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TRP Library Video and Audio Resources
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These resources are available in the library. They are stored in the library office, among the teachers' resources.
In VHS format:
VID 42227
Beginning Math Vocabulary. El Dorado Hills, CA: 100% Educational Videos, Inc. Learn many math words including equal, more than, less than, number, half, whole, most, least, pair, alike, several, many, always, never, almost, and middle. 12 min.
VID 4381
Measuring is Important. Pasadena: Barr Films. Introduces the definitions, uses, and importance of basic measurements: length, weight, volume, time, and temperature. 17 min.
VID 4379
Time to Tell Time. Pasadena, CA: Barr Films. Clarence the cat kindly teaches Everett the cuckoo bird how to tell time, including past, present, and future; years, months and days; move
VID 9777
Art of Listening, The. Lake Zurich, IL: Learning Seed, 1993. Uses family and workplace situations to teach seven "Laws of Good Listening." 27 min.
VID 4787
Critical Thinking: Day to Day. Studio City, CA: Film Fair Communications. Using examples of information from politics and advertising, a middle school debating team defines and demonstrates the process of critical thinking. 15 min.
VID 9941
Critical thinking: How to evaluate information and draw conclusions. Mount Kisco, NY: Center for Humanities, 1987. The principles of basic reasoning, including inductive and deductive reasoning and irrelevant arguments. 47 min.
VID 10730
Everything you always wanted to know about high school but were afraid to ask. Raleigh, NC: Rainbow Educational Media, 1996. Addresses academic, extra curricular and personal issues. Provides role models and preparation tips. 22 min.
VID 9893
Memory Skills: Power Learning. Lake Zurich, IL: Learning Seed, 1991. How to improve one's ability to remember important data. Viewers participate in activities. 25 min.
VID 7923
SAT I* Prep Game, The. Los Angeles: Churchill Media. This hilarious game show format provides invaluable help for all areas of the test. 59 min.
VID 41480
Secrets to SAT success. 51 min.
VID 9402
Stand Up! Speak Out! Preventing bullying and harassment. Pleasantville, NY: Sunburst, 2001. 7 VHS tapes.
VID 8130
Study Skills: How to read a textbook. Mount Kisco, NY: Guidance Associates, c1989. Introduces the steps for effectively reading a textbook, including Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review. 18 min.
VID 4939
Beginning of Life, The. The penetration of ultraviolet waves into early Earth's thin, oxygen poor atmosphere, coupled with electric discharges, brought about reactions that produced the organic compounds essential to life. 22 min.
VID 7157
Energy. Briarcliff Manor, NY: Benchmark Films. Demonstrates that all plant and animal life depends on obtaining and releasing energy; explains energy as a biochemical process (photosynthesis, respiration), shows flow of energy from the sun through plants to animals. 20 min.
VID 5654
Genes and Hereditary Disorders. Los Angeles: Churchill Films, 1989. Addresses genetics, the role of chromosomes and heredity, genetic counseling, genetically linked disease, and screening for birth defects. 22 min.
VID 0003
Incredible human body, The. National Geographic Society: 2002. Explores the human body, showcasing its abilities -- and its potential - by using revolutionary, cutting-edge imaging systems and the latest advances in science and technology to go inside the bodies of real people, right down to their stem cells. 60 min.
VID 42297
Lab Safety for Junior and Senior High School. 14 min.
VID 10365
On becoming a scientist. Santa Monica, CA: Pyramid, 1995. Examines the reasons why people choose a science career and the skills that are needed to become a scientist. 15 min.
VID 42424
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration (part 3 of 5). Biomedia Associates. Program 3 has Respiration Modules: glycolysis, fermentation, mitochondrion structure, aerobic respiration, Krebs Cycle, Electron Transport Chain, ATP synthesis and Photosynthesis Modules: Chloroplast structure, Light trapping by chlorophyll, Light-dependent reactions, and Light independent reactions. 15 min.
VID 8477
Senses. Morris Plains, NJ: Lucerne Media. Introduces the five senses. 27 min.
VID 5231
The Skeleton: our fantastic framework. Redondo Beach, CA: Stanton Films. Introduces the skeleton and its importance; stresses bone as living tissue; addresses exercise and nutrition. 13 min.
