5541. What Is Soccer? (25:11)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Briefly explores the history of soccer and basic rules such as the field of play, the equipment, the duration of play, etc. Fans, parents, NASL and Junior League players tell about their positions in the game, why they enjoy them and their involvement in the teams.

5542. Using Fractions (16:27)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 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 gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

5543. Understanding Place Value (22:14)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 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 gets caught in the problem that does not come out successfully, but experience proves the best teacher. Capsizing the information taught in each program is a cartoon sequence. These cartoons provide previews of what follows from a live-action sequence. The content of It Figures was developed by a consortium of 31 state and provincial education agencies. Managing the project were Ed Cohen and the late Larry Walcoff. Individual programs were produced by Larry Wood Productions (in the facilities of KLVX in Las Vegas), the Illinois State Board of Education, New Jersey Network (NJN), KLCS in Los Angeles, Maryland Instructional Television and South Carolina ETV.

5544. Transportation I (22:30)

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.

5545. Treasure hunt (Self-Independence and the Economic System) (15:31)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 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 color television programs, a comprehensive Curriculum Guide, and in-service teacher's program, and international program, and workshop materials. Bread and Butterflies was created under the supervision of the Agency for Instructional Television, through the resources of a consortium of thirty-four educational and broadcasting agencies with assistance from Exxon Corporation.

5546. Two Sons (Family Communication) (22:22)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 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.

5547. Sound | Body I | Body II | Fire (1:03:04)

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.

5548. Time (22:31)

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.

5549. Surrounded (Peer Group Membership) (15:32)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 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.

5550. Symbols (Reshaping Information) (22:37)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 39 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.

5551. The Willow Tree (England/China) (34:32)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 from the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a tale from England and China about a girl who defies her greedy father and elopes with the gardener's son rather than submit to a prearranged marriage with a wealthy prince. Includes music and sound effects combined with illustrations by Rae Owings.

5552. Styles of Communication (Communicating Effectively) (15:24)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 50 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.

5553. Summarizing (Reshaping Information) (15:34)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 41 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.

5554. Statistics: Sampling (34:32)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 12 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.

5555. Taxes Affect Different Income Groups (16:47)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 4 of Tax Whys a program that uses dramatizations to highlight teenagers' firsthand experiences with the effects of taxation and to explain the reasons for taxes.

5556. Take Your Choice: Substitution (22:39)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Give & Take, an educational program on economics designed for grades 8-10.

5557. What Should I Do? (Collecting Information) (15:43)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 18 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.

5558. Fernandez's Funky Fonda: La Gran Inaguracion (34:15)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 4 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.

5559. Using Amigos in the Classroom (32:13)

Date:
1993
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Promotional overview of the Agency for Instructional Technology series Amigos describing its application and use in the classroom. Includes scenes from a "Amigos Utilization Workshop" held at the Stardust in Las Vegas on 8-5-93.

5560. What Next? (Career Aspirations) (15:40)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 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.