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A NOUS LA
LIBERTE (VHS) 1931.
90 min. sd. b&w. #30130 Rene Clair's imaginative social satire
about a man who escapes from prison and builds a phonograph business
with an assembly line every bit as repressive as the prison he escaped
from. French dialog with English subtitles.![]()
ABC'S OF COMPASS AND MAP
(VHS) 1989. 25
min. sd. color. #22890 Teaches the importance and basics of compass and
map skills. Easy to follow instructions, valuable field tips and sample
exercises are included. For beginner through expert.![]()
THE
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO
(VHS) 1980. 145 min. sd. color. #13760 Mozart performed by the London
Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. Conducted by
Gustav Kuhn. In German with English subtitles.![]()
ABORTION:
DESPERATE CHOICES (VHS)
1992. 67 min. sd. color. #32310 Reveals the history of abortion in
America through first-person
stories of women spanning seven decades. From illegal back
alley
abortions and the harrowing brutalities of the recent past, to the
angry picket lines at legal abortion clinics today, this program
vividly illuminates the human drama that is too often overshadowed by
the highly charged political debate.![]()
ABRAHAM AND MARY LINCOLN: A HOUSE DIVIDED (VHS) 2001. Each part 60 min. sd. color. #62540 - 62560 (Captioned)
VOLUME 1 - PART 1: AMBITION/PART 2: WE ARE ELECTED VOLUME 2 - PART 3: SHATTERED/PART 4: DEAREST OF ALL THINGS VOLUME 3 - PART 5: THIS FRIGHTFUL WAR/PART 6: BLIND WITH WEEPING This miniseries follows the Lincolns from their strikingly different childhoods in the South to their years in the White House, uncovers their public ambitions and private fears while it paints a vivid picture of a complicated marriage -- a couple who loved each other passionately, quarreled intensely and were frequently forced to mourn. The six-hour documentary describes the impact of Lincoln's brutal assassination on the nation and on the sanity of his wife. From the American Experience series.ABRAHAM
LINCOLN: A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM
(VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #29470 Focuses on Lincoln's struggle
with black/white relations, a struggle that continues to divide
Americans into separate, and often warring, factions. By examining
Lincoln in 20th century terms, the film aims to uncover some of the
underlying causes of persistent racial violence.![]()
ACEP
LEADER LEVEL VIDEO SERIES 2ND EDITION SESSION 2: SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
(VHS) 1990. 30 min. sd. color. #22780 Coaches examine their
communication skills and how to improve upon their weaknesses.
Reinforcement strategies are investigated, and coaches examine shaping
as a method for building or changing behaviors.Practical guidelines for
increasing or maintaining motivation are presented. ![]()
ACEP
LEADER LEVEL VIDEO SERIES 2ND EDITION SESSION 3: SPORT PEDAGOGY
(VHS) 1990. 29 min. sd. color. #22790 Helps coaches learn the science
and art of teaching sport skills. Coaches examine the importance of
season and practice planning and how to construct effective plans.
Step-by-step instruction on how to teach sport skills is provided, as
is discussion of effective practice strategies and how to provide
feedback. ![]()
ACEP
LEADER LEVEL VIDEO SERIES 2ND EDITION SESSION 4: SPORT PHYSIOLOGY
(VHS) 1990. 34 min. sd. color. #22800 Presents the principles of
training and suggests practical guidelines for developing training
programs. Coaches learn how to improve their athletes' fitness levels
by concentrating on energy and muscular fitness. The issue of drugs in
sport is discussed.![]()
ACEP
LEADER LEVEL VIDEO SERIES 2ND EDITION SESSION 5: SPORT MANAGEMENT
(VHS) 1990. 35 min. sd. color. #22810 Addresses concerns of team
management, risk management, and self-management. Coaches examine a
variety of pre-season, in-season, and post-season management
responsibilities. Next they look at the nine legal duties of coaches
and the steps they can take to fulfill those duties. Finally, coaches
explore ways to manage their most overused resource - themselves. ![]()
ACID RAIN: REQUIEM OR
RECOVERY (VHS) 1982. 27 min. sd. color.