VID 41421
Voyage Inside the Cell. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2000. This program presents 3-D computer generated images which transport the viewer inside a living cell following a hormone as it passes through the cell membrane and cytoplasm until it enters the nucleus and mitosis takes place. 15 min.
VID 42425
What is photosynthesis? El Dorado Hills, CA: 100% Educational Videos, Inc. Examines photosynthesis; describes related chemical reactions; reinforces the importance of plants in every ecosystem. 14 min.
VID 6652
Atom, The. Describes the historical development of atomic theory and the evidence on which it is based. Addresses development of the modern or quantum model. 15 min.
VID 7588
Atoms and Molecules. Chatsworth, CA: AIMS Media. Atoms and molecules are explored. 22 min.
VID 3078
Atoms and Molecules: Program 3: Evidence for the atom-molecular theory. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Ed Corp. Offers a number of simple experiments to provide indirect evidence in support of the various parts that make up the theory that all matter is composed of tiny, fast-moving particles called atoms and molecules. 15 min.
VID 3079
Chemical Change. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corps, 1982. Computer graphics and animation are used to provide a basis for understanding the ways in which molecules build up and break down in the process of chemical change. 15 min.
VID 5424
Chemical Families. Rochester, NY: Ward's Natural Science. Displays samples of over 70 elements, demonstrates methods for dividing them into families. 22 min.
VID 42297
Lab Safety for Junior and Senior High School. 14 min.
VID 42233
Laws of Motion. El Dorado Hills, Ca: 100% Educational Videos, Inc. Graphics and recreations show how gravity, friction, and inertia are related to force, mass, and momentum. 17 min.
VID 10605
Let's Move It: Newton's Laws of Motion. Raleigh, NC: Rainbow Educational Media, 1987. Explores Newton's three Laws of Motion. 12 min.
VID 7063
Liquids 1. Menlo Park, CA: Addison Wesley, 1992. A discussion of density and pressure, buoyancy, displacement and Archimedes' Principle. 39 min.
VID 10973
Matter: form and substance in the universe. Evanston, IL: AGC/United Learning, 1996. This program introduces students to the basic characteristics of matter; mass, density, weight and inertia; the differences between elements, compounds, substances, and solutions; the unique physical properties (boiling and freezing points, conductor or insulator, solubility, hardness, etc.) and chemical characteristics (reactivity, flammability, acid or base, combustibility, etc.); of different types of matter; and the four states of matter, solid, liquid, gas and plasma. 25 min.
VID 10974
Mixtures: Together but separate. Evanston, IL: AGC/United Learning, 1996. This program begins by explaining the difference between mixtures and compounds. Solutions are explored and concepts such as solvent, solute, electrolyte, saturated solution, supersaturated solution, solubility, and polarity are defined. How solubility is affected by the polarity of the solvent and solute is illustrated with 3-D animation. Students are also introduced to mixtures, such as suspensions and colloids, and how mixtures can be separated by filtering, distillation, and settling. 25 min.
VID 10365
On becoming a scientist. Santa Monica, CA: Pyramid, 1995. Examines the reasons why people choose a science career and the skills that are needed to become a scientist. 15 min.
VID 5763
Periodic Table, The. San Diego, CA: Media Guild. Develops the meaning of periodicity from a historical context, explaining period and group; demonstrates trends. 24 min.
VID 6655
Periodic Table, The. Addresses properties, atomic number, physical properties, valence, melting point, conductivity, symbols, atomic mass, atomic number, protons, electrons, group, family, neutrons, and boiling point. 15 min.
VID 5372
Scientific Method, The. Irwindale, CA: BARR Films. Defines three basic components of scientific method: observation, hypothesis, and experimentation. Shows flexibility and the evolution of knowledge; traces the historical development of the scientific method. 23 min.
VID 10340
Scientific method and scientific measurement, Parts 1 & 2. Niles, IL: United Learning, Inc, 1993. Part 1 describes how the scientific method developed. Philosophers and scientists are contrasted. Part 2 introduces the English and metric systems. 2 VHS tapes.
Vid Gun
Guns & Teens. Center to Prevent Handgun Violence.
VID 8311
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Spinning Things and Earthquakes. Los Angeles: Disney Educational Productions. "Spinning Things" covers storms, bowling balls, planets, centripetal force, centrifugal force. "Earthquakes" explores the causes of earthquakes, the structure of Earth, and faults. 26 min.
