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501. Length 3: The Final Test (22:16)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Measure Metric.

502. Less and More (Increasing Productivity) (20:25)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 of Trade-offs, a series in economic education for nine to thirteen year-olds that consists of fifteen 20-minute television/film programs and related materials. Using dramatizations and sp...

503. Let's Save: Opportunity Cost (22:20)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

505. Like You Dad (Wellness) (16:33)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 of Your Choice Our Chance, a series of drug abuse prevention programs to be viewed by students and community members in an effort to educate and prevent the use of tobacco, alcohol, mari...

506. Listen, Look, and Learn (22:37)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 15 of the Agency for Instructional Television Series All About You, an elementary course in health education designed for children to help them understand basic human anatomy, physiology, a...

507. Living With Technology (21:00)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series You, Me, and Technology. Portrays the everyday, commonplace uses of technology through the familiar encounters of a fictitious suburban...

508. Locating and Interpreting: Graphs (22:29)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 8 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use ...

509. Locating and Interpreting: Maps, Charts, and Tables (22:27)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 9 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use ...

510. Locating and Interpreting: Organizing Information (22:28)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 7 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use ...

512. Long Nose (Germany) (33:25)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a tale from Germany about Jem who endures laughter and derision until he discovers how to undo the witch's spell that has made ...

513. Look at You Now (22:39)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 21 of the Agency for Instructional Television Series All About You, an elementary course in health education designed for children to help them understand basic human anatomy, physiology, a...

514. Looking at Objects from Different Positions (22:44)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child get...

515. Los colores de Miriam (34:08)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 16 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Amigos. The goals of this series, in order of priority, are: To expose children to basic Spanish; to introduce children to Hispanic cul...

516. Lost (14:56)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Andy and his big sister Hilary wander through the zoo on a warm spring day. They stop to visit birds, bears and other beasts. WhenHilary stops to talk to a friend, Andy con...

517. Lunes de tormenta (34:20)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 15 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Amigos. The goals of this series, in order of priority, are: To expose children to basic Spanish; to introduce children to Hispanic cul...

518. Make Yourself Comfortable (22:39)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines modern and ancient solutions to the problems of chair design, looking at the relationship of design to materials, purpose, comfort, and style.

519. Making a Presentation (Communicating Effectively) (15:22)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 52 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

521. Making Federal Tax Laws (18:46)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 3 from Understanding Taxes. Uses dramatizations to highlight teenagers' firsthand experiences with the effects of taxation and to explain the reasons for taxes.

522. Making Federal Tax Laws (19:21)

Date:
1993
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Program C from Understanding Taxes. Uses dramatizations to highlight teenagers' firsthand experiences with the effects of taxation and to explain the reasons for taxes.

523. Making It Come Alive (Communicating Effectively) (15:43)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 54 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

524. Making Sense Of A Big Number (18:43)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 21 of It Figures, a 28-part mathematics series for fourth graders. Each episode introduces real-life situations involving math concepts that can, at times, prove difficult. Often a child ge...

525. Making the Unseen Visible (22:41)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores hidden sources of imagery that can be discovered through such devices as the camera, microscope, telescope, and magnifying glass.

526. Making Your Point (Communicating Effectively) (22:34)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 53 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

527. Malcolm Decides (Personal Decision-Making) (22:40)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 of Trade-offs, a series in economic education for nine to thirteen year-olds that consists of fifteen 20-minute television/film programs and related materials. Using dramatizations and sp...

528. Man: Friend and Enemy of Nature (22:36)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the wonders of the natural world as depicted by artists, considering how man has changed the natural environment through industry, farming, land development, and his own habits.

529. Maps and Models (Reshaping Information) (15:26)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 42 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

530. Mark va a la escuela? (34:19)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 11 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Amigos. The goals of this series, in order of priority, are: To expose children to basic Spanish; to introduce children to Hispanic cul...

531. Market Prices: Supply & Demand (22:39)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

534. Me, Myself & Maybe (Self-Clarification) (34:16)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from Bread and Butterflies, a project in career development for nine-to-twelve-year-olds. Based on two years of planning by educators and broadcasters, the project included 15-minute colo...

535. Meaning is More Than Words (Giving and Getting Meaning) (15:04)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

536. Measurement: Dividing regions into subregions for finding area (34:19)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 25 of Math Works, a program from the Agency for Instructional Technology designed to strengthen and complement existing fifth-grade math instruction. Each of the twenty-eight 15 minute progr...

