FILM NUMBER: 11539
ANNOTATION: CONDENSES THE BIG SIX TO FOUR PARTS. EXCELLENT SUBJECT CONTENT-EMPHASIZES RESOURCES OUTSIDE THE MEDIA CENTER. INTERVIEWS, HISTORIC SOCIETY, ETC. FOR LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER INSTRUCTION.
SUBJECT(S): LIBRARY INSTRUCTION, STUDY, METHOD OF
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11365
ANNOTATION: PROGRAM ONE-USING AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENTS AND SCORING GUIDES. PROGRAM TWO-WRITING AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL.
SUBJECT(S): ASESSMENT, EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, STAFF DEVELOPMENT
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 83
FILM NUMBER: 11366
ANNOTATION: PROGRAM ONE-USING AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENTS AND SCORING GUIDES. PROGRAM TWO-WRITING AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL.
SUBJECT(S): EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL REFORM, EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, STAFF DEVELOPMENT
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 84
FILM NUMBER: 11940
ANNOTATION: TOUR OF MANHATTAN D.A.'S OFFICE WITH ADA LEROY FRAZER, INTERVIEW WITH JILL HENNESSEY, PROFILE OF 2 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WORKED IN D.A.'S OFFICE AND LAW DAZE PROFILE OF LAW STUDENT.
SUBJECT(S): LAW, LAWYERS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 10966
ANNOTATION: THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING, PERHAPS AS A RESULT OF THE BIG BANG, AN EVENT MANY COSMOLOGISTS THINK TOOK PLACE ABOUT 15 BILLION YEARS AGO.
SUBJECT(S): ASTRONOMY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 10978
ANNOTATION: IN 1929, AMERICAN ASTRONOMER EDWIN HUBBLE DIS- COVERED THAT OUR UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING. EXPLAINS HOW THIS ORIGINAL NOTION HAS BEEN RESEARCHED AND WHAT THIS RESEARCH SAYS TO SUPPORT THE BIG BANG THEORY.
SUBJECT(S): ASTRONOMY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 10560
ANNOTATION: IN THIS TOPICAL PROGRAM THE ENVIRONMENT IS THE RAINFOREST. UNDERNEATH ITS CANOPY ARE MANY FASCINATING CREATURES SUCH AS SNAKES, SNAILS, POSSUMS, AND FROGS.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, ECOLOGY, TREES
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11706
ANNOTATION: JOYOUS STORY OF CHILDREN IN A SOUTH AFRICAN SHANTY TOWN WHO ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THE RETURN OF THEIR FATHER FROM THE MINES. ORIGINAL MUSIC CAPTURES JOYS AND TRIALS OF LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, CHILDREN'S VIDEO, ISADORA, RACHEL
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 7
FILM NUMBER: 10937
ANNOTATION: DORSEY BROTHERS BAND, DUKE ELLINGTON, BOSWELL SISTERS, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, PAUL WHITEMAN, BIX BEIDERBECKE, BILL ROBINSON, CHARLIE WELLMAN, BESSIE SMITH, TESSIE MAIZE, TOMMY CHRISTIAN, BEN BERNIE AND RUBY DARBY.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC, BLACK MUSIC, MUSIC
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09347
ANNOTATION: DESCRIBES THE ASPECTS OF ATHENIAN LIFE WHICH MADE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GOLDEN AGE POSSIBLE. INCLUDES DRAMATIC EXCERPTS FROM THE ORESTEIA, ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS OF HISTORIC SITES IN ATHENS AND EXAMPLES OF GREEK ART.
SUBJECT(S): ART - HISTORY, DRAMA, HISTORY, ANCIENT
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09029
ANNOTATION: CONTAINS EASY-TO-FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FOR THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTIVE TAPING OF RIBS, WRIST, FINGERS, ELBOW, ARCH AND ACHILLES TENDON. DEMONSTRATED BY RENOWNED NBA TRAINERS.
SUBJECT(S): FIRST AID, SPORTS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 39
FILM NUMBER: 11136
ANNOTATION: HOMER PAINTED THE SEA LIKE NO OTHER AMERICAN ARTIST. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A REPORTER ARTIST COVERING BOSTON AND NEW YORK AND THE CIVIL WAR. HE STARTED PAINTING AT 23, BEGAN WATERCOLORS AT 37. GREAT REALISTIC PAINTER.