VID 8629
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Pollutions Solutions and Archaeology. Los Angeles: Disney Educational Productions. "Pollution Solutions" shows experiments that compare the behavior of different types of refuse in the presence of heat and moisture. "Archaeology" explores culture through the contents of household trash. 52 min.
VID 42310
Common Ground: the water, earth, and air we share. New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts. Written, illustrated and narrated by Molly Bang. Conservation and responsibility for our shared natural resources is the heart of an allegory that inspires respect for the environment, described tidily in simple terms. 11 min.
VID 0004
Day the earth shook, The. Boston: WGBH, 1996. "This NOVA program examines some of the latest research into earthquake studies which show that while earthquakes may not be predictable in the short term, they need not take such a high toll on human lives." 60 min.
VID 8103
Desert. DK Vision and BBC Worldwide Americas: 1996. Narrated by Martin Sheen. Trek across the deserts of the world to meet their inhabitants and see how they find and conserve water. 35 min.
VID 41675
Galileo. Emmy Award winning show about Galileo's troubles and advances, including the telescope. 55 min.
VID 7963
Earthquake: a natural disaster. 45 min.
VID 0015
In the path of a volcano. Boston: WGBH, 1993. Scientists record the eruption of the Philippines' Mt. Pinatubo in June 1991. 60 min.
VID 42297
Lab Safety for Junior and Senior High School. 14 min.
VID 41699
Natural Disasters. 28 min.
VID 10365
On becoming a scientist. Santa Monica, CA: Pyramid, 1995. Examines the reasons why people choose a science career and the skills that are needed to become a scientist. 15 min.
VID 0005
Weathering and erosion. El Dorado Hills, CA: 100% Educational Videos, 2002. The surface of the land has undergone many changes over its history. Water, rain, snow, and wind; they all continually shape and form the Earth. Take your students on a journey to discover how physical weathering, chemical weathering, and erosion occur. Learn that the destructive forces of erosion and weathering are slow processes that change the surface of the earth. 15 min.
VID 0020
1000-1500 AD. Chicago: Society for Visual Education, Inc, 1988. 19 min.
VID 0021
1500-1900 AD. Chicago: Society for Visual Education, Inc, 1988. 15 min.
VID 10817
Ancient Civilization, Prog. 1: The beginning is the end. Ontario, Canada: TV Ontario, 1990. Examines what prompted ancient civilizations to begin and why they developed in the way they did. Concentrates mostly on Sumer but also studies and compares civilizations in China, India, Egypt, and Central America. 30 min.
VID 41444
Ancient Egypt: quest for immortality. Alexandria, VA: Time Life, 1995. The discovery of Tutankhamen's undisturbed burial chamber provided an unprecedented glimpse into a civilization that continues to tantalize. Learn how archaeologists are penetrating Egypt's long-buried mysteries, from the science of preparing a mummy for eternity, to the art of composing a love letter in hieroglyphs, to the technology capable of raising the largest stone buildings ever erected by human beings. 48 min.
VID 0012
Ancient Mesopotamia. St. Louis: Phoenix Learning Group, 1979. "The contributions of the Sumerians, Semites, Babylonians and Assyrians are depicted against authentic locales, including the cities of Babylon, Ur and Nineveh. 10 min.
VID 2983
Arab World, The. Madison, WI: Knowledge Unlimited, Inc, 1988. Looks at the history of the area including the founding of Islam, the Ottoman empire and its eventual breakup, political conflicts with Jews in Palestine, and the impact of World War II. It also examines geography; the importance of the Arab world's most precious resource, oil; and the founding of Israel and the impact it has had on the Arab world. 18:35 min.
VID 938
Athens and the Greek spirit. San Ramon, CA: International
Video Network, 1988. A tour of the sights of Athens with narration and music. 30 min.
VID 5761
Background of the American Revolutionary War. San Diego: Media Guild, 1984. This film examines the events in American colonial history that led to the Revolutionary War. 20 min.
VID 7931
Brazil. Evanston, IL: Journal Films, 1990. Explores the three regions of Brazil; the Amazon's importance to the ecosystem; exports; major cities. 20 min.
VID 10614
Buddhism: the middle way of compassion. Niles, IL: United Learning, 1993. Traces the history of Buddhism, its development and art, and its influence on Asian philosophy and politics. 25 min.
