1001. Providing for Family Needs (22:33)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 4 of the Agency for Instructional Television series Across Cultures. Shows that most human activity in the cultures of the Japanese, Tarahumara Indians, and the Baoule' of Africa is spent either growing food for the family, growing crops for sale, and /or working for the money to buy goods and services. 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.

1002. Sports, Society, and Self (24:08)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 of the Agency for Instructional Television series Across Cultures. Games are played and watched in every culture. The Tarahumara are endurance runners; Japanese physical training is rooted in martial arts; the Baoule' enjoy a game of mental skill called Awele. 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.

1003. Workshop #2 [outtakes] (31:14)

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

1006. I Don't Buy It! (Influence of the Media) (16:01)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 6 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.

1007. [Moldova, Soroca; Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Moldovans; Interviews, 2005, 2006] (11:20:13)

Date:
2005
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include childhood memories of prewar Vadu-Rashkovo, Soroca, and Sguritzy, family members, school education, prewar religious life, occupations, food customs, cultural life, political organizations, Yiddish songs, folk customs, traditional weddings, and holiday celebrations, including Yom Kippur, Succoth, Simkhat Torah, Hanukkah, Purim and Passover, non-Jews who spoke Yiddish in Dumbraveno; life during the Great Hunger in 1932-1933, family life during World War II, deaths of family members, German occupation, forced marches and labor in Bershad, Rîbnita, Bershadskiy Rayon, Rîscani, Yampil, Cosǎuyi, Rublenita, and Vertiujeni; life after the war, postwar German compensation and life today, reponses to questions about cultural terminology and dialectological questions. Includes singing of Yiddish songs and footage of the Soroca synagogue. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

1013. I Do Care (Social Responsibility) [Spanish] (14:48)

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.

1017. Comparing: Proportions (22:25)

Date:
1981
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Lesson 6 from Math Wise a program that teaches mathematics as a means to practical ends. The program shows how math applies to problem-solving in the everyday world and aim to help students to use math skills in their own lives. Los Angeles television personality Stephanie Edwards is the program's host. In this episode Micki Tenini, the sister of an up-and-coming record producer, is joining a band called the Marveltones. She clashes slightly with the bandleader, Henry (Apollo) Jackson, who reminds her the proportion of fast songs to slow songs. In time, Micki agrees to stay with that ratio, and she is delighted to hear her brother is opening a recording studio.

1019. Body I (22:33)

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.

1020. Coming Home To Earth (15:22)

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

1021. Classifying in Science (34:20)

Date:
1983
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Television series WhatAbout. The programs are grouped according to like skills required for initiating a scientific investigation, collecting data, analyzing, interpreting, experimenting and communicating the results.

1022. The Real Me (Peer pressure and support) (17:35)

Date:
1992
Main contributors:
Agency For Instructional Technology
Summary:
Episode 3 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.

1023. Inside/Out: About Inside/Out | Because It's Fun | How Do You Show? (1:06:18)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Inside/Out teaches mental health instead of teaching about it. The programs and lessons deal with situations that, if poorly handled, often cause the human hurts that appear to underlie many kinds of self-defeating behavior. Inside/Out provides. a "feelings" approach to health education. The series recognizes that the way a person lives, the kinds of decisions he makes, and how he feels are as important to his well-being as heredity, environment, and the medical care he receives. The programs can also be used as opportunities to initiate topics or categories of health education required by state or local boards of education. Studies of the effects of alcohol and tobacco, drug abuse, family living, safety, nutrition, and human anatomy can all be approached through the affective lessons of Inside/Out.

1028. A Grandmother for the Orephelines | Twenty and Ten | The Whistling Tea-Kettle and The Witch of Fo... (1:04:34)

Date:
1982
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
A Grandmother for the Orephelines, episode 13 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story about Josine, the littlest orphan in an old French castle, who wants a grandmother so much that she locks up an old woman in the dungeon. On Christmas Eve, she thinks she hears the animals talking, but a different surprise awaits her. Designed to encourage students to read the book. Twenty and Ten, episode 14 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story 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. The Whistling Tea-Kettle and The Witch of Fourth Street, episode 15 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces two stories, the first by Mindy Warshaw Skolsy about a young girl's gift which frightens robbers from her grandmother's candy store; and the second by Myron Levoy about a girl who has to choose between giving a daily penny to the monkey she loves, or giving it to the woman she believes is a witch. Designed to encourage students to read the books. Ben and Me, episode 16 of Readit. Host John Robbins introduces the story about a mouse who lived in Benjamin Franklin's hat. The mouse tells who was really responsible for many of Franklin's famous achievements.

1029. Central & South America: Why Do People Move? (22:29)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 9 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.

1030. Plazas, Malls, Squares (19:56)

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

1033. Geography in U.S. History Stills, Tape 302 (31:10)

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.

1034. Episode 6, Map Animation (20:04)

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.

1035. Episode 3 Stills, Tape 307 (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.

1036. Geography in U.S. History Stills, Tape 305 (31:13)

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.

1037. Episode 4, Map Animation (07:10)

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.

1038. Episode 2, Tape 109 (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.

1039. Color, What Is It? (23:09)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 16 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler. Shows dimensions of color, how all pigment colors come from three primary colors, ways to change dimensions of color, and how and why to select color scheme for particular effects.

1040. Elements of Design (33:43)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 10 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler. This program looks at the visual elements with which artists create a picture. Students will see a picture being created with these elements.

1041. Finding Heights Within a Perspective (22:30)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 6 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler. This program demonstrates how an artist determines the height of a person or an object in relation to the known height of another object in a perspective drawing.

1042. Drawing Approaches (22:17)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 3 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler. American artist Paul Ringler gives an introduction to four different methods of starting a drawing outlining, geometric, light and shadow, and the rhythm or gestural approach.

1043. Perspectives in Drawing (22:29)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 5 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler. Shows how to set up a one- or two- point perspective drawing and how to use this precise technique to indicate distance and depth.

1044. Foreshortening (22:26)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 23 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

1045. Silhouettes (22:27)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 19 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

1046. Figure Construction (34:09)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 20 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

1047. Drawing Media Tips (22:28)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 28 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

1048. 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.

1049. Hands and Feet (22:29)

Date:
1988
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 30 from the Agency for Instructional Technology series Drawing with Paul Ringler.

1050. Geography in U.S. History Stills (31:11)

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.