#60620 Explains the concept of "acid" rain and the effects upon our
environment.![]()
ACID
RAIN: THE CHOICE IS OURS
(VHS)
1988. 20 min. sd. color. #29230 Provides chemical definitions,
illustrates geological and meteorological interactions, and traces the
sources of acid precipitation. Also demonstrates ecological concepts
and suggests possible solutions to the problem of acid rain. ![]()
ACOUSTICS
AUDITION AND SPEECH RECEPTION
(VHS) 19vv. 58 min. sd. color. #55170 Through demonstrations and
discussions presents essentials underlying the development of spoken
language by children who are hearing impaired. ![]()
ACRYLIC
(VHS) 37 min. sd. color. #21190
The brushes, palettes, paints, painting surfaces of acrylic, use of
various mediums, scrumbling, drybrush, spattering, impasto and painting
with instruments other than brushes are examined. ![]()
ACRYLIC PAINTING: GETTING A START (VHS) 1998. 28 min. sd. color. #58590 Artist Stephen Quiller demonstrates how students can easily get started with acrylic painting. Basic materials are shown with pigments, a palette using freezer paper, and brushes and their care. A simple demonstration shows how to use acrylic like watercolor with thin washes and then in a translucent and opaque style. Demonstrations of a landscape, cityscape, and a still life further explore these properties.
THE
AD AND THE EGO (VHS)
1996. 57 min. sd. color. #52870 (Second VHS copy available #5836)
Discusses how the market economy has grown to the point that
commercialism
invades the most intimate aspects of life. Leading media critics show
how living in an environment saturated with advertising creates a
psychology of need. The history of advertising is traced from the 19th
century through today. ![]()
ADHD IN THE CLASSROOM
(VHS) 1994. 36 min.
sd. color. #50630 Features Russell A. Barkley, a noted authority on
ADHD, who describes the disorder and brings the audience into a
classroom of students with ADHD. Interviews with teachers and other
education experts are combined with helpful visual graphics and
illustrations. An effective four-step plan for avoiding potential
problems is presented, and the incorporation of social skills into the
curriculum is demonstrated. ![]()
ADHD:
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
(VHS) 1992. 36 min. sd. color. #50640 Covering all the basic issues
surrounding ADHD, this program is highly instructive viewing for all
school professionals who come into contact with children who suffer
from the disorder. Russell A. Barkley outlines the causes and
prevalence of ADHD, ways children with ADHD behave, other conditions
that may accompany ADHD, and long-term prospects for children with the
disorder. ![]()
ADULT
CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS
(VHS) 1987. 23 min. sd. color. #17020 Focuses on the
psychological/emotional problems confronted by adults who grew up under
an alcoholic parent. This docu-drama offers character sketches of
typical adult children of alcoholics. In addition, the film suggests
resources for help and counseling. ![]()
ADVANCED
EXISTING LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
(VHS) 1985. 30 min. sd. color. #28240 Master photographer Gary Whelpley
demonstrates how to use existing light while on location at Epcot
Center, indoors at the Empire State Games, and more. ![]()
ADVERTISING
(VHS) 1997. 30 min. sd.
color. #59060 Examines the functions and processes of advertising. It
considers television as an advertising medium and discusses broadcast
sponsorship, political ads, and the industry's response to VCR's and
"grazing."![]()
ADVERTISING ALCOHOL: CALLING THE SHOTS (VHS) 1991. 30 min. sd. color. #60990 Based on the lecture/slide presentation by Jean Kilbourne, nationally known media analyst and educator, this video examines the images used by advertisers to sell alcohol and presents a detailed visual and conceptual analysis of why this advertising does much more than simply tell us what we can buy. Also demonstrates how some advertising deliberately disguises the warning signs of problem drinking and falsely links alcohol with precisely those qualities - happiness, success, sexual fulfillment, prestige, athletic ability, creativity - that the abuse of alcohol diminishes and destroys.
ADVERTISING
AND THE END OF THE WORLD
(VHS) 1998. 47 min. sd. color. #54780 Drawing the connection between
society's high consumption lifestyle and the coming environmental
crisis, Sut Jhally forces us to evaluate the physical and material
costs of the consumer society and how long we can maintain our present
level of production.![]()
ADVERTISING LAYOUT PART I (VHS) 1993. 17 min. sd. color. #58710 Suggests the amount of space to allocate and uses of the illustration, headline, copy and logo. Designed for any course in advertising, advertising layout, graphics or design. Demonstrates basic ad layout such as line, flow and patterns, and mechanics such as white space and bleed.
ADVERTISING
LAYOUT PART II
(VHS) 1993. 14 min. sd. color. #58720 Discusses proportion, design
components, arrangement formats, visual direction and visual
organization. Shows examples of advertising formats such as picture
window, silhouette, square zero, free form and Mondrian. Covers visual
attention techniques of juxtaposition, spatial progression, overlapping
and closure.
