Start Over Collection Agency for Instructional Technology

951. Inside/Out: How Do you Show? (22:25)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
It's a mighty good day for showing how you feel, and Nick, Brice, and Richard do just that. As the three friends leave a playground, they are jumped by older boys who wrestle two of them to the ground and take their money. Nick expresses his anger through shouting,kicking boxes, and breaking old bottles, while Brice is passive, quietly keeping his feelings to himself. Richard remains fairly even-tempered. As the afternoon progresses the boys express anger, fear, enthusiasm, and guilt as they play baseball, walk through a cemetery, and snitch a piece of chocolate cake at Richard's house. Each shows his feelings in his own way. In an off-hand manner Richard asks Brice whether or not he's going to tell his parents about the bullies. Brice replies that he doesn't say much to his parents. Richard asks in some amazement, "How come you don't say what you feel and think?" Brice answers, "I don't know. Does it matter?"

952. Inside/Out: I Dare You (22:36)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Clarissa, a new girl in the neighborhood, wants to join the "gang." To be accepted as a member, she must carry out a potentially dangerous dare. The gang is also shaken by the potential danger and debates whether the dare is necessary and how hard it should be. In a series of flashbacks each child recounts this particular dare. Yes, Clarissa must accept the dare to join the gang; her trial will come later in the day. Torn between a desire for social acceptance and a concern for her safety, Clarissa fantasizes many of the possible consequences of taking the dare and argues with herself about whether membership in the group is worth the risk. When the moment of decision arrives, she is urged on by the gang, who shout fiercely, "Go! Go! Go!" As the tension reaches its highest point the program ends .... What has Clarissa decided to do? (with captions)

953. Inside/Out: I Want To (22:26)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
In an imaginary courtroom scene, Patricia is demanding her rights as a nine-year-old, accusing the rest of the Michaels family of treating her like a baby. Through her friend Bud, who acts as her advocate, she tries to prove that she is old enough to take on more and greater responsibilities. Her parents, her older sister Joan, and her brothers Tony and Kevin dispute her claims, through their own advocate, Elvira Smith, asserting that she isn't ready yet to do all the things she wants to do. The court, presided over by a friendly grocer, proceeds to hear both sides of the case, examining a series of witnesses to determine who is in the right Patty tells of trying to do the family wash as a birthday surprise for her mother and being scolded because things went awry; of not being allowed to go to the movies by herself because it might be too dangerous; and of being assigned trivial jobs by her parents. The other family members take the stand to explain their attitudes, pointing out Patty's shortcomings and admit.ting some of their own. The case ends in confusion when supporters of both sides start milling around the bench. A TV announcer for the program "You Wanted It," which is presenting the trial, leaves the verdict to the viewing audience.

954. Inside/Out: In My Memory (22:30)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Linda comes home from school to find her parents saddened and subdued. They tell her that her grandmother, who had suffered a stroke, had died during the day. Throughout the next few days Linda experiences many strong emotions. She feels guilt and separation at the loss as well as support and comfort from her parents and the relatives who come to help. Through the experience of the funeral, the love of her parents, and the explanation of death by her mother and father, Linda's fears are lessened, and she comes to accept her grandmother's death. In a final poignant scene Linda and her mother join hands and cry together in the realization that Grandmother will never come back but will live in their memories.

955. Inside/Out: Jeff's Company (22:26)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Jeff's home is in the mountain country of the West. An only child, he is separated by long distances from his schoolmates, and his life on his parents' ranch is often solitary. Chores around the ranch, rides in the mountains on his horse, and his various interests usually keep Jeff occupied and seldom leave him feeling lonely. One of his classmates invites him to come to his house for a roundup, but it's forty miles away and someone will have to drive him there. Jeff 's mother is willing to let him go, but his father says that he can't spare the time to take the boy, and that Jeff will just have to content himself with being on his own. Jeff begins to feel sorry for himself as he rides off alone. He stops at a neighbor's cabin, and the older man who lives on the place hears him out and then talks sympathetically about being alone, giving Jeff reassurance that solitude does provide its own pleasures.

