101. The Big Break (Media) (17:05)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 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, marijuana, and other drugs before preteens start. The program targets children in the vulnerable pre-adolescent years, incorporating proven prevention strategies recommended by leading health educators. The school component focuses on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that influence drug use. The programs are designed to help students develop personal and social skills, learn to make decisions, and improve their self - concept. Dramatic episodes feature target-age students in realistic school, family, and peer group situations. The programs feature a variety of socioeconomic levels, family structures, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.

102. Sister, Sister (Health Enhancing Alternatives) (17:32)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 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, marijuana, and other drugs before preteens start. The program targets children in the vulnerable pre-adolescent years, incorporating proven prevention strategies recommended by leading health educators. The school component focuses on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that influence drug use. The programs are designed to help students develop personal and social skills, learn to make decisions, and improve their self - concept. Dramatic episodes feature target-age students in realistic school, family, and peer group situations. The programs feature a variety of socioeconomic levels, family structures, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.

103. 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, marijuana, and other drugs before preteens start. The program targets children in the vulnerable pre-adolescent years, incorporating proven prevention strategies recommended by leading health educators. The school component focuses on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that influence drug use. The programs are designed to help students develop personal and social skills, learn to make decisions, and improve their self - concept. Dramatic episodes feature target-age students in realistic school, family, and peer group situations. The programs feature a variety of socioeconomic levels, family structures, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.

104. Decisions (Decision Making) (17:41)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 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, marijuana, and other drugs before preteens start. The program targets children in the vulnerable pre-adolescent years, incorporating proven prevention strategies recommended by leading health educators. The school component focuses on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that influence drug use. The programs are designed to help students develop personal and social skills, learn to make decisions, and improve their self - concept. Dramatic episodes feature target-age students in realistic school, family, and peer group situations. The programs feature a variety of socioeconomic levels, family structures, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.

105. Community Program B: Sunrise House (32:44)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Your Choice Our Chance is 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, marijuana, and other drugs before preteens start. The program targets children in the vulnerable pre-adolescent years, incorporating proven prevention strategies recommended by leading health educators. The school component focuses on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that influence drug use. The programs are designed to help students develop personal and social skills, learn to make decisions, and improve their self - concept. Dramatic episodes feature target-age students in realistic school, family, and peer group situations. The programs feature a variety of socioeconomic levels, family structures, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.

106. Community Program C: Parents and Schools (32:21)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Your Choice Our Chance is 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, marijuana, and other drugs before preteens start. The program targets children in the vulnerable pre-adolescent years, incorporating proven prevention strategies recommended by leading health educators. The school component focuses on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that influence drug use. The programs are designed to help students develop personal and social skills, learn to make decisions, and improve their self - concept. Dramatic episodes feature target-age students in realistic school, family, and peer group situations. The programs feature a variety of socioeconomic levels, family structures, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.

107. Penalty Kick (Risk Factors) (17:35)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 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, marijuana, and other drugs before preteens start. The program targets children in the vulnerable pre-adolescent years, incorporating proven prevention strategies recommended by leading health educators. The school component focuses on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that influence drug use. The programs are designed to help students develop personal and social skills, learn to make decisions, and improve their self - concept. Dramatic episodes feature target-age students in realistic school, family, and peer group situations. The programs feature a variety of socioeconomic levels, family structures, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.

108. Your Choice Our Chance voiceover (12:58)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Outtakes from voiceover by "Kim" for the Agency for Instructional Technology series Your Choice Our Chance.

109. A Challenge: Make Something New (22:35)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 55 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

110. Good Practice Today (outtakes roll 5) (31:14)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Good Practice Today (Refusal Skills), episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

111. I Think I Am (outtakes roll 12, DAP #1) (31:13)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from I Think I Am (Self Concept), episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

112. I Think I Am (Self Concept) (17:36)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 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, marijuana, and other drugs before preteens start. The program targets children in the vulnerable pre-adolescent years, incorporating proven prevention strategies recommended by leading health educators. The school component focuses on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that influence drug use. The programs are designed to help students develop personal and social skills, learn to make decisions, and improve their self - concept. Dramatic episodes feature target-age students in realistic school, family, and peer group situations. The programs feature a variety of socioeconomic levels, family structures, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.