SUBJECT(S): ART, PAINTING
GRADES: K-12
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 09968
ANNOTATION: DISCUSSES RECENT CHANGES IN THE OZONE LAYER AND USES PHOTOS FROM SPACE TO SHOW THE SWIRLING WISPS AND BANDS OF CLOUDS WHICH SURROUND THE EARTH. MAY ALSO BE USED FOR GRADE 7 GIFTED AND TALENTED.
SUBJECT(S): ATMOSPHERE, POLLUTION, WEATHER
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 09911
ANNOTATION: USES TIME LAPSE PHOTOS TO REVEAL PROCESSES IN- VOLVED IN PRODUCTION OF HIGH WINDS, LIGHTNING, HEAVY RAINS, HAIL AND HIGH WAVES. EXAMINES METHODS USED IN METEOROLOGY.
SUBJECT(S): ATMOSPHERE, WEATHER
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 14
FILM NUMBER: 09727
ANNOTATION: ANIMATION AND LIVE ACTION ARE COMBINED TO PRESENT AN UNBIASED EXAMINATION OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE USE OF THE ATOM AND NUCLEAR ENERGY.
SUBJECT(S): ENERGY RESOURCES, NUCLEAR PHYSICS
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 34
FILM NUMBER: 07081
ANNOTATION: AN ANIMATED VERSION OF THE 13TH-CENTURY FRENCH BALLAD ABOUT AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE.
SUBJECT(S): FOLK SONGS, FRENCH LANGUAGE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 16
FILM NUMBER: 09748
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCES THE ABORIGINALS, THE FIRST PEOPLE TO INHABIT THE ISLAND CONTINENT OF AUSTRALIA AND RE- CREATES THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS, CONSISTING OF CONVICTS AND THEIR GUARDS FROM ENGLAND. EX- PLORES THE GREAT OUTBACK,HOME OF MINERS & FARMERS.
SUBJECT(S): AUSTRALIA
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 09843
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THIS COUNTRY SURROUNDED BY SEVEN OTHER COUNTRIES. ITS CENTRAL GEOGRAPHIC POSITION HAS CAUSED IT TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN EUROPEAN HISTORY.
SUBJECT(S): AUSTRIA, EUROPE
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 19
FILM NUMBER: 09353
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND ACTIVITIES OF AUTUMN SET WITHOUT NARRATION AGAINST THE TALL BUILDINGS, STREAMING TRAFFIC, AND CROWDED APART- MENTS OF THE CITY.
SUBJECT(S): CITIES AND TOWNS, COMMUNITY LIFE, SEASONS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 11509
ANNOTATION: 1995 LYNCHING IN MISSISSIPPI OF EMMETT TILL. 1955-1956 MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT THAT FORCED BUS DESEGREGATION. SOUTHERN RACE RELATIONS AT MID- CENTURY AWAKENING OF COURAGE AND POWER OF BLACK AND WHITE ACTIVISTS.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS - CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICANS - SEGREGATION, TILL, EMMETT, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1954-1965
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 11922
ANNOTATION: THE AZTEC CAPITAL WAS RAZED BUT MANY DESCRIP TIONS OF AZTEC LIFE EXIST. THE LEGACY LIVES ON IN MODERN MEXICO CITY. THE PEACEFUL, NOMADIC MAYAN PEOPLE LEFT TEMPLES AT CHICHEN-ITZA AND COPAN.
SUBJECT(S): AZTECS, INDIANS OF MEXICO, MAYAS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 11810
ANNOTATION: BRUNHOFF'S CLASSIC STORIES OF THE ELEPHANT KING FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. SHOWS THE MEETING BETWEEN BABAR AND RATAXAS, THE ENEMY. GOOD LISTENING FOR COMPREHENSION PRACTICE.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, FRENCH LANGUAGE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 77
FILM NUMBER: 11811
ANNOTATION: BRUNHOFF'S CLASSIC STORIES OF THE ELEPHANT KING FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. RELATES THE STORY OF HOW BABAR SAVES CELESTEVILLE. GOOD LISTENING FOR COMPREHENSION PRACTICE.