956. Inside/Out: Just Joking (33:55)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Although David is really more mischievous than malicious, his idea of amusing himself is playing jokes on others. On the morning of the all-school hobby day, he scoffs at the doll clothes his younger sister Sandy has made to show to her class, and she gets back at him with a prank that spoils his breakfast. Their mother scolds her, cautioning that "jokes are all right if they don't hurt anybody." David rushes off to school without breakfast and along the way teases a girl by grabbing a package from her and running off with it. During the course of the day he tricks a candy store clerk, snatches away a classmate's glasses, and puts a sticky sign on another student's desk seat. There is a turn of events when David gets up before the class to discuss his own hobby and show a model airplane. So far David hasn't learned that what seems funny to him isn't very funny to anyone else. Suddenly, as he looks into his package, he imagines vividly what might have happened if each of his jokes had turned out differently. When his daydream is over, David discovers that although he's been the joker, someone else has had the last laugh.

957. Inside/Out: Lost Is a Feeling (22:41)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Amador and his family are moving from Puerto Rico to Washington, D.C., and his parents have sent him on ahead by plane to stay with his Aunt Rosa and Uncle Roberto. When he arrives at their apartment, he looks out on the new and strange city streets, noisy with traffic and walled in by buildings, so unlike the neighborhood he knows at home. Three weeks later Amador, ill-at-ease and unhappy, is moping around the apartment when his uncle appears with a present for him-a new baseball glove. Uncle Roberto tells him that he must take it outdoors so that he can find some boys to play with and make some new friends. He finds a game in progress and watches from the sidelines until a fly ball comes his way and he catches it. This annoys the other boys, and they start toward Amador, expecting some sort of explanation. Confused by their manner, Amador blurts out "I can play" in Spanish, but fears that the boys are out to get him and runs away from them, dropping his mitt on the field. One of the boys, Peter, who speaks some Spanish, picks it up and explains to the others that Amador only wants to play with them, and then runs after Amador to return the mitt. Meanwhile Amador has come to a bridge where he stops to look down into the stream below. He goes down to the creek and begins to wade into the water until a mounted policeman tells him to get out of the polluted creek. Confused and frightened, he clutches his shoes and runs off barefoot to find his way back to the apartment. He catches sight of Peter running toward him and speeds up, afraid of what might happen to him. He reaches the safety of the apartment, where Peter leaves the mitt for him. Watching from inside, Amador seems to understand at last that the boys have really meant him no harm.

958. Inside/Out: Must I/May I (22:23)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
In interwoven stories Debbie and Bobby must each deal with situations that try their growing sense of independence. Debbie is supposed to look after her younger cousins and get them safely to a day care center. Overwhelmed by the task of minding the children and being responsible for general housekeeping and cooking at home, she is distracted by other things she would rather be doing. Bobby, unlike her, has been given too little responsibility for his own actions. His mother constantly fusses over him and fails to let him do things for himself. Eventually he gets his chance when he is given a package to deliver. How the children resolve their separate problems is left for classroom discussion. The emotions they feel as they work through their problems are clearly expressed.

959. Inside/Out: Someone Special (34:01)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Remembering what he was like as a boy, David wistfully recalls the crush he had on his teacher, Miss Simpson. "I thought she was the prettiest lady in the world." His fantasies come back to him-how he would prove himself a hero in her eyes by winning races and saving her from a mugger. There were furtive phone calls and bicycle rides past her house, even a ruse about selling raffle tickets. As a nine-year-old, David dreams that Miss Simpson has fallen in love with him, but when he confesses his feelings to his best friend, he learns that she is engaged. His classmates tease him on the playground, until he works up the courage to ask her if she likes him more than anyone else in the class. He catches her at the wrong moment after school when she is hurrying to finish up her work. She tells him rather curtly that no, she likes all of her students just the same. But David hears only that he has been rejected and goes away hurt. From then on his conduct changes radically: he picks fights when he is teased and "stops being good and starts causing trouble" to win Miss Simpson's attention. One day after school he rushes into the empty classroom and begins to gash "I hate you" on her desk. The principal catches him in the act, and afterwards in the school office, Miss Simpson tries to help him gain a greater understanding of what they both have experienced.