113. People Patterns (Finding Patterns) (15:26)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 24 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

114. Good Practice Today (outtakes roll 4) (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Good Practice Today (Refusal Skills), episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

115. I Think I Am (outtakes roll 2) (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from I Think I Am (Self Concept), episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

116. The Bargain (Ireland) (34:07)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a tale from Ireland about a man named Myles who turns the tables on a crafty old farmer who has tricked him into working for nothing. Includes music and sound effects combined with illustrations by Rae Owings.

117. The Sorcerer's Boy (Russia) (34:11)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 from the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a Russian tale about a sorcerer who misrepresents himself as a teacher and turns Peter into a toad, a dove, and a horse. Includes music and sound effects combined with illustrations by Rae Owings.

119. Geography in U.S. History Stills, Tape 300 (31:09)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Geography in U.S. history : illuminating the geographic dimensions of our nation's development.

120. Episode 2, Tape 105 [outtakes] (31:08)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited segments and/or outtakes from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Geography in U.S. history : illuminating the geographic dimensions of our nation's development.

121. Thanks No Thanks [outtakes roll 17, DAP #5] (31:00)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Thanks But No Thanks (Peer Pressure), episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

122. I Think I Am [outtakes roll 6] (31:12)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from I Think I Am (Self Concept), episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

123. I Think I Am [outtakes roll 5] (31:13)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from I Think I Am (Self Concept), episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

124. Decisions [outtakes roll 4] (31:18)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Decisions (Decision Making), episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

125. Decisions [outtakes roll 11] (31:14)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Decisions (Decision Making), episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

126. Decisions [outtakes roll 14] (31:09)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Decisions (Decision Making), episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

127. A Little Help From My Friends (Friendship) (15:12)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

128. Japan: Why Does Trade Occur? (31:10)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography. The program is a joint project of the National Council for Geographic Education, the Association of American Geographers, the American Geographical Society, and the National Geographic Society. Intended for grades 6-9.

129. A Key to Productivity: Human Capital (22:35)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

130. Ir o no ir (34:08)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 17 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 culture; to create an interest in the geography of countries where Spanish is the primary language; to reinforce skills and concepts taught in the regular elementary school curricula.

131. A Challenge: Search for the Unknown (15:45)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 28 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

134. Journey Through Stress (Coping With Stress) (15:18)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 from the AIT series On the Level. The series is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing re­lationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems, the many solutions.

135. Ir de compras (34:19)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 22 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 culture; to create an interest in the geography of countries where Spanish is the primary language; to reinforce skills and concepts taught in the regular elementary school curricula.

136. A Perro Pepe le duele un diente (34:05)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 27 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 culture; to create an interest in the geography of countries where Spanish is the primary language; to reinforce skills and concepts taught in the regular elementary school curricula.

137. A Changing Romance: Americans and Wheels (21:53)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series You, Me, and Technology. Gives examples of why and how the development of a new technology in one transportation system, the automobile, affects other transportation systems. Describes consequences of the use of automobiles on urbanization, social mores, and the lifestyle of individuals.

138. 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 important role in the country's history and in contemporary times. Archival photographs and a historical reenactment help to tell the story.

139. A Challenge: Plan a City of the Future (15:23)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 60 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, C

140. Es Magia (33:35)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 20 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 culture; to create an interest in the geography of countries where Spanish is the primary language; to reinforce skills and concepts taught in the regular elementary school curricula.

141. En cuál dirección doblar? (33:52)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 19 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 culture; to create an interest in the geography of countries where Spanish is the primary language; to reinforce skills and concepts taught in the regular elementary school curricula.

142. Donna | You Belong | Just One Place | In My Memory (1:02:41)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Inside/Out cassette 3, set 2, in-house dubbing master. Inside/Out relies on student listening, valuing, and decision-making rather than on the presentation of the moralistic rules for healthy living often found in personal hygiene courses. The lessons are not even called mental health or social health; the emphasis in the series is on helping the whole child develop a personally effective life style. The difference is that Inside/Out teaches mental health instead of teaching about it.

143. La reunión (34:26)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 29 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 culture; to create an interest in the geography of countries where Spanish is the primary language; to reinforce skills and concepts taught in the regular elementary school curricula.

144. La caperucita roja (34:21)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 7 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 culture; to create an interest in the geography of countries where Spanish is the primary language; to reinforce skills and concepts taught in the regular elementary school curricula.