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THE
AFFECTS OF WAR: THE INDOCHINA REFUGEE EXPERIENCE
(VHS) 1989. 58 min. sd. color. #59100
From the war in their homeland to the refugee camps of South East Asia
to the streets, communities and schools of the United States, refugee
youths and their families, directors of international relief agencies,
and sponsors retell the story of the turbulent stages of transition
common to the refugee experience. Briefly reviews the history and
culture of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, their ancient past, Chinese
rule, French colonialism, the French and American Indochina war, the
rise to power of the communist forces, and the mass exodus of refugees
fleeing Indochina. Traces the various stages common to the refugee
experience: their traditional life and culture in their homeland, the
war, their flight and journey to the country of first asylum, life in
the refugee camps, and resettlement in the United States.![]()
AFFLUENZA (DVD) 1997. 56 min. sd. color. #72570 (Captioned) Examines one of the greatest social maladies of our time: overconsumption and materialism. Hosted by National Public Radio's Scott Simon, the program explores both the comical and sobering aspects of our consumerism and its enormous impact on families, communities and the environment. With the help of historians and archival film, this film reveals the forces that have dramatically transformed us from a nation that prizes thriftiness with strong beliefs in "plain living and high thinking" into the ultimate consumer society. ![]()
AFGHAN WOMEN: A HISTORY OF STRUGGLE (DVD) 2008. 69 min. sd. color. #72700 Chronicles the stories of women who participated in the revolutionary movement of the 1970's and the years of political turmoil that have followed: from proxy war, to civil war, to the ensuing oppressive rule of the Taliban and the current sway of regional warlords and general instability. In English and some Dari and Pushto with English subtitles.![]()
AFGHANISTAN: THE VICIOUS CIRCLE (VHS) 1999. 27 min. sd. color. #67210 Shows a different picture of Afghanistan, and focuses especially on the situation of women and children. Aysha, who works as a teacher, speaks openly about the lack of respect for women in the country.
AFRICA, PROGRAM 1: DIFFERENT BUT EQUAL AND PROGRAM 2: MASTERING A CONTINENT (VHS) 1984. Each program 65 min. sd. color. #59120 Program 1 examines how slavery ravaged Africa for over four centuries, distorting our view of the continent. Yet some of the world's geatest early civilizations, notably that of Egypt's Pharaohs, had their origins there. In Program 2 a look at three different communities demonstrates how Africans cope in varied and often hostile environments. Observes successful cattle-herders in Kenya and prosperous farmers in Sukur and Mali.
AFRICA, PROGRAM 3: CARAVANS OF GOLD AND PROGRAM 4: KINGS AND CITIES (VHS) 1984. Each program 65 min. sd. color. #59130 Program 3 examines how the far-reaching routes of the medieval gold trade brought Africa's isolation to an end. Rulers grew rich and powerful; art and architecture flourished; and Islamic law, order, and religion were introduced. Program 4 examines how kings and queens of old Africa left behind magnificent reminders of the past: wonderful sculptures and carvings. Visits Kano, Nigeria where a king still holds court and presides over rituals.
AFRICA, PROGRAM 5: THE BIBLE AND THE GUN AND PROGRAM 6: THIS MAGNIFICENT AFRICAN CAKE (VHS) 1984. Each program 65 min. sd. color. #59140 Program 5 examines how the slave trade destroyed the social fabric of Africa. After the slave-traders, the explorers came, then the missionaries and, finally, men like Cecil Rhodes seeking an empire. Program 6 explains that from the 1880's until less than 30 years later, all but two African countries came under colonial rule. This scramble for Africa was to change forever the face of the continent.
AFRICA, PROGRAM 7: THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND PROGRAM 8: THE LEGACY (VHS) 1984. Each program 65 min. sd. color. #59150 In program 7, the major struggles for African independence - in Ghana, the Gold Coast, Kenya, Algeria, the Belgian Congo - are all charted. Focuses on events in Mozambique and Guinea Bissau, and finally on South Africa. Program 8 examines how the legacy of colonial rule is not always reconcilable with African traditions and problems. In several capitals - Lagos, Nairobi, and Dakar - viewers see how Africa is trying to come to terms with its inheritance.
AFRICA: A HISTORY DENIED (VHS) 1995. 48 min. sd. color. #58430 (Captioned) Go back in time to ancient Africa, where people lived in harmony with nature. Learn about their complex social structures, rituals, and code of laws. Early Africans prospered and evolved an efficient way of life, until they were invaded by foreigners. This program provides an important overview of a continent rich in history. From the Lost Civilizations series.