960. Inside/Out: Strong feelings (14:42)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
In a fantastic dream a boy named Edgar is visited by the "Professor of Anatomy" and his animated chart of the human body. During a series of zany sequences, Edgar discovers how the emotions of love, fright, disappointment, confusion, and embarrassment affect the body. As he awakes from his dream, he finds he is reacting to the stimulus of the dream with strong emotions; he is worried by the feelings in his stomach, the race of his pulse, perspiration, and cold palms. He is reassured by his father that his body is designed to react in this way and goes back to sleep to dream again of the "Professor" and his charts.

962. Inside/Out: Travelin' Shoes (22:41)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Larry Billups has come to the hard decision that he must move his family from the country neighborhood where they have always lived to Washington, D.C. He knows that he needs to make a better living for them, although moving means giving up their relatives, old friends, their church, and the pleasures of the water. Stuart, his son, resists the whole idea, and tries to persuade his parents to let him stay behind with his grandfather. His older sister, Kim, can hardly wait to get to the city, where she expects to discover a more exciting kind of life. Did, the youngest child, is a passive observer of the events that surround her. There are mixed, even strained feelings within the Billups family about the coming move, and these are revealed both in open opposition and in quiet uncertainty. The members of the Billups' church gather for a farewell party, and Mrs. Kelly, the pastor of the congregation, tells them that as long as they stay together as a family, they can never really be moved; they will have the security of each other.

963. Inside/Out: Travelin' shoes (14:54)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Larry Billups has come to the hard decision that he must move his family from the country neighborhood where they have always lived to Washington, D.C. He knows that he needs to make a better living for them, although moving means giving up their relatives, old friends, their church, and the pleasures of the water. Stuart, his son, resists the whole idea, and tries to persuade his parents to let him stay behind with his grandfather. His older sister, Kim, can hardly wait to get to the city, where she expects to discover a more exciting kind of life. Did, the youngest child, is a passive observer of the events that surround her. There are mixed, even strained feelings within the Billups family about the coming move, and these are revealed both in open opposition and in quiet uncertainty. The members of the Billups' church gather for a farewell party, and Mrs. Kelly, the pastor of the congregation, tells them that as long as they stay together as a family, they can never really be moved; they will have the security of each other.

964. Inside/Out: When is Help? (14:36)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Karen and Roger disagree about how much or how little help people really need, and Pete just doesn't know one way or the other. Roger insists that "people should do things for themselves, not always look for help," but Karen believes that "everyone has to help everyone else. To prove his point, Roger sets out to collect materials so that he can build a doghouse. He refuses all offers of help and muddles through in his very own way, spilling nails, stumbling about with boards, and groping with tools. Karen busies herself by attending to everyone she can: she takes over a friend's bicycle to show her how to ride it "properly"; she helps a boy with his arithmetic problems by doing all the work for him; she rushes up to carry in grocery bags for a neighbor. All the while his friends are occupied, Pete goes about his job of delivering papers and, as he does so, gives directions to a truck driver, rescues a girl's cat caught in a tree, and runs an errand as a favor to a storekeeper. After Pete and Karen have finished their own rounds, they check to see how Roger is making out with his doghouse. His masterwork won't win any priz.es, but, as Roger insists, he's done it himself.

965. Inside/Out: Yes, I Can (22:26)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
At summer camp in the mountains nine-year-old David insists that he is ready to go out on his own for an "overnight." Although the counselors are skeptical and the other campers mildly supportive or openly derisive, David goes ahead doggedly, trying to show everyone that he is now capable of "solo camping." When his parents send their permission, the camp director relents, but imposes some conditions. David, now all the more self-assertive, sets off to prove himself. He is given only three matches to use-the limit for solo campers. After some initial success in finding a site and scavenging for food, he watches his matches die out one by one. The program ends with David's dilemma of whether to stick it out or return to the main camp.

966. Inside/Out: You Belong (22:28)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
"You are a part of all that you see" is the theme of a visual essay that explores the vital connections between human beings and their surroundings. Scenes of city life with high-rise apartments, freeway traffic, and urban sprawl are intercut with rural landscapes. A camping experience brings the manifold facets of nature into focus. Throughout the program the intricate balance of environmental elements reveals "...how every living thing borrows from something else." Because everything in creation has its own function, man must learn carefully what to preserve and what to destroy.