537. Measurement: Finding Areas of Rectangles (34:25)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 1 of Math Works, a program from the Agency for Instructional Technology designed to strengthen and complement existing fifth-grade math instruction. Each of the twenty-eight 15 minute progra...

538. Measurement: Precision and Estimation (17:43)

Date:
1987
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from Solve It a series produced by the Agency for Instructional Technology that focuses on teaching everyday mathematical skills. In each episode young hosts introduce and interpret drama...

539. Measurement: The difference between perimeter and area (34:19)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 9 of Math Works, a program from the Agency for Instructional Technology designed to strengthen and complement existing fifth-grade math instruction. Each of the twenty-eight 15 minute progra...

540. Measuring in Science (34:18)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 from the Agency for Instructional Television series WhatAbout. The programs are grouped according to like skills required for initiating a scientific investigation, collecting data, analy...

541. Measuring: Formulas (22:24)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 2 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use ...

542. Measuring: Measuring Instruments (22:32)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 1 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use ...

543. Medicine (33:55)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Watch Your Language. Uses on-camera narration and a dramatic episode to teach new vocabulary and word analysis skills. In this episode ...

544. Mental Computation: Using mental computation for addition (17:05)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 3 of Math Works, a program from the Agency for Instructional Technology designed to strengthen and complement existing fifth-grade math instruction. Each of the twenty-eight 15 minute progra...

546. Mental Computation: Using mental computation for subtraction (17:21)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 17 of Math Works, a program from the Agency for Instructional Technology designed to strengthen and complement existing fifth-grade math instruction. Each of the twenty-eight 15 minute progr...

547. Mi casa es su casa (34:21)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 23 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Amigos. The goals of this series, in order of priority, are: To expose children to basic Spanish; to introduce children to Hispanic cul...

548. Mi hogar, dulce hogar (34:21)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 30 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Amigos. The goals of this series, in order of priority, are: To expose children to basic Spanish; to introduce children to Hispanic cul...

549. Millions of Pies (15:01)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Paring apples and baking crusty turnovers for the family is something many mothers like to do. But how do you make apple pies for hundreds of people who want to eat at the ...

550. Modeling in Science (33:48)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Television series WhatAbout. The programs are grouped according to like skills required for initiating a scientific investigation, collecting data, analy...

551. Molly O'Mally (Wales/England) (34:05)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 of the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a tale from England and Wales about spunky, daring Molly who takes on the task of retrieving her king's property from a cruel gia...

553. Monitoring Student Progress (21:10)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 7 in the sub series "Essential Elements" from the program Every Child Can Succeed. Frequent and regular assessment of student progress is an effective method for driving schools towards equ...

554. More Than You Think (Reshaping Information) (15:27)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 40 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

555. Movement (15:30)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Children at play, workers on the job. an athlete in training, and a dancer in motion use similar movements for different activities.They express the energy, beauty and exci...

557. Music [outtakes] (00:49)

Date:
1985
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Principles of Technology.

558. Music Layoff [outtakes] (17:34)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Just For Me.

559. My Choice (Decision Making) (17:22)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 2 of Just For Me, a program designed to help teachers and parents aid children in dealing with the peer pressures of drugs and alcohol use.

562. My Father's Dragon (33:05)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a young boy who runs away and outsmarts wild animals to rescue a little dragon.

563. My Friend (Ethnic/Racial Differences) (22:24)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 12 from the series Self Incorporated, a 15-program television/film series. Self Incorporated is designed to stimulate classroom discussion of critical issues and problems of early adolescen...

564. My Robot Buddy and My Trip to Alpha I (33:08)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces two stories by Alfred Slote about a young boy and his robot buddy. In the first story, the boy asks for a robot for his tenth birth so he will have...

565. Nature's Patterns (Looking for Patterns) (15:48)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 27 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

566. Nepal #1 [outtakes] (1:36:34)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography, South Asia: Why Are Forests Disappearing?

567. Nepal #2 [outtakes] (28:00)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography, South Asia: Why Are Forests Disappearing?

568. New Deal for the Dust Bowl 1931-1945 (21:04)

Date:
1991
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Geography in U.S. history : illuminating the geographic dimensions of our nation's development.