AFRICAN
AMERICAN ART: PAST AND
PRESENT (VHS) 1992. 90 min. sd. color. #29293
Presented in mini-units (5 - 15
minutes in length) which include: African Art, Middle Passage and
Slavery, Basketry,
Pottery, Quilting, Shotgun Houses, Wrought Ironwork, Fine Art Surveys
(1800-1900,
1900-1950, 1950-Present), and Artists in their Studios.![]()
AFRICAN-AMERICANS:
MARCHING TO FREEDOM (VHS) 1999. 54 min. sd.
color/b&w. #65710
This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings traces the rise of the
Civil Rights
movement - and a black political consciousness, born on the tenant
farms of the
old South, that resulted in the Million-Man March in 1995. ![]()
THE
AFRICANS #1: THE NATURE OF
A CONTINENT (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #14700
(Mounted on cassette with Part
2) Examines Africa as the birthplace of humankind and discusses the
impact of geography on
African history. Includes the role of the Nile in the origin of
civilization and the
introduction of Islam to Africa through its Arabic borders. ![]()
THE
AFRICANS #2: A LEGACY OF
LIFESTYLES (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #14700
(Mounted on cassette with Part 1)
Contemporary African lifestyles are influenced by indigenous, Islamic,
and Western
factors. The program compares simple African societies with those that
are more complex
and centralized, and examines the importance of family life. ![]()
THE
AFRICANS #3: NEW GODS (VHS) 1986. 60
min. sd. color. #14710 (Mounted on cassette with Part 4) The factors
that influence
religion in Africa are examined, with particular emphasis on how
traditional African
religions, Islam and Christianity, co-exist and influence each other. ![]()
THE
AFRICANS #4: TOOL OF
EXPLOITATION (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #14710
(Mounted on cassette with Part
3) The impact of the West on Africa and the impact of Africa on the
development of the
West are contrasted, emphasizing the manner in which Africa's human and
natural resources
have been exploited before, during, and after the colonial period. ![]()
THE
AFRICANS #5: NEW CONFLICTS
(VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #14720 (Mounted on cassette with Part 6)
Explores the
tensions inherent in the juxtaposition of three heritages. Looks at the
ways in which
these conflicts have contributed to the rise of the nationalist
movement, the warrior
tradition of indigenous Africa, the jihad tradition of Islam, and
modern guerrilla
warfare. ![]()
THE
AFRICANS #6: IN SEARCH OF
STABILITY (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #14720
(Mounted on cassette with Part 5)
Several means of governing are studied and new social orders are
examined to illustrate an
Africa in search of a viable form of government in the
post-independence period. ![]()
THE
AFRICANS #7: A GARDEN OF
EDEN IN DECAY (VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #14730
(Mounted on cassette with Part
8) Identifies the problems of a continent that produces what it does
not consume and
consumes what it does not produce, showing Africa's struggle between
dependence and decay.
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THE AFRICANS #8:
A CLASH OF CULTURES
(VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #14730 (Mounted on cassette with Part 7)
Discussed are the
conflicts and compromises which emerge from the co-existence of many
African traditions
and modern life are discussed. The program explores the question of
whether Africa can
synthesize its own heritage with the legacies of Islam and the West.
THE
AFRICANS #9: GLOBAL AFRICA
(VHS) 1986. 60 min. sd. color. #14740 African contributions to
contemporary culture are
discussed, including the significance of the African diaspora,
particularly in North
America. The continuing influence of the superpowers on the affairs of
Africa is examined.
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AFRICA'S STOLEN RIVER
(VHS) 1988. 60 min.
sd. color. #26530 Journey to Botswana, Africa, where the Savuti Channel
slowly disappears.
Reputed to have been a vast lake, the channel appeared in 1957, and
then mysteriously
began to vanish again in 1982. It follows the gradual but unrelenting
transformation of a
onetime paradise into a land of struggle and competition for
hippopotamuses, elephants,
lions, hyenas, and countless other creatures whose very lives depend
upon the plenty of
the channel itself. ![]()
AFSCME:
THE NEW PIONEERS/MINNESOTA WOMEN IN NON-TRADITIONAL JOBS
(VHS) 1988. 18 min. sd.
color. #1510 (Available for check-out by staff members.) AFSCME Local
695 president Monica
Hendrickson, Correctional Counselor Deb Schadegg and Department of
Natural Resources
Technician Jody Jahr discuss their feelings about working in
male-dominated jobs, and the
effect its had on them, their families and their co-workers. Also
discusses the benefits
of the union.![]()
AFTER THE WARMING
(VHS) 1991. 120 min. sd.
color. #24292 James Burke looks at the historical impact of climate
changes and explains
strategies that are the subject of international debate: a global
carbon budget, a
"Law of the Atmosphere." Simulation technology, like that used to train
fighter
pilots, brings a new dimension of reality to the possible world today's
youth will
inherit. ![]()
AGAINST
ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS
PART 1: WHAT IS STATISTICS? (VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd. color.