967. Inside/Out:Just One Place (22:28)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Kevin has always taken the run-down city neighborhood where he lives pretty much for granted. His attitudes start to change, however, when he goes off with his 4-H club on a week-long camping trip in the country. For the first time in his life he encounters the unspoiled beauty of green open fields, clear streams, and wild flowers. The experience moves him to think about his own environment, and he talks it over with Jimmi, the club's adult leader, who tells him that the easiest way to make the city better is to find "just one place" and make it beautiful. Kevin follows the advice and starts looking for that one place. He finds some children who are working together to clean up a lot, and they tell him that they're going to plant a garden so that they can raise and sell vegetables in the fall. Kevin decides to help them out, and one of the girls, Marinda, shows him how to plant seeds. Later in the summer the garden has become a reality. Kevin is intensely proud of the accomplishment, and Jimmi is an admiring observer of the project. But Kevin's fortunes change suddenly, when one night some older boys, messing around on their way home, run through the garden and thoughtlessly tear it up. The children discover the mischief the next day and, angered and depressed by the senseless destruction of something they've worked long and hard to create, Kevin and Marinda talk over with Jimmi whether it's really worth the effort to try again next year.

968. All Kinds of Houses (21:51)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines old and new domestic buildings in considering various architectural solutions to problems of providing human shelter.

969. Birds, Bees & Bugs (22:31)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores forms of birds, bees, and bugs, showing how their shapes, colors, textures, and movements have served as sources of ideas for artists and designers.

970. Changing Your Looks (22:13)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Shows various ways and reasons why people in different times and cultures have used body decoration and adornment to change their looks.

971. Devils, Monsters and Dragons (22:32)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Reveals how people in different societies have imaginatively depicted their conceptions of evil to ward off harm and destruction.

972. Dreams and Fantasy (22:08)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the imaginative ways in which art is used to depict the inner world of man, awake or asleep.

973. Faces of Nature (32:09)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Studies the aesthetic qualities of natural phenomena and the qualities of the art images that have their origins in nature.

974. Getting the Message (22:27)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Considers ways in which people communicate, examining some of the media of communications and the artistic forms used to transmit various kinds of messages.

975. Groups of People (22:25)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the interaction of people as a source of imagery for artists, showing how artists capture and preserve the varying moods of small and large groups of people.

976. Houses for Worship (22:42)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Reflects on the relationships between expressive architectural design and religious philosophies and liturgies in a survey of a variety of structures that have been designed as houses of worship.

977. Land Images (22:29)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Considers ways in which natural images act as sources of ideas for artists.

978. 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.

979. 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.

980. 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.

981. Plazas, Malls, Squares (19:56)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Discusses man's use of planned outdoor spaces in art and architecture, emphasizing that people need more well-planned, attractive, open spaces in cities. Compares spaces in such paintings as Mondrian's "Composition London" and "Broadway Boogie" to the open, planned areas of a city. Contrasts the piazza of Portofino, a small fishing village, with the plaza of St. Peter's in Rome.

982. Remembering Happy Times (22:29)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines the images artists create to portray the happy, exciting, or tender moments of an earlier day. Considers how art preserves the scenes of people enjoying and cherishing life.

983. Sea Images (22:21)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Explores the majesty and mystery of the sea, man's fascination with and reliance on the sea, and how it has been a source of mystery for artists in all times and cultures.

984. Signs of the Times (22:39)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Traces the development of signs and symbols in other times and cultures, studying their forms and their effect on contemporary behavior.

985. Spaces to Live In (22:27)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Considers the organization and characteristics of planned spaces for community living in a study of the functional and aesthetic problems in the design of spaces for living.

986. The Human Image (22:40)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Examines various ways in which artists depict their fellow human beings, and tells how these depictions reveal personal and social concepts and attitudes.

987. 55 To Get Ready (15:16)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. It seems easy to get on a plane and fly somewhere, but it takes about 55 people to get a jet ready to fly. Each has his own job handling baggage, fueling, preparing and storing food, checking weather and maps,servicing the aircraft. Some important people you don't usually see are maintenance men,meteorologists at the weather station, and controllers in the tower. All these people and more work together so passengers can travel safely and comfortably by jet.

988. All By Myself (16:13)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Susie wants to bake a birthday cake for her four-week-old puppies all by herself. With her mother standing by as assistant chef,Susie measures, mixes, sifts, squeezes and spills ingredients into the bowl and onto the counter with all the built-in intensity and joy of an eager five-year-old. Susie's face, as she admires her elegant pastry, proves that it's worth learning to do things all by oneself.