VID 0016
Building the empire, part 2. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network, 1987. Though their vast empire eventually collapsed, the Romans left a legacy in stone. These memorials to a time long past remind us that their cultural heritage lives on. By examining the magnificent monuments, we can trace the glorious history of Rome. 17 min.
VID 0018
Children's March, The / teacher's guide. Montgomery, AL: Teaching Tolerance. Tells the story of how the young people of Birmingham, Ala., braved fire hoses and police dogs in 1963 and brought segregation to its knees. 40 min.
VID 10615
Christianity: the way of goodness and mercy. Nashville: Ecu Film, 1998. Teaches different aspects of Christianity. Includes the life of Christ, the development of the early Christian church, the split between East and West, the Reformation, Christian rituals and traditions, and controversies associated with modern day archaeological discoveries. 27 min.
VID 0014
Coliseum. Boston: WGBH, 1998. Two theories of how the spectators at the Coliseum were protected from the fierce Mediterranean sun were tested on a 15th-century bullring in a city called Barcarrota, in an area controlled by the Romans 20 centuries ago. 60 min.
VID 7869
Colonial way of life, The. Del Mar, CA: CRM McGraw-Hill Films, 1970. The differences in New England, the middle colonies and southern colonies gradually coalesced into a unique American culture. 26 min.
VID 0022
Daily Life in Ancient Rome; Imperial Rome. Chicago: Society for Visual Education, Inc, 1985. 25:20 min.
VID 0011
Early Civilizations. St. Louis: Phoenix Learning Group, 1979. The appearance of civilization depends on a number of conditions and processes. We learn what the most common prerequisites are, and how early civilizations began arising in several places: Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, Greece and Italy. These civilizations often influenced each other. Even though each was eventually conquered by more powerful cultures, this film shows the bonds between the many ancient civilizations. 21 min.
VID 0010
Easter Island. Boston: WGBH, 2000. "Visitors to the island of Rapa Nui, the modern name for Easter Island, have long been fascinated by the giant statues, called moai, that stand on platforms along its rugged coastline. How did ancient islanders carve and move these enormous volcanic stones? To test their hypotheses, NOVA's team casts a 10-ton (9 metric tons) concrete model of a moai. Visiting researchers and islanders join. 60 min.
VID 6766
Egypt: Life Under the Pharaohs. Deerfield, IL: Coronet. Shows what daily life was like in ancient Egypt. Explains what models and wall paintings in ancient tombs represent. Looks at how food was grown, harvested, processed, stored and counted and how houses were constructed. Discusses hieroglyphics, tells the formation of the role of scribes and more. 21 min.
VID 41700
Ethnic dance around the world. St. Louis: BFA Educational Media, 1984. Examples of colorful ethnic dances from the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia help viewers to understand why people dance and why their dances and music differ from country to country. 24 min.
VID 6922
Fighting for independence: the Revolutionary War. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 1990. Reenacts key events of the war, examining the colonists' guerillas fighting tactics and the role played by slaves, Native Americans, loyalists, women, and foreign leaders. 18 min.
VID 7137
First Cities, The. West Long Branch, NJ: Kultur, 2001. Investigates everyday life in the city, including law, education, taxation and class systems. Also looks at the legacies of Greece and Rome. 50 min.
VID 7136
First Civilizations, The. West Long Branch, NJ: Kultur, 2001. Findings about the development of civilizations. Babylon and Jericho are explored and ancient farmers are compared to their nomadic contemporaries. 50 min.
VID 7138
First Merchants, The. West Long Branch, NJ: Kultur, 2001. Explains how trade was carried out across continents before roads. Reveals how raw materials and luxury items were traded via a network of trade routes. 50 min.
VID 10756
Food: a multicultural feast. Lake Zurich, IL: Learning Seed, 1998. Examines the multi-cultural origins of many foods we take for granted: sauerkraut, chocolate, yogurt, bananas, pizza, potatoes, cookies, doughnuts, chili, chop suey, spaghetti, chow mein, and French toast. 20 min.
VID 0001
Gear Up: There ought to be a law. Washington, DC: NCCEP. Takes students on a fast-paced tour of Washington, D.C., as it explores the story of how the educational opportunity project called Gear Up (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs went from an idea to a law that can benefit every middle-school student in America. 15 min.
