FILM NUMBER: 10310
ANNOTATION: DOCUMENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISABLED SUCH AS JOHN MCGOUGH. JOHN WAS BORN WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME.
SUBJECT(S): EDUCATION, EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 36
FILM NUMBER: 11435
ANNOTATION: COACH SPEAKS FIRST WITH ONE STUDENT, THEN A GROUP ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES WITH PREJUDICE. CLEAR LOGICAL PROGRESSION FROM INDIVID UAL PROBLEMS TO LARGER ISSUES & GENERALIZATIONS- ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR ELEMENTARY-MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SUBJECT(S): DISCRIMINATION, HUMAN RELATIONS, PREJUDICES, RACE RELATIONS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 11414
ANNOTATION: SHOWS HOW ANDREW CARNEGIE, AFTER AMASSING A LARGE PERSONAL FORTUNE IN AMERICAN BUSINESS, GAVE HIS WEALTH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE FORM OF LIBRARIES, FOUNDATION AND ENDOWMENTS.
SUBJECT(S): CARNEGIE, ANDREW, INDUSTRY, MONEY, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 10698
ANNOTATION: A "NEGATIVE" CARTOON ROLE MODEL FANTASY SUPER- HERO ENTERS BOY'S WORLD TO ENCOURAGE HIS DESTRUC- TIVE BEHAVIOR. INSTEAD THEY BOTH LEARN TO STOP, STEP BACK AND THINK BEFORE REACTING.
SUBJECT(S): ANGER, EMOTIONS, HUMAN RELATIONS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 09417
ANNOTATION: SHOWS THE BEHAVIORAL AND STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE TUNDRA AREAS OF NORTH AMERICA.
SUBJECT(S): ADAPTATION (BIOLOGY), ANIMALS
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 09435
ANNOTATION: DESCRIBES CHANGING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR FROM BIRTH AND EXPLAINS STIMULUS AND RESPONSE.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 10298
ANNOTATION: EXPLAINS HOW THE PROCESS OF STIMULUS/RESPONSE WORKS WITH ANIMALS AND HOW IT CAN BE TESTED THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION. ALSO DEMONSTRATES HOW ANIMAL BEHAVIOR IS CLASSIFIED SCIENTIFICALLY.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 09664
ANNOTATION: SHOWS THAT, FOR MANY ANIMALS, THE INTERACTION WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT HAS RESULTED IN COLORS AND PATTERNS THAT GIVE THE ANIMALS PROTECTION FROM THEIR ENEMIES AND DISGUISES THEM FROM THEIR PREY.
SUBJECT(S): ADAPTATION (BIOLOGY), ANIMALS, NATURE STUDY
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 9
FILM NUMBER: 10206
ANNOTATION: THE RELATIONSHIP OF ANIMALS TO THEIR SURROUND- INGS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH EACH OTHER ARE EXPLORED IN THIS FILM. CLARIFIES THE CONCEPTS OF ENVIRONMENT, POPULATION, ETC.
SUBJECT(S): ECOLOGY
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 09159
ANNOTATION: CARTOON FEATURE BASED ON NOVEL BY GEORGE ORWELL, IN WHICH FARM ANIMALS REVOLT AGAINST A CRUEL FARMER AND SET UP A SOCIETY OF THEIR OWN.
SUBJECT(S): LITERATURE, PSYCHOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 72
FILM NUMBER: 10447
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCES TIDES, TIDEPOOLS, AND THE VARIED LIFE FORMS THAT MAY BE FOUND IN THE TIDEPOOL'S ENVIRONMENT.
SUBJECT(S): BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 12
FILM NUMBER: 09418
ANNOTATION: SHOWS MOUNTAIN SHEEP, MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, WHALES, ELEPHANTS, SEALS AND SALMON MIGRATING IN SEARCH OF FOOD AND BREEDING PLACES.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, ECOLOGY, NATURE STUDY
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 09656
ANNOTATION: OBSERVES SEVERAL DIFFERENT PREDATORS AND THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN KEEPING A BALANCE BETWEEN AN ANIMAL POPULATION AND ITS FOOD SUPPLY. EXCELLENT FILM FOR SHOWING COMMUNITIES, BACK-BONED ANIMALS AND PREDATORS.