SUBJECT(S): CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, FRENCH LANGUAGE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 10770
ANNOTATION: POINT OF VIEW OF A TEENAGED COUPLE WHO FACE AN UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY. PRESENTS OPTIONS WITHOUT GIVING ADVICE AND DEMONSTRATES CONSEQUENCES OF OF UNPROTECTED SEX. INVITES VIEWERS TO EXAMINE THEIR FEELINGS, BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES.
SUBJECT(S): FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, PREGNANCY, SEX EDUCATION
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 10886
ANNOTATION: TAKES PARENTS FROM THE DAY THEY LEAVE THE HOSPITAL THROUGH THE OFTEN FRIGHTENING, DIFFICULT AND APPREHENSIVE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THEIR BABY'S DAILY CARE. AUTHENTIC SCENES.
SUBJECT(S): CHILD CARE, INFANTS - CARE AND HYGIENE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 42
FILM NUMBER: 10024
ANNOTATION: COMPARES THE EXPERIENCES OF TWO DIFFERENT BABY- SITTERS. ONE HAS BEEN WELL TRAINED AND PREPARED WHILE THE OTHER LACKS CRITICAL, BASIC SKILLS.
SUBJECT(S): BABY SITTERS
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 10708
ANNOTATION: EXPLANATION OF HOW THE EMI COMPUTER WAS INVENT- ED BY DAVID COPE TO HELP HIS COMPOSER'S BLOCK. THE EXPERIMENTS IN MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTER PROGRAM ANALYZES STYLES OF COMPOSERS AND PRODUCES MUSIC VERY LIKE THAT OF MOZART, BACH AND JOPLIN.
SUBJECT(S): COMPOSERS, COMPUTERS, MUSIC
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 25
FILM NUMBER: 05883
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS THREE OF BACH'S MOST FAMILIAR WORKS, PLAYED IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORMS AND THEN IN VARIOUS CONCEPTS TRANGING FROM ROCK-AND-ROLL TO ELECTRONIC SYNTHESIZER.
SUBJECT(S): BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN, MUSIC, MUSICAL FORM
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 54
FILM NUMBER: 10848
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES TWO CITIES-MIAMI, FLORIDA AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OVERTOWN. CHICAGO AND THE ELECTION HAROLD WASHINGTON. LOOKS BACK AT PEOPLE WHO MADE THE MOVEMENT A FORCE FOR CHANGE.
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS - CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN AMERICANS - HISTORY
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 11522
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES TWO CITIES-MIAMI, FLORIDA AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OVERTOWN & CHICAGO & THE ELECTION OF HAROLD WASHINGTON. A LOOK BACK AT THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE MOVEMENT A FORCE FOR CHANGE IN AMERICA. THOSE WHO WORKED FOR JUSTICE IN THE 50S,
SUBJECT(S): AFRICAN AMERICANS - CIVIL RIGHTS, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1974-1989, WASHINGTON, HAROLD
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 62
FILM NUMBER: 10607
ANNOTATION: AN UNDIAGNOSED CASE OFC DYSLEXIA CAUSES SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS FOR A SENSITIVE, YOUNG BOY.
SUBJECT(S): EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN, READING
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 09768
ANNOTATION: EXPLORES BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HOW BACTERIA ARE BEING MANIPULATED TO DO THINGS WE WANT THEM TO DO.
SUBJECT(S): BACTERIOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 10441
ANNOTATION: REVIEWS THE ECONOMY, TRADE, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT.
SUBJECT(S): HISTORY, ANCIENT
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 29
FILM NUMBER: 11663
ANNOTATION: TRACES THE RAPID & DRAMATIC GROWTH OF THE RAIL ROAD UNTIL IT WAS ECLIPSED AS A PASSENGER CARRIER BY THE AUTOMOBILE & AIRPLANE. EXAMINES THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE RAILROADS IN LIGHT OF NATIONAL NEED.
SUBJECT(S): TRANSPORTATION
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 29
FILM NUMBER: 11768
ANNOTATION: FEATURES TRADITIONAL DANCES OF MEXICO.
