6301. 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.

6302. Sounds of Myself (16:04)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. DescriptionA participation program in which classroom children join Phyllis Noble and studio children in finding sounds that their own bodies can make claps, stomps,slaps,whistles,clicks and whatever else one wants to be his very own sound. Short and long sounds, high and low sounds, soft and loud sounds, and sounds that tell a story are some of the ideas the children explore.

6303. 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.

6304. South Asia: Why Are Forests Disappearing? [German] (22:28)

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.

6305. South Asia: Why Are Forests Disappearing? [no narration] (32:24)

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.

6306. South Asia: Why Are Forests Disappearing? [Spanish] (34:09)

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.

6307. Southeast Asia: How Does Change Occur? (33:28)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 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.

6308. Southeast Asia: How Does Change Occur? [German] (22:27)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 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.

6309. Southeast Asia: how Does Change Occur? [No narration] (22:21)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 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.

6310. Southeast Asia: How Does Change Occur? [Spanish] (34:03)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 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.

6311. Soviet Union: Why Does Planning Occur? (17:56)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 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.

6312. Soviet Union: Why Does Planning Occur? [German] (22:28)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 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.

6313. Soviet Union: Why Does Planning Occur? [Spanish] (22:31)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 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.

6314. Space (22:35)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 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 Beth's speech about the space shuttle flops until she thinks about what she wants to say, who her audience is, and how she wants the audience to react.

6315. Spaces to Live In (22:27)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Images and Things. 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.

6316. Spacing in a Perspective (22:30)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler. Shows a way to space objects so that they appear evenly spaced as they recede into the distance, and how to find perspective center on the sides of buildings, to help place windows, doors, and the roof.

6317. Sports (22:33)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 2 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 Carl's teammates enjoy his description of a wrestling victory, but his father does not understand the specialized vocabulary.

6318. Stan Bolovan (Romania) (34:17)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a tale from Romania about a man who takes a job as a dragon slayer, but finds it more profitable to outsmart the dragon. Includes music and sound effects combined with illustrations by Rae Owings.

6319. 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.

6320. 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.

6321. Statistics: Sampling (28:05)

Date:
1987
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 12 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.

6322. 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.

6323. 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.

6324. Steps in Drawing (22:27)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

6325. Stereotyping People (Classifying) (22:35)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 22 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.

6326. 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.

6327. Success Story (What is Success?) (22:30)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 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.

6328. 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.

6329. 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.

6330. 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.

6332. Take A Good Look (15:02)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. A magnifying glass helps Lynn discover the richness of her own backyard on a Iazy summer day. Lynn's own bare toes, wiggling in the warm grass. first capture her interest Then, magnifying glass in hand, she moves beyond herself to explore treasures hidden in the grass around her a frilly toadstool, a popeyed cricket. a gulping frog. Quite by accident Lynn discovers that the magnifying glass causes more distant objects to appear upside down. She uses her new power to flip a house, a moving car and a neighbor walking.

6333. 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.

6334. Taking Care of Business (The Responsible Self) (34:18)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 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.

6335. Talk, Talk, Talk (22:39)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 17 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.

6336. Talking Round The World (15:11)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. American children visit in the homes of children from Ghana, India and Japan. They share each other's games, food. language and music. and enjoy similarities and differences in their lives. The program presents back-ground glimpses of the three countries from which the children have come.

6337. Teacher's Instructional Video (32:50)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Video teacher's guide for the Agency for Instructional Technology program Amigos.

6338. Teachers' Meeting (30:06)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Television series The Heart of Teaching. Dramatizations are designed to help teachers deal with problems - frustration, anger, isolation, change and pressure.

6339. Texture In Drawing (22:29)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 17 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

6340. 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.

6341. Thanks But No Thanks [outtakes roll 27, DAP #5] (31:16)

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.

6342. Thanks But No Thanks [outtakes roll 29, DAP #5] (31:13)

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.

6343. Thanks But No Thanks [outtakes roll 31, DAP #5] (31:08)

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.

6344. 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.

6345. Thanks, But No Thanks (Peer Pressure) (16:53)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 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.

6346. 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.

6347. 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.

6348. The Bigger Picture (Giving and Getting Meaning) (33:58)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 13 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.