989. Animals Need You (15:39)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. What do you do if you run the zoo and your elephant gets sick? What will you feed the tiger in your zoo who would kill a deer for his dinner if he lived in the forest? What sort of home must you find to make a hippopotamus comfortable? Who should raise the baby tiger when its own mother cannot care for it? These and other questions about man's care of animals are explored on an unusual visit to the National Zoological Parkin Washington, D.C.

990. Body Talk (15:13)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Fingers, hands, feet. faces and bodies "talk"about how a person feels. Norma Canner and a group of children explore body talk for"I'm afraid," "I'm glad you're here," "I'm very angry," "I'm tired," "I'm excited and happy." and other feelings which children in the classroom can figure out. They play the"Trust" game in which children can participate. Norma also invites children in the classroom to join her in other movement exploration.

991. Caring for The World (15:27)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. The earth is covered with living things with plants and animals and people who share in the balance of nature. But man has upset the balance by using land and trees without replacing them, and by building factories and engines which pollute the air and water. People are beginning now to take care of this planet and its plants, animals and people. If everybody begins caring for the earth it will be possible for this planet's natural balances to be maintained.

992. Checkup (15:09)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the Series Ripples. Jeffrey has a routine medical checkup. While the doctor checks his throat, blood pressure, eyes, chest, feet, urine and blood, Jeffrey remembers how the mechanic gave the family car a check up while he and his mother watched.

993. Coming Home To Earth (15:22)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. This program is paired with OUT TO THE MOON. John Bannister of NASA demonstrates real equipment such as a space suit,life support packs, tools used on the moon.In NASA films, the astronauts walk on the moon, collect samples, return via lunar module to command module and head for home! A safe return to earth is not easy. Radio keeps everyone in touch as the astronauts make a safe re-entry and are welcomed home.

994. Dad and I (22:40)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Steve and his dad enjoy an autumn after-noon of fishing at historic Bull Run in Virginia. Secrets of the ancient sport pass pleasantly from father to son as Steve learns to find and dig worms, bait his own hook,cast with a spinning reel,catch,string,clean, cook and eat the fish.

995. Everybody's Different (15:30)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples Shows that differences between people sometimes cause problems that require great determination to solve, by exploring the extraordinary problems confronted by a man who cannot see, a woman who cannot hear, and a child whose metal braces often get in her way. Observes how courage and some special kinds of help provide the keys to success for these three people.

996. Eyes and Lenses (15:02)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. A visual journey of things the naked eye can see is followed by a simple description of how an eye works. Then man's inventiveness is celebrated with an introduction to instruments which allow people to see far beyond the limits of the naked eye. The camera shows how things look through eyeglasses, a magnifying glass, a microscope, binoculars and a telescope.

997. Feeling Spaces (15:54)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. As Andrew and Susie bound over a broad meadow and explore a great cathedral, they begin to understand how different spaces influence their feelings. In the cathedral crossing Susie wishes she were a bird able to swoop through the color washed sunlight. An-drew sniffs adventure in a dark stone spiral staircase, where Susie feels fear. Together the children feel the power of a long narrow space that makes them want to run, and they also discover the uneasy feeling of a mysterious kind of space.

998. Fire! (15:30)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. A rookie fire fighter learns about handling a pumper and hose with models in a training class. He advances to a real drill with real equipment and real teamwork. Suddenly his company is called to a fire. All their practice helps them meet the crisis of a hose break at the fire. The rookie succeeds as part of the team.

999. Friends (15:11)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Children in a kindergarten classroom de-scribe "being friends" in terms of their own experiences at school laughing together,talking on the phone, helping somebody with a hard job, teaching somebody something that he wants to know. They also think about not being friends and the way it feels when somebody's "just plain mean." How to make a new friend, whether one always needs a friend to have fun, and whether grown-ups can be friends are other ideas explored.

1000. Going to the Hospital (16:17)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Chris tumbles headlong from a tree and rides to the hospital in an ambulance. As he is examined, X-rayed, wrapped in a plaster leg cast, and fitted with a hospital bracelet, he gets the information he needs to cope with the dramatic change in his life from the efficient adults around him. Continued in Overnight in the Hospital.