145. Place Value: Place value of large numbers (33:18)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 18 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 programs emphasizes the application of math skills and problem solving strategies. I features dramatic vignettes involving fifth graders solving math problems that relate to their everyday lives and documentary-style illustrations of people who use math as a normal part of their profession.

146. Amigos Utilization Workshop 2 (07:30)

Date:
1993
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage of workshop gathered to introduce educators to the Agency for Instructional Technology program Amigos. The workshop took place at the Stardust in Las Vegas, Nevada on 8-5-93.

147. I Think I Am (outtakes roll 4) (31:16)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from I Think I Am (Self Concept), episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

148. Probability: Possible outcomes (33:51)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 23 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 programs emphasizes the application of math skills and problem solving strategies. I features dramatic vignettes involving fifth graders solving math problems that relate to their everyday lives and documentary-style illustrations of people who use math as a normal part of their profession.

149. Statistics: Collecting Data (32:16)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 21 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 programs emphasizes the application of math skills and problem solving strategies. I features dramatic vignettes involving fifth graders solving math problems that relate to their everyday lives and documentary-style illustrations of people who use math as a normal part of their profession.

150. Ratios: Forming ratios (17:36)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 27 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 programs emphasizes the application of math skills and problem solving strategies. I features dramatic vignettes involving fifth graders solving math problems that relate to their everyday lives and documentary-style illustrations of people who use math as a normal part of their profession.

151. Statistics: Analyzing data (28:00)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 26 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 programs emphasizes the application of math skills and problem solving strategies. I features dramatic vignettes involving fifth graders solving math problems that relate to their everyday lives and documentary-style illustrations of people who use math as a normal part of their profession.

152. Decisions [outtakes roll 8] (31:13)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Decisions (Decision Making), episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

153. Decisions [outtakes roll 5] (30:29)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Decisions (Decision Making), episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

154. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 40, DAP #9] (31:12)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

155. Decisions [outtakes roll 3] (31:13)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Decisions (Decision Making), episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

156. Decisions [outtakes roll 9] (31:16)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Decisions (Decision Making), episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

157. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 33, DAP #9] (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

158. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 39, DAP #9] (31:14)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

159. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 38, DAP #9] (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

160. A Friend Indeed [outtakes roll 41, DAP #9] (31:06)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from A Friend Indeed (Responsibility), episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

161. Good Practice Today [outtakes roll 10] (31:12)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Good Practice Today (Refusal Skills), episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

162. Good Practice Today [outtakes roll 12] (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Good Practice Today (Refusal Skills), episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

163. Inside/Out: Because It's Fun (34:01)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Bill is an intensely competitive boy who thinks "winning is the only thing that really counts." He can't understand why others enjoy themselves jumping rope, roller skating, and just playing around. As he helps an inept friend learn to handle a basketball, he appears to be changing his attitude. Maybe, just maybe, there is something more to physical activity than winning. In the end, however, he remains true to form when he says, "I guess those activities are all right as long as you're the best."

164. What's Important? (Judging Information) (15:56)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 45 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

165. Persuasive Techniques (Judging Information) (15:06)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 48 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

166. Drawing Conclusions (Generalizing) (14:51)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 29 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

167. Point of View (Judging Information) (15:43)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 47 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

168. Plan Ahead (Sequencing and Scheduling) (15:32)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 33 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

169. A Challenge: Design a Language (15:41)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 38 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 reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

170. East Asia: Why Do People Live Where They Do? (34:10)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography. The program is a joint project of the National Council for Geographic Education, the Association of American Geographers, the American Geographical Society, and the National Geographic Society. Intended for grades 6-9.

171. South Asia: Why Are Forests Disappearing? (34:06)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Global Geography. The program is a joint project of the National Council for Geographic Education, the Association of American Geographers, the American Geographical Society, and the National Geographic Society. Intended for grades 6-9.

172. La escuela de Perro Pepe (34:04)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 10 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 culture; to create an interest in the geography of countries where Spanish is the primary language; to reinforce skills and concepts taught in the regular elementary school curricula.

173. La senorita y su perro (34:25)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 12 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 culture; to create an interest in the geography of countries where Spanish is the primary language; to reinforce skills and concepts taught in the regular elementary school curricula.

174. Problem Solving: Drawings and Interpreting Tables and Diagrams (34:16)

Date:
1987
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 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 dramas in which children must perform real-life mathematics problems, and documentary segments show adults who apply the same skills on the job. Teaches specific problem-solving strategies.