SUBJECT(S): ADAPTATION (BIOLOGY), ANIMALS, ECOLOGY
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 09598
ANNOTATION: PROVIDES A LOOK AT THE UNUSUAL ART OF SCULPTOR JON BEAFORD AND EXPLORES HIS INTEREST IN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
SUBJECT(S): ENDANGERED SPECIES, SCULPTURE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 7
FILM NUMBER: 11592
ANNOTATION: FEATURES COMMON TO ALL ANIMALS A MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM FOR MOTION PLUS HOMEOSTASIS & FEEDBACK FOR EQUILIBRIUM.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, BIOLOGY, MUSCLES, SKELETON
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11957
ANNOTATION: DOMESTIC ANIMAL LAWS AND LAWS GOVERNING ANIMAL TESTING AND RESEARCH. ALTERNATIVES TO DISSECTION IN JHU LABS, SNIFF DOGS OF THE U.S. CUSTOMS POOCH POLICE WHO ENFORCE DOG LAWS IN L.A.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, LAW
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 10673
ANNOTATION: LIVE PHOTOGRAPHY OF A WIDE VARIETY OF ANIMALS IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS HELPS STUDENTS WITH THE CONCEPT OF GROUPING BY PICKING OUT THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCES, EATING HA- BITS, MOVEMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTS.
SUBJECT(S): NATURE STUDY
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 13
FILM NUMBER: 09405
ANNOTATION: SHOWS THE LIVING CONDITIONS AND CHALLENGES THAT CONFRONT A NUMBER OF DESERT ANIMALS INCLUDING THE PECCARY, THE ROADRUNNER, THE TARANTULA, THE TOR- TISE, AND THE CHUCKWALLA.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, DESERTS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 09783
ANNOTATION: INVESTIGATES VARIOUS TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY ANIMALS TO PREPARE FOR WINTER AND SURVIVE THE COLD. EXPLORES THE CONCEPTS OF MIGRATION, HIBERNATION, FOOD STORAGE, AND ADAPTATION.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, SEASONS
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 09253
ANNOTATION: SURVEYS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, GEOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF COUNTY. INCLUDES STATEMENT BY FORMER COUNTY EXEC. ROBERT PASCAL.
SUBJECT(S): MARYLAND
GRADES: >06
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 11617
ANNOTATION: ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED FEATURES VINTAGE NEWS REELS, PHOTOS & EVEN A RARE HOME MOVIE TO LOOK BEY OND THE PAGES OF ANNE'S DIARY. FULL OF EMOTIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, & HER HEROIC PRO TECTOR MIEP GIES.
SUBJECT(S): FRANK, ANNE, GERMANY - HISTORY
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 117
FILM NUMBER: 11862
ANNOTATION: BORN PHOEBE ANNE MOSES, ANNIE TAUGHT HERSELF TO SHOOT A RIFLE SO ACCURATELY THAT SHE RARELY MISSED. SHE & HER HUSBAND FRANK BUTLER JOINED BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW WHERE THE SIOUX CHIEF SITTING BULL NICKNAMED HER LITTLE SURE SHOT.
SUBJECT(S): CODY, WILLIAM, OAKLEY, ANNIE, SITTING BULL, UNITED STATES - HISTORY
GRADES: 07-09
MINUTES: 15
FILM NUMBER: 09832
ANNOTATION: EXPLAINS THE ADDICTIVE NATURE OF ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA AND THEIR POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON THE CARDIO- VASCULAR AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS. DISCUSSES THE EXTREMES THAT PEOPLE GO TO WITH THESE DIS- ORDERS.
SUBJECT(S): EATING DISORDERS, HEALTH, PHYSIOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 19
FILM NUMBER: 09892
ANNOTATION: ANIMATED VERSION OF THE CLASSIC FABLE THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER.
SUBJECT(S): AESOP, FOLKLORE
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 05414
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES THE COMPLEX ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATION OF A COLONY OF SOCIAL INSECTS, THE COMMON YELLOW ANT.
SUBJECT(S): INSECTS
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 11812
ANNOTATION: TYPICAL TRAVELOG WITH SOME HISTORIC BACKGROUND.
SUBJECT(S): ANTILLES, FRENCH LANGUAGE, GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 55
FILM NUMBER: 10461
ANNOTATION: REVIEW'S DVORAK'S LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC.
SUBJECT(S): MUSIC, ORCHESTRA
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 00654
ANNOTATION: PRESENTS A STUDY OF THE ANT, SHOWING THE BODY AND THE DAILY ROUTINE OF AN ANT COLONY.
SUBJECT(S): ECOLOGY, INSECTS, NATURE STUDY
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 11
FILM NUMBER: 11651
ANNOTATION: APACHE CEREMONIES ARE LITTLE CHANGED THROUGH THE YEARS AND MANY OF THEM ARE SHOWN IN THIS VIDEO. THEIR HORSEMANSHIP AND LOVE OF PAGEANTRY IN TRIBAL FUNCTIONS ARE EMPHASIZED.