#52460 (Captioned)
Examines how this complex discipline has evolved.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 2: PICTURING
DISTRIBUTIONS (VHS) 1989.
30 min. sd. color. #52460 (Captioned) Shows stemplots and histograms,
and the
importance of pattern deviation. ![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 3:
DESCRIBING DISTRIBUTIONS (VHS) 1989.
30 min. sd. color. #52470 (Captioned) Examines the difference between
mean and
median; quartiles, boxplots, interquartile range, and standard
deviation. ![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 4: NORMAL
DISTRIBUTIONS (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52470 (Captioned) A series of simplifications shows
the progression
from histogram to a single normal curve for standard measurement. ![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 5: NORMAL
CALCULATIONS (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52480 (Captioned) Vehicle emission standards and
medical studies of
cholesterol give practical examples of normal calculations at work. ![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 6: TIME
SERIES (VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd.
color. #52480 (Captioned) Statistics can help identify patterns over
time, answering
questions about stability and change, as seen in the stock market and
studies of sleep
cycles. ![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 7: MODELS
FOR GROWTH (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52490 (Captioned) Examines linear growth and an
introduction to the
least squares idea; exponential growth, and straightening an
exponential growth curve by
logarithms; prediction and extrapolation. ![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 8:
DESCRIBING RELATIONSHIPS (VHS) 1989.
30 min. sd. color. #52490 (Captioned) Scatterplots, smoothing
scatterplots of
response versus explanatory variables by median trace, and least
squares regression lines
are examined.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 9:
CORRELATION (VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd.
color. #52500 (Captioned) Shows how to derive the correlation
coefficient and
interpret it, using the relationship between a baseball player's salary
and his home run
statistics.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 10:
MULTIDIMENSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
(VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd. color. #52500 (Captioned) Recaps the
presentation of data
analysis by showing the use of computing technology at Bell
Communications Research.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 11: THE
QUESTION OF CAUSATION (VHS)
1989. 30 min. sd. color. #52510 (Captioned) The relationship between
smoking and
lung cancer and a study of admissions data illustrate Simpson's paradox.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 12:
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52510 (Captioned) Distinguish between observational
studies and
experiments, and learn the basic principles of design.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 13: BLOCKING
AND SAMPLING (VHS) 1989.
30 min. sd. color. #52520 (Captioned) Shows random sampling and the
difference
between single-factor and multi-factor experiments.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 14: SAMPLES
AND SURVEYS (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52520 (Captioned) Stratified random sampling is
explained. A 1936
Gallup election poll yields important information about undercoverage.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 15: WHAT IS
PROBABILITY? (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52530 (Captioned) Look at the long-term relative
frequency of an
event and distinguish between deterministic phenomena and random
phenomena.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 16: RANDOM
VARIABLES (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52530 (Captioned) Independence, the multiplication
rule for
independent events, and discrete and continuous random variables are
shown.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 17: BINOMIAL
DISTRIBUTIONS (VHS) 1989.
30 min. sd. color. #52540 (Captioned) Calculate the mean and standard
deviation of
binomial distributions, and see a representative example of binomial
distribution.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 18: THE
SAMPLE MEAN AND CONTROL CHARTS
(VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd. color. #52540 (Captioned) Roulette and business
demonstrate
the use of the central limit theorem, control chart monitoring of
random variation,
creation of x-bar charts and definitions of control limits.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 19:
CONFIDENCE INTERVALS (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52550 (Captioned) Examines the confidence interval
using examples
from politics and population surveys that show how margin of error and
confidence levels
are interpreted.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 20:
SIGNIFICANCE TESTS (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52550 (Captioned) A hiring discrimination case and a
study of
Shakespeare illustrate the basic reasoning behind tests of significance.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 21:
INFERENCE FOR ONE MEAN (VHS) 1989.