6349. The Block and The Pyramid (22:30)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

6350. The Boxcar Children (33:35)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 of Readit. John Robbins draws scenes from the book by Gertrude Warner as a storyteller and describes episodes about the children who make a boxcar their home. Encourages children to read the book.

6351. The Boxcar Children | Deadwood City, The Third Planet from Altair | Who's in Charge of Lincoln an... (1:04:00)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
The Boxcar Children, episode 5 of Readit. John Robbins draws scenes from the book as a storyteller describes episodes about the children who make a boxcar their home. Encourages children to read the book. Deadwood City and the Third Planet from Altair, episode 6 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces two stories in which the reader makes decisions at many turning points, each of which can change the plot. In the first story, the reader can have several different adventures in the Old West. In the second story, the reader is given choices to make determining the course of a spaceship and the safety of its crew. Designed to encourage students to read the books. Who's in Charge of Lincoln and The Lucky Stone, episode 7 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces two stories by Dale Fife and Lucille Clifton respectively, the first about a man's adventures involving a sack of stolen money, and the second about a lucky stone which provides good fortune for its various owners. Designed to encourage students to read the books. The Rise and Fall of Ben Gizzard and The Parrot and the Thief and The Contests at Cowlick, episode 8 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces three stories all by Richard Kennedy, the first about a cunning swindler whose good fortune runs out; the second about a thief who steals a parrot and finds it to be an awkward eyewitness; and the third about a man who challenges a gang of outlaws to one contest after another, and wins by losing. Designed to encourage students to read the books.

6352. The Changing Market: Supply & Demand (22:29)

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

6353. The Charmed Ring (India) (34:30)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 from the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a tale from India about a kindhearted man who is repaid in the end for the friendship that he bestows on a cat, a dog, and a snake. Includes music and sound effects combined with illustrations by Rae Owings.

6354. The Chenoo (Micmac Indians) (34:19)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 of the AIT series Teletales. Storyteller Paul Lally tells a Micmac Indian tale about an Indian brave who warns his wife never to touch a leather pouch in their wigwam. When their little son shoots an arrow into the pouch, a terrible creature is released. Includes music and sound effects combined with illustrations by Rae Owings.

6355. The Clique (22:29)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 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.

6356. The Comeback Dog (33:43)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story about a boy who brings a battered, dying dog home to nurse back to health. Designed to encourage students to read the book.

6357. The Cone, Cylinder and Sphere (22:28)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 8 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

6359. The Human Image (22:40)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Images and Things. Examines various ways in which artists depict their fellow human beings, and tells how these depictions reveal personal and social concepts and attitudes.

6360. The Origin and Development of NATO 1945-1991 (22:07)

Date:
1991
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Geography in U.S. history : illuminating the geographic dimensions of our nation's development.

6363. 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.

6364. The Way We Live (Lifestyles) (22:28)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 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.

6365. 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.

6366. The Write Channel, episodes 1-4 (1:03:34)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
The Write Channel is a series of fifteen lessons designed to help teach sentence combining techniques to third and fourth graders. Features animated character R.B. Bugg, a reporter for WORD TV, who receives guidance from the news editor, Red Green, to improve his stories

6367. The Write Channel, episodes 5-8 (1:02:00)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
The Write Channel is a series of fifteen lessons designed to help teach sentence combining techniques to third and fourth graders. Features animated character R.B. Bugg, a reporter for WORD TV, who receives guidance from the news editor, Red Green, to improve his stories

6368. The Write Channel, episodes 9-12 (1:00:39)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
The Write Channel is a series of fifteen lessons designed to help teach sentence combining techniques to third and fourth graders. Features animated character R.B. Bugg, a reporter for WORD TV, who receives guidance from the news editor, Red Green, to improve his stories.

6369. There's Always a Risk (Solving Problems) (15:36)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 58 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.

6370. Things To Use (20:53)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 29 from the Agency for Instructional Television series Images and Things. Focuses on manufactured objects used for daily tasks in homes, offices, and industry. Examines the qualities of form in these objects in relation to their functions and the preferences of their users.

6371. Things, Ideas, people (People at Work) (34:12)

Date:
1974
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 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.

6372. 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.