VID 6763
Gift of the Nile, The. Deerfield, Il: Coronet Film and video, 1991. A video journey through the land of the Pharaohs, featuring the treasures of King Tut, the Temple of Abu Simbel, modern Egyptian life and more. 21 min.
VID 0017
Hindenburg's Fiery Secret. National Geographic Video: 2000. Archival films tell the story of the age of airships, and modern footage takes the viewer inside the airship hangar. Interviews with Hindenburg crew members who survived the disaster provide vivid testimony about the airship's fiery demise. 60 min.
VID 10616
Hinduism: an ancient path in the modern world. Niles, IL: United Learning. Overview of Hinduism includes discussion on the Brahmans and ascetics, gurus, the Hindu temple, the holy city of Varanesi, various deities, personal worship, the role of the cow, the Hindu diet, music and chanting, the caste system, the Muslim invasion and more. 20 min.
VID 8910
Holidays of Winter, The. 15 min.
VID 41667
India. 30 min.
VID 40653
In the mix: Teens around the world. New York: Castle Works, 1998. What would it be like to grow up in the Philippines, Russia, Namibia, Korea, Egypt, India, or London? Although each culture is unique, some things are universal and there's lots of common ground for all of us to stand on. 30 min.
VID 42339
Jazz. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Origins of jazz from black backgrounds and experiences and development through modern jazz, a complex variety of counterpoint and improvisation. 20 min.
VID 10618
Judaism: the religion of a people. Evanston, IL: United Learning, 1994. Traces the history, development, and practice of Judaism. Filmed on location throughout the world with footage of Jews praying at the Wailing Wall, a family lighting the Sabbath candles at home, and congregations commemorating various aspects of Judaism in the Synagogue. 24 min.
VID 0013
Life in ancient Rome. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1964. Re-creates scenes and activities in Rome during the reign of Emperor Trajan. 13 min.
VID 4812
Martin Luther King, Jr.: the assassin years. Northbrook, IL: Centron Films. Blends dramatized sequences photographed in Montgomery, Alabama, with historical newsreel footage to recapture the crusade of Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr., and his leadership of the Civil Rights Movement. 27 min.
VID 41350
Masks from many cultures. Glenview, IL: Crystal Video, 1993. Multicultural art video featuring over 100 masks from different regions of the world and from diverse cultures. Among the countries represented by the masks and headdresses are Bali, China, Tibet, Japan, Korea, Africa, Mexico, and others. 21 min.
VID 0007
Medieval Siege. Boston: WGBH, 2000. In the Scottish countryside, teams build two trebuchet designs side by side, using medieval building techniques. 60 min.
VID 11041
Music and Dance of Africa. Washington: JVC/Smithsonian, 1996. Music and dance; local performance styles; traces musical expression to America. Includes Egypt, Uganda, Senegal. 57 min.
VID 11042
Music and Dance of Africa. Washington: JVC/Smithsonian, 1996. Music and dance; local performance styles; traces musical expression to America. Includes Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria. 52 min.
VID 11043
Music and Dance of Africa. Washington: JVC/Smithsonian, 1996. Music and dance; local performance styles; traces musical expression to America. Includes Kenya, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa. 48 min.
VID 42340
Music of Africa. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Centers on the rich heritage involved in African music. 20 min.
VID 42343
Music of Latin America. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network,. Looks at the distinctive sound of Latin American music as it combines the wind and percussion instruments of the native Indians with the influences of the Spanish and Portuguese. 20 min.
VID 42344
Music of the Middle Ages. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Describes the different types of music found in the Middle Ages. 20 min.
VID 40750
Pakistan. Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet Publications, 1999. Reveals some of Asia's most mid-bending landscapes, from Karachi to the Himalayas. 48 min.
VID 0006
Pharaoh's Obelisk. Boston: WGBH, 2000. "How did ancient Egyptians transport and erect towering granite obelisks that weighed as much as 400 tons (360 metric tons)? NOVA's experts scour wall paintings, ancient ruins, and texts for clues about the Egyptians' methods. 60 min.