569. New Suncook School: Achievement in the Woods of Maine (31:26)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 2 in the sub series "Successful Schools" from the program Every Child Can Succeed, a series of video programs with facilitators' guides that are designed to show schools how to help disadva...

570. News (22:34)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Watch Your Language. Uses on-camera narration and a dramatic episode to teach new vocabulary and word analysis skills. In this episode ...

571. No Trespassing (17:58)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from the series Self Incorporated, a 15-program television/film series. Self Incorporated is designed to stimulate classroom discussion of critical issues and problems of early adolescenc...

572. No Two Alike (23:01)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 22 of the Agency for Instructional Television Series All About You, an elementary course in health education designed for children to help them understand basic human anatomy, physiology, a...

573. North Africa/Southwest Asia [audio outtakes] (26:26)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography, North Africa/Soutwest Asia:What are the Consequences of Change?

578. Northwest Passages: Alki and Beacon Hill in Seattle (31:16)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 3 in the sub series "Successful Schools" from the program Every Child Can Succeed, a series of video programs with facilitators' guides that are designed to show schools how to help disadva...

579. Now What Do I Do? (Frustration) (21:03)

Date:
1996
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Program 6 of Looking From The Inside/Out series shares examples of frustrating experiences and describes how it feels to be frustrated. Discusses typical responses to frustrating situations. Promot...

580. Numbers I (22:29)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Wordsmith. This popular series is based on contemporary concepts of vocabulary and linguistic theory. Each program centers on a themes like food, size, or communication. But from th...

581. Numbers II (22:32)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Wordsmith. This popular series is based on contemporary concepts of vocabulary and linguistic theory. Each program centers on a themes like food, size, or communication. But from th...

582. Numbers III (22:27)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Wordsmith. This popular series is based on contemporary concepts of vocabulary and linguistic theory. Each program centers on a themes like food, size, or communication. But from th...

583. Observing in Science (34:05)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from the Agency for Instructional Television series WhatAbout. The programs are grouped according to like skills required for initiating a scientific investigation, collecting data, analy...

584. Oh, Yeah? (Anger) (21:00)

Date:
1996
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Program 5 of Looking From The Inside/Out series shows how getting mad when your feelings are hurt, or when someone breaks your trust is a natural feeling. Emphasizes that what is important is how y...

585. One Step at a Time (Sequencing and Scheduling) (15:33)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 32 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

586. One Thing Leads to Another (Solving Problems) (15:05)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 56 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and ...

587. Open/close Clews [outtakes] (03:03)

Date:
1993
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Understanding Taxes.

588. Open/close EFC [outtakes] (05:02)

Date:
1993
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Understanding Taxes.

589. Open/Close Music (31:26)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited production footage from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Every Child Can Succeed. (audio only)

590. Opening [outtakes] (01:46)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Just For Me.

591. Opening and closing [outtakes] (02:48)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Just For Me.

592. Organizing Your Message (34:16)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 from the Agency for Instructional Television series In Other Words. In this television program focusing on communication skills, host Stephanie Edwards provides on-camera commentary for s...

593. Our Bread Basket (34:06)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Provides viewers with an insight into modern-day wheat farming on both irrigated and dry land in the Great Plains. Sho...

594. Our Federal District (34:21)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John E. Rugg takes viewers to significant locations in and around Washington, D.C., to help them understand its i...

596. Our Forty-Ninth State (34:21)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 15 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg discusses Alaska, including geographical features, wildlife, and the Eskimo. Covers such topics as cli...

597. Our National Parks (34:03)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 12 from the Agency for Instructional Television series American Legacy. Host John Rugg introduces the national park system, focusing on Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde. Presents h...

598. Our Own Two Hands (Human Dignity) (33:54)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 13 from Bread and Butterflies, a project in career development for nine-to-twelve-year-olds. Based on two years of planning by educators and broadcasters, the project included 15-minute col...

599. Out To The Moon (15:19)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. This program is paired with GOING HOME TO EARTH. John Bannister of NASA brings a real space suit and a small rocket model to a classroom where children are making and using...

600. Overnight at the Hospital (16:14)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
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Summary:
From the series Ripples. Chris survives separation from his parents and endures a lonely night in a hospital bed in this continuation of Going to the Hospital. He meets other hospitalized childre...