SUBJECT(S): DANCING, SPANISH LANGUAGE
GRADES: K-12
MINUTES: 113
FILM NUMBER: 10681
ANNOTATION: LATVIA, ESTONIA, AND LITHUANIA ARE FEATURED IN THIS PROGRAM. A TYPICAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF A LATHVIAN COUPLE AND A LOOK AT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN LITHVANIA ARE STUDIED WHILE IN ESTONIA TWO COUPLES ARE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
SUBJECT(S): EUROPE
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 22
FILM NUMBER: 09252
ANNOTATION: 1ST PROGRAM TELLS ABOUT THE BUILDING OF THE CLIPPER SHIP "PRIDE OF BALTIMORE" AND THE HISTORY OF THE SAILING VESSEL WHICH MADE BALTIMORE FAMOUS. 2ND PROGRAM SHOWS A TYPICAL 18TH CENTURY FARM: CROPS, ANIMALS, TOOLS USED, AND WAY OF LIFE.
SUBJECT(S): FARMS, TRANSPORTATION, UNITED STATES - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 00612
ANNOTATION: SHOWS A SMALL BOY AS HE MAKES MUSIC BY BANGING ON CANS, POTS, AND BOTTLES, AND BY DRAGGING A STICK ALONG A PICKET FENCE.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, RECREATION
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 3
FILM NUMBER: 10776
ANNOTATION: ANNOP, A YOUNG THAI BOY, NARRATES DESCRIPTION OF LIFE IN THAILAND AND CONTRASTS IT TO LIFE IN NORTH AMERICA. PROBLEMS ARE PRESENTED IN A CLEAR CONCISE WAY.
SUBJECT(S): THAILAND
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 07335
ANNOTATION: DEMONSTRATES BASIC PROCEDURES FOR MAKING BREADS AND ROLLS USING A YEAST DOUGH.
SUBJECT(S): COOKERY, FOOD
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 20
FILM NUMBER: 11668
ANNOTATION: HOUR ONE: UNITS 1-6. INCLUDES: WHAT IS STATISTICS? STEMPLOTS, HISTOGRAMS AND DISTRI BUTIONS, MEASURES OF CENTER, BOXPLOTS, THE STANDARD DEVIATION.
SUBJECT(S): MATHEMATICS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 09665
ANNOTATION: BASIC SUBTRACTION CONCEPTS.
SUBJECT(S): MATHEMATICS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 8
FILM NUMBER: 09372
ANNOTATION: BASIC CONCEPTS IN TELLING TIME.
SUBJECT(S): MATHEMATICS, TIME
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 01490
ANNOTATION: SHOWS BASIC CAMERA HANDLING TECHNIQUES, INC. PAN, DOLLY, TRIPOD, AND HAND HELD CAMERA METHODS.
SUBJECT(S): MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTOGRAPHY, TELEVISION, VIDEO RECORDER
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 7
FILM NUMBER: 06902
ANNOTATION: USES STOP-ACTION AND SLOW MOTION TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO ILLUSTRATE A VARIETY OF SIMPLE TUMBLING EXERCISES.
SUBJECT(S): GYMNASTICS
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11118
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF COMPUTER WORD PROCESSING AND PAGE LAYOUT WITH THE POPULAR WORDPERFECT SOFTWARE.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS EDUCATION, WORD PROCESSING
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 38
FILM NUMBER: 05215
ANNOTATION: ILLUSTRATES BASIC RULES FOR MOVIE MAKING, HOW AND WHY TO TAKE CERTAIN SHOTS WITH A MOVIE CAMERA. ACQUAINTS VIEWER WITH CONCEPT OF PICTORIAL CONTINUITY AND SEQUENCE DEVELOPMENT.
SUBJECT(S): MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 11235
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CHEMISTRY-ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF MATTER, ELEMENTS, PERIODIC TABLE, 3 STATES OF MATTER, CHEMICAL FORMULAS, COMPOUNDS AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS.
SUBJECT(S): CHEMISTRY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 11008
ANNOTATION: DESIGNED TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY FIELD BAND WITH AMERICA'S YOUNG MUSICIANS AND TO AID TEACHERS BY FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC MUSICAL AREAS.
SUBJECT(S): BANDS (MUSIC), BASSOON, MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GRADES: K-12
MINUTES: 54
FILM NUMBER: 01303
ANNOTATION: HISTORICAL FOOTAGE AND STILL PICTURES ILLUSTRATE THE WORDS WHILE SUPERIMPOSED WORDS FROM THE SONG ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO SING ALONG.
SUBJECT(S): CITIZENSHIP, MUSIC, UNITED STATES - HISTORY
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 11