6373. To Buy or Not to Buy (Buyers and Market Demand) (22:35)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 of Trade-offs, a series in economic education for nine to thirteen year-olds that consists of fifteen 20-minute television/film programs and related materials. Using dramatizations and special visuals, the series considers fundamental economic problems relevant to everyday life. In its first year, Trade-offs was used by approximately 500,000 students and their teachers in about 25.000 fifth and sixth grade classrooms. This more than quadrupled the amount of teaching of economics as a subject. Trade-offs was produced under the direction of AIT by the Educational Film Center (North Spring-field. Virginia), The Ontario Educational Communications Authority, and public television station KERA, Dallas. Programs were available on film, videocassette, and broadcast videotape. Trade-offs was developed cooperatively by the Joint Council on Economic Education, the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, the Agency for Instructional Television, and a consortium fifty-three state and provincial education and broadcasting agencies.

6374. To Make A Dance (15:39)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. DescriptionIn her studio, professional dancer Carolyn Tate performs a dance she has created for this program. She shows how she experiments with different ways to clap, to turn and to skip, and explains why she chooses certain movements for her quietly joyful dance. She does her dance a second time and invites the audience to give it a name.

6375. To Sell or Not to Sell (Sellers and Market Supply) (20:36)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 of Trade-offs, a series in economic education for nine to thirteen year-olds that consists of fifteen 20-minute television/film programs and related materials. Using dramatizations and special visuals, the series considers fundamental economic problems relevant to everyday life. In its first year, Trade-offs was used by approximately 500,000 students and their teachers in about 25.000 fifth and sixth grade classrooms. This more than quadrupled the amount of teaching of economics as a subject. Trade-offs was produced under the direction of AIT by the Educational Film Center (North Spring-field. Virginia), The Ontario Educational Communications Authority, and public television station KERA, Dallas. Programs were available on film, videocassette, and broadcast videotape. Trade-offs was developed cooperatively by the Joint Council on Economic Education, the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, the Agency for Instructional Television, and a consortium fifty-three state and provincial education and broadcasting agencies.

6376. Touching The World (14:26)

Date:
1970
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
From the series Ripples. Norma Canner and a group of children explore feelings through their fingers, toes and skin. Children experiment with things in the classroom and outdoors such things as crinkly and corrugated paper, big balloons, rope,water, a nylon parachute and live bugs.

6377. 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.

6378. 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.

6379. Trouble for Lucy (34:18)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story by Carla Stevens about a young girl who travels with her family and puppy on the Oregon Trail in 1843. Trouble comes when the girl leaves the wagon train to search for her puppy. Designed to encourage students to read the book.

6380. Trying Times (22:31)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 1 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.

6381. Twenty and Ten (22:27)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 14 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story by Claire Huchet Bishop about twenty school children who hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis occupying France during World War II. The Jewish children are safe only if the others can keep silent and not get caught taking them food at night. Designed to encourage students to read the book.

6382. Two Sons (Family Communication) (16:10)

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.

6383. 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.

6384. 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.

6385. Understanding Remainders (22:50)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 17 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.

6386. 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.

6387. Using Bar Graphs (34:00)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 16 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.

6388. Using Division (22:53)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 11 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.

6389. Using Estimating and Approximating (Estimating and Approximating) (15:45)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 7 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.

6390. Using Estimation (32:15)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 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.

6391. 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.

6392. Using Mental Computation (22:37)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 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.

6393. Using Multiplication and Addition (22:36)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 13 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.

6394. Using People Sources (34:43)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from the Agency for Instructional Television series In Other Words. In this television program focusing on communication skills, host Stephanie Edwards provides on-camera commentary for a story about a junior high school student who has not prepared properly for an interview she is conducting. A nondramatic segment presents police officer Bob Brooks explaining how he uses interviewing skills at the scene of a crime.

6395. Using Probability (22:40)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 24 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.

6396. Using the Words of Others (22:38)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Television series In Other Words. In this television program focusing on communication skills, host Stephanie Edwards provides on-camera commentary for stories concerning students' appropriate use of the ideas and words of others in their essays and conversations. A nondramatic segment presents newspaper and television reporters who explain how pertinent quotations lend credibility.

6397. Value and Value Keys (22:24)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 13 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler. Shows the effects of value and contrast in pictures, how to recognize and choose a value key to fit subject, and how to recognize and use major, intermediate, and minor contrast.

6398. Vamos al cine (34:13)

Date:
1990
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 13 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.