BEJEWELED ICONS, GOLDEN CHURCHES AND TOWERING URAL MOUNTAINS, SIBERIA. ST. PETERS BURG, THE WINTER PALACE, RED SQUARE AND LENIN'S MAUSOLEUM IN MOSCOW.
SUBJECT(S): RUSSIA:
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 60