30 min. sd. color. #52560 (Captioned) Study inference about the mean of
a single
distribution, with an emphasis on paired samples and the t confidence
interval and test.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 22:
COMPARING TWO MEANS (VHS) 1989. 30
min. sd. color. #52560 (Captioned) Learn to recognize a two-sample
problem and to
distinguish it from one-sample and paired sample situations.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 23:
INFERENCE FOR PROPORTIONS (VHS)
1989. 30 min. sd. color. #52570 (Captioned) Examines confidence
intervals and tests
for comparing proportions applied in estimates on unemployment.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 24:
INFERENCE FOR TWO-WAY TABLES (VHS)
1989. 30 min. sd. color. #52570 (Captioned) The chi-square test and the
relationship
between two categorical variable are examined.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 25:
INFERENCE FOR RELATIONSHIPS (VHS)
1989. 30 min. sd. color. #52580 (Captioned) Examines inference for
simple linear
regression, emphasizing slope and prediction.![]()
AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS PART 26: CASE
STUDY (VHS) 1989. 30 min. sd.
color. #52580 (Captioned) Planning data collection, collecting and
picturing data,
drawing inferences, and evaluating conclusions are presented.![]()
THE AGING
OF LAKES (VHS) 1971. 14 min. sd. color. #7370
Traces the aging process of lakes,
showing how man's interference with the environment causes critical
changes in the natural ecology. Describes efforts to preserve and
restore damaged lakes.![]()
THE AIDS MOVIE
(VHS) 1987. 26 min. sd. color.
#15200 This program features three people who share what it's like to
live with AIDS and
how to protect oneself against it.![]()
AIDS:
WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW
(2nd Revision) (VHS) 1990. 20 min. sd. color. #12640 There
have been major advances in
knowledge about the AIDS virus and how to treat it since the first
edition of this film
came out in 1986. The profile of the at-risk community has again
changed, with growing
rates of infection among teenagers, Hispanic- and African-Americans,
and the female sexual
partners of IV drug users and bisexuals, as well as babies of these
women. High risk
factors are enumerated, and those factors which do not put one at risk
are also explained.![]()
ALBERT
ELLIS: A DEMONSTRATION WITH A WOMAN FEARFUL OF EXPRESSING EMOTION
(VHS) 1971. 90
min. sd. color. #14280 A young woman talks with Dr. Ellis about a
disturbing experience in
which she was unable to orally defend herself when falsely accused.
Ellis demonstrates
through his ABC's system how the woman's belief system, rather than a
particular
activating event, is the cause of her emotional problems. He then
guides the woman toward
understanding how to change aspects of her behavior that she would find
desirable to
modify.![]()
ALDO
LEOPOLD: A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC (VHS) 1983. 29 min.
sd. color. #30640 Portrays the
ecological writings of Aldo Leopold through nature photography shot on
location in
Wisconsin.![]()
ALDO
LEOPOLD: HIS LIFE AND THOUGHT (VHS) 1983.
27 min. sd. color. #30650 An introduction
to Aldo Leopold's life and the development of his thought from the
concept of
"wildlife management", to the deep personal reflection that led to the
idea of
"the land ethic". ![]()
ALGEBRA
FOR EVERYONE (VHS) 1991. 19 min. sd.
color. #30990 Suggests that algebra can and should be taught using a
broad range of
approaches to make it accessible to everyone. Demonstrates useful
techniques such as small
group collaboration, the use of manipulatives to illustrate abstract
concepts,
exploration, and experimentation.![]()
ALL MY SONS (VHS)
1986. 122 min. sd. color. #19530 A
superb cast brings Arthur Miller's critically-acclaimed play of human
frailty and guilt to
life. Originally produced in the 1940's, this all-new production
remains a moving
theatrical experience. Joan Allen and James Whitmore star.![]()
ALL
QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(VHS) 1930. 130 min. sd. b&w. #15590 A dramatization of Erich
Maria Remarque's novel
about a young German soldier facing the horrors of World War I. ![]()
ALLAN
BOESAK: CHOOSING FOR JUSTICE
(VHS) 1984. 28 min. sd. color. #16300 How should a Christian respond to
institutionalized
social violence and injustice? This program shows the answer of Allan
Boesak, a Coloured
(mixed race) Dutch Reformed minister to this question. At age 37 Boesak
was elected head
of the 70 million member World Alliance of Reformed Churches - shocking
South Africa. He
succeeded in having the World Alliance declare apartheid a heresy. Film
concludes with
Boesak's address to the founding meeting of the United Democratic Front
in August, 1983.![]()
ALLES
GUTE (EIN DEUTSCHER
FERNSEHSPRACHKURS) (VHS) 1989. Each lesson 15 min.
sd. color. Students will
assimilate not only language, but also culture and an understanding of
everyday life in
all 4 German-speaking countries. Lessons 1 - 4 #19540 Lessons 5 - 8
#19550 Lessons 9 - 12
#19560 Lessons 13 - 16 #19570 Lessons 17 - 20 #19580 Lessons 21 - 26
#19590![]()
ALL'S
WELL THAT ENDS WELL (VHS) 1981.