VID 0008
Roman Bath. Boston: WGBH, 2000. "Many of the Roman Empire's best-known engineering feats were first used in their bathhouses: vaulted roofs, watertight concrete, and elaborate plumbing and heating systems. In the hills of Turkey, a team of engineers, historians, archeologists, and local craftspeople build a working Roman bath. 60 min.
VID 42346
Russian Folk Music. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Discusses Russian folk music, showing how everyday events, such as birth, death, harvest, and love, influence the style of the music. 20 min.
VID 40389
Shape of the world (exploration). PBS. Geometry enables us to measure and map Earth in two dimensions. 60 min.
VID 0009
Stonehenge. Boston: WGBH, 2000. Distinctive features of this stone site are the trilithons, which consist of two upright stones topped by a horizontal lintel stone. In this program, the NOVA team considers how to transport and raise the massive stones, as well as how to place the lintel stone on top. By comparing different strategies and adapting ramps, levers, and other tools that might have been available to the ancient builders, the team works to meet the challenge. 60 min.
VID 0019
Twentieth Century, The. Chicago: Society for Visual Education, Inc, 1988. 19 min.
VID 41556
Wonders Sacred and Mysterious. Pleasantville, NY: Readers' Digest Home Entertainment, 1993. Examples of monuments of beauty and power, including Stonehenge, Great Pyramids, Hagia Sophia, Borobudur, St. Peter's Basilica, and the Taj Mahal. 68 min.
VID 10756
Food: a multicultural feast. Lake Zurich, IL: Learning Seed, 1998. Examines the multi-cultural origins of many foods we take for granted: sauerkraut, chocolate, yogurt, bananas, pizza, potatoes, cookies, doughnuts, chili, chop suey, spaghetti, chow mein, and French toast.
VID 0003
Incredible human body, The. National Geographic Society: 2002. The Incredible Human Body explores the enigmatic human body, showcasing its abilities -- and its potential - by using revolutionary, cutting-edge imaging systems and the latest advances in science and technology to go inside the bodies of real people, right down to their stem cells.
VID 7511
Nutrition: the Pyramid way. North Hollywood: Alfred Higgins Productions. Explains the Food Guide Pyramid. Focuses on maintaining a diet low in fat and getting the necessary servings from each food group.
VID 5764
Tattle: when to tell on a friend. San Diego: Media Guild. Dramatizes how cocaine destroys goals, families, friendships, and lives, and encourages young people to take more responsibility in protecting one another.
VID 42336
American Folk Music. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Outlines the history of American folk music, discussing how the ballads of Britain and Ireland, brought over by immigrants, have influenced their heritage.
VID 938
Athens and the Greek spirit. San Ramon, CA: International Video Network, 1988. A tour of the sights of Athens with narration and music.
VID 42337
Country and Western Music. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Pioneers of country and western music discuss its history and perform their songs.
VID 42338
Electronic Music. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Explores the technology that makes music and sound synthesizing possible and demonstrates the complexity that can be achieved with a digital synthesizer.
VID 42339
Jazz. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Origins of jazz from black backgrounds and experiences and development through modern jazz.
VID 42340
Music of Africa. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Centers on the rich heritage involved in African music.
VID 42343
Music of Latin America. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Looks at the distinctive sound of Latin American music as it combines the wind and percussion instruments of the native Indians with the influences of the Spanish and Portuguese.
VID 42344
Music of the Middle Ages. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Describes the different types of music found in the Middle Ages.
VID 42346
Russian Folk Music. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network. Discusses Russian folk music, showing how everyday events, such as birth, death, harvest, and love, influence the style of the music.
VID 4320
Draw along: Faces and feelings. Shows ways to draw sad, angry, suspicious, and happy faces. How the eyes, eyebrows, nostrils, and mouth show facial expression. Introduces mood lines: sad, drooping lines, peaceful horizontal lines, explosive radial lines, moving slanted lines.
VID 4322
Draw along: Halloween symbols. The theme is a Halloween scene in Frankenstein's castle. After the castle and surroundings are sketched, the program suggests placing the monster and Igor in the scene.
VID 4319
Draw Along: Ovals unlimited.
VID 41923
Drawing for all: Exploring colors. Art Lady Production, 1998.
VID 10756
Food: a multicultural feast. Lake Zurich, IL: Learning Seed, 1998. Examines the multi-cultural origins of many foods we take for granted: sauerkraut, chocolate, yogurt, bananas, pizza, potatoes, cookies, doughnuts, chili, chop suey, spaghetti, chow mein, and French toast.