175. Problem Solving: Guess, Check, and Revise (21:13)

Date:
1987
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 15 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 dramas in which children must perform real-life mathematics problems, and documentary segments show adults who apply the same skills on the job. Teaches specific problem-solving strategies.

177. I Think I Am [outtakes roll 10, DAP #1] (31:12)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from I Think I Am (Self Concept), episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

178. I Think I Am [outtakes roll 11, DAP #1] (31:17)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from I Think I Am (Self Concept), episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

179. Good Practice Today [outtakes roll 6] (31:09)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Good Practice Today (Refusal Skills), episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

180. Good Practice Today [outtakes roll 8] (31:55)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Good Practice Today (Refusal Skills), episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

181. Productive Climate & Culture (20:56)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 6 in the sub series "Essential Elements" from the program Every Child Can Succeed. Student success in the classroom begins with a top-down commitment to a clearly stated mission emphasizing the importance of academic achievement. This program demonstrates how a school-wide mission statement-monitored to ensure that it is carried out and reinforced through public recognition of students and teachers who exemplify it-can promote an environment conducive to learning.

182. Effective Instructional Strategies (1:04:09)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 8 in the sub series "Essential Elements" from the program Every Child Can Succeed. Video covers five effective instructional strategies that produce results in various schools: (1) grouping, (2) appropriate pacing, (3) active & enriched learning, (4) customizing instruction to fit student needs, and (5) stealing time for reinforcement of language and mathematics.

183. Sister, Sister [outtakes roll 44, DAP #2] (31:03)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Sister, Sister (Health Enhancing Alternatives), episode 7 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

184. I Think I Am [outtakes roll 1] (31:10)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from I Think I Am (Self Concept), episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

185. L.A. Stories: Bennett-Kew and Euclid Avenue (31:26)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 5 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 disadvantaged students achieve academic success.

186. Video Teleconference at WTIU Part I (1:04:08)

Date:
1995
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Video Teleconference with educators discussing the merits of the Agency for Instructional Technology program Every Child Can Succeed. March 30, 1995.

187. Thanks But No Thanks [outtakes roll 22, DAP #5] (31:11)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from Thanks But No Thanks (Peer Pressure), episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Your Choice Our Chance.

188. 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)

189. Amigos [outtakes #6] (31:10)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Unedited production footage from the Agency for Instructional Technology program Amigos.

190. Tape G [outtakes] (22:12)

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

191. The Tarahumara (22:35)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 of the Agency for Instructional Television series Across Cultures. Examines the society and culture of the Tarahumara Indians in Chihuahua, Mexico. Shows how their isolation in mountain valleys and canyons has caused them to become self-sufficient and has at the same time contributed to the stability of their culture. Hosted by John Robbins. Produced for Wisconsin Educational Television Network and Agency for Instructional Television by Positive Image Productions, Inc., in association with Academy for Research, Instruction and Educational Systems.

192. Religion (17:56)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 of the Agency for Instructional Television series Across Cultures. Examines the special place religion holds in the cultures of the Japanese, the Tarahumara, and the Baoule'. Hosted by John Robbins. Produced for Wisconsin Educational Television Network and Agency for Instructional Television by Positive Image Productions, Inc., in association with Academy for Research, Instruction and Educational Systems.

193. Risk, Safety, and Technology (33:57)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 12 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series You, Me, and Technology. While we provide ourselves with the greatest benefits at the lowest risk, we are learning to design safety into the construction and operation of our technologies.

195. Teaching with You, Me and Technology (32:22)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Informational program for teachers using the Agency for Instructional Technology series You, Me, and Technology.

196. Problem Solving: Using Logical Reasoning (17:26)

Date:
1987
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 17 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 dramas in which children must perform real-life mathematics problems, and documentary segments show adults who apply the same skills on the job. Teaches specific problem-solving strategies.

197. Statistics: Understanding Mean, Median, and Mode (17:11)

Date:
1987
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 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 dramas in which children must perform real-life mathematics problems, and documentary segments show adults who apply the same skills on the job. Teaches specific problem-solving strategies.

198. Jefferson Decides to Purchase Louisiana: 1800-1815 (38:41)

Date:
1991
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Geography in U.S. history : illuminating the geographic dimensions of our nation's development.

199. Americans Build the Panama Canal 1910-1914 (21:11)

Date:
1991
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Geography in U.S. history : illuminating the geographic dimensions of our nation's development.