SUBJECT(S): INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA, MINORITIES
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 11784
ANNOTATION: MOVIE VERSION STRANDED 205,000 MILES FROM EARTH IN A CRIPPLED SPACECRAFT, ASTRONAUTS JIM LOVELL, FRED HAISE AND JACK SWIGERT FIGHT TO SURVIVE. KEN MATTINGLY GENE KRANZ AND GROUND CREW BRING THEM HOME.
SUBJECT(S): APOLLO PROJECT, SPACE FLIGHT
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 140
FILM NUMBER: 11262
ANNOTATION: ALSO CALLED PHOEBUS-HIS MOTHER LETO, HIS BIRTH ON DELOS, WHY NO ONE BELIEVED CASSANDRA WHO PREDICTED THE FALL OF TROY, APOLLO & THE CONCEPT OF SPIRITUAL CLEANSING, THE LYRE, DAPHNE, HYACIN THUS, MARSYAS, ASCELEPIUS, & CHIRON THE CENTAUR.
SUBJECT(S): GREECE - ANTIQUITIES, MYTHOLOGY
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 26
FILM NUMBER: 05211
ANNOTATION: SHOWS DETAILS OF CARVING, PAINTING A FACE, MAKING CLOTHING, AND ACTUALLY WORKING OUT A PERSONALITY FOR THE DOLL.
SUBJECT(S): ARTS AND CRAFTS, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1600-1775,
GRADES: 04-12
MINUTES: 19
FILM NUMBER: 11040
ANNOTATION: 4 STRATEGIES: COPE-NEED FOR CLARITY,STEP-BY- STEP,CONTENT MASTERY; MYSTERY-QUESTIONS THAT PUZZL E, DATA THT TEASES,DESIRE FOR BIG IDEAS; METAPHOR- ICAL EXPRESSION-SELF-EXPRESSION AND CREATIVITY; RECIPROCAL LEARNING-WORKING WITH OTHERS. 11039
SUBJECT(S): LEARNING AND SCHOLARSHIP, LEARNING STYLES, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING
GRADES: T/P
MINUTES: 36
FILM NUMBER: 10271
ANNOTATION: THREE ORIGINAL SONGS TEACH CHILDREN TO VALUE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES, RACES, SEXES, SIZES OR DISABILITIES.
SUBJECT(S): HUMAN RELATIONS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS
GRADES: K-03
MINUTES: 10
FILM NUMBER: 10602
ANNOTATION: THE CHARACTERISTICS OFC THREE MAJOR FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS ARE EXAMINED. STUDENTS LEARN THE BASIC PHYSICAL FEATURES AS WELL AS THE ANIMAL LIFE DEPENDENT ON THE ECOSYSTEMS DISCUSSED.
SUBJECT(S): ECOLOGY, NATURE STUDY
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 27
FILM NUMBER: 11564
ANNOTATION: WATER GIVES LIFE TO ALL LIVING THINGS EXPLORE THE WATERY WORLD OF FOUR DIFFERENT HABITATS OCEAN: SHARKS; LAKE: LOCH NESS; WETLAND: THE EVERGLADES; BAY: THE CHESAPEAKE.
SUBJECT(S): CHESAPEAKE BAY, FRESHWATER ANIMALS, FRESHWATER PLANTS, MARINE ANIMALS, MARINE PLANTS
GRADES: 04-09
MINUTES: 48
FILM NUMBER: 05178
ANNOTATION: DISCUSSES THE COSTS AND REWARDS OF SELF-EMPLOY- MENT AND THE QUALITIES NEEDED FOR SUCCESS. SHOWS A VARIETY OF BUSINESS APPROACHES THROUGH INTER- VIEWS WITH PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT FIELDS. FROM THE SERIES - STARTING A BUSINESS.
SUBJECT(S): BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 18
FILM NUMBER: 09217
ANNOTATION: EXAMINES QUESTIONS CONCERNING SEXUAL RESPONSI- BILITY, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, PEER GROUP PRESSURES, SEXUAL MATURITY, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, THE USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES, AND SEXUAL ABSTINENCE.