VID 07190
Paper Camera. Eugene, OR: New Dimension Media, 1985. Tells the story of a ten-year-old Chinese student and his transition into an English speaking school in North America. His expertise with origami allows him to connect with other students.
VID 41824
Between the Lions: Little Big Mouse. A lion family live in a library where characters pop off the page, vowels sing, and words take on lives of their own.
VID 9940
Grammar Rock. Los Angeles: Disney, 1973. With animation and lyrics, this video utilizes music as a mnemonic device so children can remember the principles of speech just by humming a familiar tune. Includes teacher's guide.
VID 3995
Nouns in sentences. Evanston IL: Journal Films, Inc. Defines nouns and shows how to recognize nouns in sentences.
VID 3999
Verbs in sentences. Evanston, IL: Journal Films, Inc, 1981. In this video we learn that one of the uses of a verb is to tell us what the noun is doing. Form and tense tell us when the action takes place.
VID 7610
Writing is... Irwindale, CA: BARR Medi Group. Traces the history of written language; compares and contrasts various forms; looks at student writing.
VID Doy
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. MPI Home Video: Granada Television Limited, c. 1983.
VID 41297
Alejandro's Gift. Alejandro, a man in his 60s, lives in a small adobe house beside an isolated desert road. His only companion is a burro. To ease his loneliness, he tends to his garden. Albert's simple and poetic text evokes the silence and emptiness in Alejandro's life. He grows to understand his interdependence with the land and its creatures as he lives among them.
ID 40679
As you like it: Rosalind and Celia. Santa Monica, CA: A-Barr LLC. Actor Patrick Stewart discusses and acts some of his discoveries about this play, with Rosalind and Celia played by Fiona Shaw and Juliet Stevenson.
VID 9389
Banner in the sky: teacher's guide. Needham, MA: Silver Burdett Ginn, c1994. Presents a synopsis of James Ramsey Ullman's "Banner in the Sky" accompanied by pre- and post-reading activities and reproducible comprehension, writing, and vocabulary activity sheets. The Citadel stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt's father. At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he never knew, and complete the quest that claimed his father's life.
VID Dic
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. VCI Entertainment. 2001 Blair and Associates Ltd. A Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one night.
VID 5262
Christmas Carol, A. 1958. TV adaptation starring Basil Rathbone and Frederick March. Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one night.
VID Fra
The Diary of Anne Frank. Twentieth Century Fox: 1959. Anne Frank began to keep a diary on her thirteenth birthday, 12 June 1942, three weeks prior to going into hiding in the sealed-off upper rooms of the annex of her father's office building in Amsterdam. With the assistance of a group of Otto Frank's trusted colleagues they remained hidden for two years and one month, until their betrayal in August 1944, which resulted in their deportation to Nazi concentration camps.
VID 40041
Fall of the house of Usher, The. Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp. "The Fall of the House of Usher" is considered the best example of Poe's "totality", where every element and detail is related and relevant. The tale opens with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his comfort.
VID 42684
Gift of the Magi, The. Thousand Oaks, CA: Monterey Media, 2001. Dramatization of O. Henry's classic about a young couple who learn, ironically, that to give is more important than to receive.
VID 10772
Johnny Tremain. Newton. PA: Disney Educational Productions. Disney film of the story of a young American revolutionary. Johnny is the fourteen-year-old prize apprentice of the Boston silver-smith Ephraim Lapham. When Johnny's hand is disfigured in an accident, he can no longer work as a silversmith, and his sense of self is imperiled. As the rebellious colonists begin to fight England for their identity, Johnny finds a new life among the leaders of the Boston Whig party and is transformed from a selfish youth into a patriotic young man.
VID 5701
Lady or the Tiger, The. Deerfield, IL: Learning Corporation of America, 1969. Adaptation of Frank R. Stockton's 1882 story about trust and choice.
VID 42426
Last Leaf, The. Thousand Oaks, CA: Monterey Media, 2001. Dramatizes O. Henry's classic about a dying girl and the artist who gives his life to save hers.
VID 5266
Legend of Johnny Appleseed, The. Newtown, PA: Disney Educational Productions, c1948. Animated film about John Chapman, who planted trees across the frontier in the first half of the 19th Century.
