1821. 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.

1822. Approximating (Estimating and Approximating) (15:45)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 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.

1823. Balancing a Picture (34:02)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 15 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

1825. Inside/Out: Can Do/Can't Do (22:26)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Dotty and her friend Betty are practicing somersaults, but Betty can't quite get the hang of it. Dotty's older sister, Bernie, joins them to show the girls how the stunt should be done. Dotty resents the performance, complaining that her sister is 'just a big old showoff." Betty hears Dotty's brother Morrie practicing piano and admires his skill, and Morrie responds by helping her learn to play "Chopsticks." This upsets Dotty all the more. Later at dinner her baby sister Pauline has everyone's attention while Dotty is reproved for her table manners, which only makes her more sullen. At bedtime she thinks back over the day's events, wishing that she could be her brother and sisters because of what they each can do. Her wishes are fulfilled when her inner-self "Me" appears in her dreams to grant what she longs for. Dotty imagines herself to be Pauline, Bernie, and Morrie, but quickly learns that each of their lives has its drawbacks. The next morning she and Betty are racing each other in the snow, and Betty, who can't keep up, wishes that she were Dotty. But Dotty, who now knows a little something about wishing to be someone else, asks, "Are you sure?"

1826. 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.

1827. El regalo de Lu (33:55)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 9 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.

1828. El cocinero (34:17)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 25 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.

1829. Hands (15:19)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. A horse's hard hoof, a cat's skillful claw, a bear's heavy padded paw and the hand of man are shown to be similar in some way.But a man's hand is shown to be different in a very important way the way he can use his thumb. An x-ray view of hand bones shows the basis for man's flexibility of movement. Pictures of many hands appear to make things man needs to live,to make things beautiful to see and hear, and to do things children need and want to do. Finally,in a classroom participation game, hands"talk" without a word.

1830. V-62 Independence (1:04:10)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
U.S. Park Service Department of the Interior
Summary:
Source material used for the Agency for Instructional Technology series Geography in U.S. history : illuminating the geographic dimensions of our nation's development.

1831. In the Beginning (22:46)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 19 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, and psychology.

1832. Environment (22:31)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 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 Al, Beth, and Carl effectively persuade the principal that the asbestos ceiling tiles used in the school are carcinogenic.

1833. Form | Size | Talking | Potpourri (1:00:29)

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 then on, anything goes--word cells cavort about to instruct and entertain, animated characters get their words in edgewise, word lore of all kinds lights up the nooks and crannies of the English language. Designed to arouse students curiosity about words and to sharpen their awareness of language, the series includes standard vocabulary development and incorporates terms from specialized vocabularies, foreign languages, and slang. Bob Smith, wordsmith and author of the teacher's guide, has taught English, philosophy, psychology, education, Latin, and mathematics at levels from the seventh grade to post graduate study. His television work began in 1962. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago, and three advanced degrees in philosophy and linguistics from Gonzaga University and the University of Michigan.

1834. Family Matters (22:28)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 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 adolescence. It aims at helping 11- to 13-year-olds cope with the physical, social, and emotional changes they are experiencing. Self Incorporated was created under the management of the Agency for Instructional Television through the resources of a consortium of 42 state and provincial educational and broadcasting agencies, with additional assistance from Exxon Corporation.

1835. Fractions: Multiplication with Fractions and Mixed Numbers (21:22)

Date:
1987
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 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.

1836. Fiddy Wow Wow (Denmark) (34:08)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 14 from the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a tale from Denmark about ordinary people, including the schoolteacher, who are reduced to speaking nonsense after touching a magic stone. Includes music and sound effects combined with illustrations by Rae Owings.

1837. How Do You Know? (15:01)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. A NASA physicist relates the lives and thoughts of children to the thinking processes of professional scientists. He asks whether children would rather eat a coat or an apple? Would they rather put on pairs of roller skates or coats to keep warm? How do they know? And then he shows how people use past experiences to build pictures that help them predict future events. He also shows how children learn to predict through other people's experiences and even how they can use mind pictures to understand things that cannot be seen at all. Finally, the scientist suggests reasons why scientific thinking is useful for a child with a problem and for grownups who want to solve the problems of the world.

1838. Geometry: Exploring the movement of objects in space (19:42)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 13 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.

1840. I Do Care (Social Responsibility) (16:27)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 4 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.