144 min. sd. color. #8080 Delightful scenes and clever characters
contribute to the
frivolity of this light comedy in which Shakespeare used one of his
favorite
devices--trickery. Helena, new wife of the young Count Bertram, resorts
to chicanery to
win the respect and affection of her husband--a plot relished by
Elizabethan playgoers. By
extolling the cunning of a woman in love, this play exemplifies a
typical element of a
medieval romance.![]()
ALMOS' A MAN (VHS) 1977. 39 min. sd. color. #15420 Richard Wright's short story starring LeVar Burton who plays David, a black teenage farm worker in the Deep South during the late 1930's. He persuades his mother to give him part of his earnings for a used handgun. While practicing with it, he accidentally kills a mule. He confesses, but is embittered that no one will accept him as a man. He retrieves his gun and hops aboard a passing train.
ALSINO
AND THE CONDOR (VHS) 1983. 90 min.
sd. color. #13910 Set in present day Central America, this is the first
fictional feature
ever made in Nicaragua. It has been widely acclaimed for its honest
depiction of the clash
between Central American governments and Sandinista rebels. The story
of a boy's dream of
flying above the madness of the world around him. Spanish dialogue with
English subtitles.![]()
ALTERED STATES: A HISTORY OF DRUG USE IN AMERICA (VHS) 1993. 58 min. sd. color. #66550 Focuses on the history of America's drug use and abuse, from the days when the early European settlers became enamored of tobacco, through Prohibition, and up to today. The problem we see today existed in other forms and with other drugs throughout our history. The program traces the patterns of American drug use and abuse and documents the cultural, social, and political movements that impacted, or were impacted by, the use of drugs.
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (VHS) 1996. 29 min. sd. color. #57520 Alternative, or complementary, health systems are gradually being integrated into American culture and can now be found in many American physicians' offices. This program provides an overview of Chinese and Indian medicine, homeopathy, herbalism, naturopathy, and massage. It also examines osteopathy and chiropractic as practices recognized by traditional doctors. Observes patients who are using one or more of these therapies in their health care, and speaks with several experts on the subject.
ALZHEIMER'S: A MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE (VHS) 1992. 34 min. sd. color. #58500 This documentary focuses on the actual experiences of four families as they provide care for an elder with Alzheimer's disease. Seen from the perspective of four ethnic minority groups - Chinese, Japanese, Latino, and Vietnamese - the video shows the obstacles they face and cultural norms that mitigate against any long term placement.
ALZHEIMER'S: THE TANGLED MIND (VHS) 1997. 26 min. sd. color. #59200 Until now, a diagnosis of this debilitating disease meant uncertainty and despair. Thanks to pioneering efforts of researchers, breakthroughs are being made in treatments that promise hope for patients. Researchers discuss how drug therapy is being used to alleviate symptoms. In one case study, a patient is treated with nerve growth factor. Also shows an experimental form of CAT scanning which identifies people at risk of developing the disease.
AMADEUS
(VHS) 1984. 158 min. sd. color. #16290 An
adaptation of the Peter Shaffer play about the intense rivalry between
18th century
composer Antonio Salreri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ![]()
AMAHL
AND THE NIGHT VISITORS (VHS)
1979. 52 min. sd. color. #15330 The acclaimed NBC-TV premiere of
Menotti's contemporary
holiday classic.![]()
AMAZING
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS (VHS) 90 min.
sd. color. #51790 On the vast expanse of China's richly endowed land
live 56 different
ethnic groups, among which the Han nationality is the largest. Owing to
differences in
history, geography, communications and natural conditions, the culture
of the various
nationalities developed unevenly. This film shows extraordinary customs
in marriage, many
of which never heard of or seen before.![]()
THE
AMAZING ROMANTIC STORY
OF RAMANUJAN'S MATH (VHS) 1990. 55 min. sd. color.
#23030 George E. Andrews
presents an insightful lecture on the great mathematician Srinivasa
Ramanujan. ![]()
AMERICA AND LEWIS HINE
(VHS) 1984. 56 min.