VID 10714
Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Teacher's Guide. New York: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1996. Animated; adapted and illustrated by Robert Van Nutt, narrated by Glenn Close, music by Tim Story. The story is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town, New York, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel.
VID 3729
Macbeth: Parts 1, 2 3. Tells of the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends. For the plot Shakespeare drew loosely on the historical account of King Macbeth of Scotland by Raphael Holinshed and that by the Scottish philosopher Hector Boece.
VID 40681
Merchant of Venice: Shylock. Santa Monica, CA: A-BARR LLC, 1991. Actor Patrick Stewart discusses and acts some of the discoveries he has made playing this role.
VID 5245
Monkey's Paw, The. Northbrook, IL: Coronet/MTI, 1982. Dramatization tells about a family's sudden possession of a monkey's paw, which is purported to grant three wishes. After using the three wishes, the family is left with grief and despair.
VID 6161
My bother Sam is dead. New York: Random House, 1986. When Sam Meeker leaves his home in Redding, Connecticut, a town loyal to the king, to fight with the rebel army, he places his family in a very difficult position.
VID 7890
Necklace, The. Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp, 1980. Contemporary retelling of de Maupassant's classic story of a woman who borrows a diamond necklace to wear on a formal occasion, and the consequences to her and her husband when she loses it.
VID 0002
Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry. Washington, DC: WETA, 1994. The story is set in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark in September 1943, the third year of the Nazi occupation of Denmark. Annemarie and her best friend Ellen, who is Jewish, are stopped by soldiers on their way home from school. The encounter makes Annemarie reflect on what her father has taught her about Denmark and also about her older sister Lise's death a few years before the start of the novel.
VID 41654
Old man and the sea, The. An Alexander Petrov Film adaptation. Media, PA: Media Inc, 2000. Animated adaptation of Hemingway's classic work, which centers upon Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.
VID Dic
Oliver! Columbia Tristar Home Video: Columbia Pictures, 1968. Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
VID 8619
Paul Bunyan. Newtown, PA: Disney Educational Productions, 1958. Disney animation of the American tall tale.
VID 5729
Pecos Bill. Rabbit Ears Productions, : 1988. Animated version of American tall tale retold by Brian Gleeson, read by Robin Williams, with music by Ry Cooder and art by Tim Raglin.
VID Jus
Phantom Tollbooth, The. MGM/UA Home Video: 1969. Turner Entertainment Company c. 1989. Milo, a bored, lonely boy who lives in a city apartment block, is surprised by the sudden arrival of a large, gift-wrapped package. Inside is a tollbooth, which turns out to be a gateway into a magical parallel universe. As Milo passes through the tollbooth, the character moves from live action to animation, and his toy car transports him to the enchanted Kingdom of Wisdom and the cities of Digitopolis and Dictionopolis.
VID 5243
Ransom of Red Chief, The. Northbrook, IL: Learning Corporation of America, 1978. Film adaptation of O. Henry's classic about two would-be kidnappers and the trouble they have with their "victim."
VID 41527
Raven The. Award winning dramatization of Poe's poem about grief and loss tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow descent into madness.
VID Tay
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Live Home Video: Artisan, c 1978. Tells the story of a land-owning African American family living in a rural area of Mississippi during the 1930s, and how they subsequently cope with mounting white oppression and racism in order to keep their land.
VID 6780
Scorpions. New York: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1990. Drama based on Walter Dean Myers' Newbery Award winner about gangs and guns.
VID 42425
A Tale of Two Cities. ITC Productions: 1992. Film of Dickens' masterpiece about love and sacrifice during the French Revolution. It depicts the plight of the French proletariat under the brutal oppression of the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and the corresponding savage brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution.
VID 5604
Taming of the Shrew, The. Short adaptation presented by readers in costume. The main plot depicts the courting of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate, and eponymous shrew. Katherina is at first an unwilling participant in the relationship but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments - the "taming" - until she is an obedient bride. The sub-plot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's less intractable sister, Bianca.
VID 41705
A taste of Shakespeare: The merchant of Venice. From the Canadian TV series. Bassanio, a young Venetian, would like to travel to Belmont to woo the beautiful and wealthy heiress Portia. He approaches his friend Antonio, a merchant, for three thousand ducats needed
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