SUBJECT(S): FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 11474
ANNOTATION: RECREATION OF THE SPANISH EXPLORATION OF DON ESTOBAN WHO TRAVELED AROUND AUSTRALIA IN EIGHT DAYS. INCLUDES LOOKS AT THE OUTBACK & GREAT BARR IER REEF. WHY? FEATURES A GROUP OF KIDS WHO GO ON LINE TO CREATURENET TO ANSWER COMMON QUESTIONS.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, AUSTRALIA, INTERNET (COMPUTER NETWORK)
GRADES: K-06
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 11944
ANNOTATION: FEATURES A CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY TEENAGER WHO GOES THROUGH THE ARREST PROCESS AND TWO CONNECTICUT LAWYERS WHO DEFEND AND PROSECUTE YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS.
SUBJECT(S): LAW, LAWYERS
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 23
FILM NUMBER: 10425
ANNOTATION: THE KRATT BROTHERS TAKE THE AUDIENCE ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THE TROPICAL FOREST OF COSTA RICA TO THE PRIMAL NESTING GROUND OF THE THREATENED OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLES.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMALS, CENTRAL AMERICA, ENDANGERED SPECIES
GRADES: 04-06
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 09810
ANNOTATION: DESCRIBES HOW ROOSEVELT'S DREAM OF AN "ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY" IS FULFILLED AS WORLD WAR II ELEVATES AMERICA INTO THE WORLD POWER ELITE. USES ILLUSTRATIONS FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT. FROM THE AMERICA SERIES, WITH ALISTAIR COOKE.
SUBJECT(S): UNITED STATES - HISTORY, WORLD WAR, 1939-1945
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 52
FILM NUMBER: 11523
ANNOTATION: IN 1939 JAPANESE TROOPS WERE MARCHING IN CHINA. HITLER WAS BUILDING A MILITARY ARSENAL THE USA WAS STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE DEPRESSION. THE NEW DEAL CHANGED THE USA FOREVER, BUT THE WAR ENDED THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
SUBJECT(S): GREAT DEPRESSION, 1929-1939, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1933-1945, WORLD WAR, 1939-1945
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 07419
ANNOTATION: INTRODUCES AND REVIEWS THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART. ILLUSTRATES LINE, SPACE, PERSPECTIVE, COLOR, DEPTH, AND TEXTURE.
SUBJECT(S): ART, COLOR, DESIGN, PAINTING
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 17
FILM NUMBER: 11581
ANNOTATION: BEGINS WITH ARISTOCRATIC ROCOCCO & ENDS IN SOBERING REPUBLICANISM OF THE AGE OF REVOLUTION. GROS, GERICAULT, GOYA, DELACROIX, FRIEDRICH, BLAKE TURNER.
SUBJECT(S): ART, ROCOCO PERIOD, ROMANTICISM
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 60
FILM NUMBER: 10731
ANNOTATION: BEHIND-THE- SCENES ANIMATION. BAS-RELIEF, OBJECT MANIPULATION, HOLE PUNCH TECHNIQUES ARE SHOWN. -ISHU PATEL, CAROLINE LEAF
SUBJECT(S): ANIMATION (CINEMATOGRAPHY), ART, MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 10732
ANNOTATION: BEHIND-THE-SCENES ANIMATION. REAL LIFE CUTOUTS, SCRATCHBOARD TECHNIQUE, METHOD LIKE JAPANESE PAINTERS ON GLAZED POTS AND PINSCREEN TECHNIQUES SHOW MYSTERIES OF FAMOUS ANIMATORS.
SUBJECT(S): ANIMATION (CINEMATOGRAPHY), ART, MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 24
FILM NUMBER: 10798
ANNOTATION: DRAMATIZATION OF POEMS ON SAME SUBJECT CLARIFY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUBJECT AND THEME. ANALYSIS OF JOHN DONNE DONALD HALL'S POEMS FOR INTERRELATION- SHIP BETWEEN POETIC FORM AND MEANING.
SUBJECT(S): POETRY
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 30
FILM NUMBER: 10313
ANNOTATION: THIS DOCUMENTARY UNCOVERS THE WORKS OF SOME GIFTED WOMEN, WHILE EXAMING THE PREJUDICE THAT CAUSED THEIR TENANTS TO BE OVERLOOKED.
SUBJECT(S): ART, WOMEN
GRADES: 10-12
MINUTES: 58
FILM NUMBER: 09920
ANNOTATION: SEVERAL ARTISTS RECOUNT EXPERIENCES WITH THE WPA'S ART PROJECT WHICH PROVIDED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR VISUAL ARTISTS DURING THE DEPRESSION. SHOWS WORKS OF ART CREATED UNDER THE NEW DEAL PROGRAM.
SUBJECT(S): ART - HISTORY, ART INDUSTRIES AND TRADE, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - 1900-1999,
GRADES: 07-12
MINUTES: 34