sd. color/b&w. #14290 Documents the life and times of America's
pioneer social
photographer who recorded the development of industrial America during
the first four
decades of the 20th century. Hine's dedication to documenting the story
of the immigrants
led him to become the staff photographer of the National Child Labor
Committee, and his
passionate photographs of children at work were instrumental in the
crusade to pass child
labor legislation.![]()
AMERICA NON GRATA (DVD) 2005. 60 min. sd. color. #72530 This documentary takes a fresh look at how America is perceived today in European cities, whose multinational citizens also reflect opinions from far beyond Europe’s borders. The word "America" provokes a wide range of emotions, but rarely indifference. The forms of anti-Americanism are proliferating and its magnitude is on the rise. But are hostile feelings toward the United States based on what America is or what it does? Why so much anger, hatred and disgust? Why such fear and fascination? The filmakers, two Kansas natives, take the viewer on an unscripted journey, revealing opinions about America, its people, politics and culture. From London, Paris, Belgrade, Athens, Istanbul, and a return to Kansas, this film captures close-up reactions from French philosophers, Turkish corporate bosses, anti-globalization Greek leftists, London imams, passionate Serbian students, and many others. ![]()
AMERICAN
ART '85: A VIEW FROM THE WHITNEY (1985 BIENNIAL EXHIBITION)
(VHS) 1985. 28 min.
sd. color. #24130 Featured artists are Dara Birnbaum, Robert Breer,
Eric Fischl, Donald
Judd, Elizabeth Murray, Susan Rothenberg, David Salle, Kenny Scharf,
and Ned Smith.
Critics interviewed are Arthur Danto and Carter Ratcliff.![]()
AMERICAN
ART TODAY: A VIEW FROM THE WHITNEY (1987 BIENNIAL EXHIBITION)
(VHS) 1987. 28 min.
sd. color. #24140 Featured artists are Ross Bleckner, Peter Halley,
Annette Lemieux,
Robert Lobe, Nam June Paik, Tzhar Patkin, Judy Pfaff, and Richard
Prince talk about their
work, and art historian Robert Pincus-Whitten discusses the artists'
concepts within the
framework of post-modernism.![]()
AMERICAN
ART TODAY: A VIEW FROM THE WHITNEY (1989 BIENNIAL EXHIBITION)
(VHS) 1989. 28 min.
sd. color. #33680 How are artists influenced by contemporary life?
Today's Biennial
artists discuss the concerns that inspired many of the works displayed
in the program.
Appearing on camera are Jeff Koons, Joel Shapiro, Tom Wudl, Chris
Burden, Saint Clair
Cemin, William Wegman, Brice Marden, Hirsch Perlman, Barbara Hammer and
many others.![]()
AMERICAN CINEMA (6-DVD set) 1995. 542 min. sd. color/b&w. 72602 (Captioned) An epic analysis of the American motion picture industry that combines rare archival film, key scenes from more than 300 immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics. Volume One: Disc 1. The Hollywood style ; The studio system. Disc 2. The star ; The western. Disc 3. Romantic comedy; The combat film. Volume Two: Disc 4. Film noir; Film in the television age. Disc 5. The film school generation; The edge of Hollywood. Disc 6. Film language ; Writing and thinking about film ; Classical Hollywood style today. ![]()
AMERICAN
CRAFT COUNCIL: PAPERMAKING USA AND THE HANDMADE PAPER BOOK
(VHS) 19vv. 20 min. sd.
color. #21200 Presents the work of 34 artists who approach papermaking
from varied
perspectives. The Handmade Paper Book highlights examples by 16 artists
who go beyond the
traditional book to create unique, three-dimensional art objects.![]()
AN
AMERICAN STEPFAMILY (VHS) 1992. 26 min.
sd. color. #52800 The current patterns of divorce and remarriage are
creating an estimated
million new stepfamilies each year, and one in six children lives in a
family
reconstituted in one way or another with a new parent and perhaps with
new siblings. The
program examines the problems of conflicting loyalties and rivalries,
dealing with former
spouses and the three categories of kids - his, hers, and theirs.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: A
FAMILY GATHERING (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color.
#21370 (Captioned)This
program tells the dramatic story of the consequences of the U.S.
internment policy and the
Yasui family's long battle to reclaim their place as Americans.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST - DECEIT AND INDIFFERENCE
(VHS)
1993. 60 min. sd. color. #34830 (Captioned)Beginning with the tragic
events of
Kristallnacht in 1938 and extending through the liberation of the death
camps in 1945,
this program explores the painful and difficult story of America's
response to the murder
of six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators. When a
coalition of forces led
by Robert Morganthau and Will Rogers, Jr. forced President Roosevelt to
recognize the
crisis and to act, the War Refugee Board was finally created in 1944.
While it was able to
save 200,000 lives, it was too little, too late for many Jewish
refugees.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: DEMON RUM
(VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color. #21360 (Captioned)Examines prohibition
as it affected
the city of Detroit, Michigan. Viewers meet the people involved in rum
running and
operating speakeasies. In a saga that reflects our own times and
problems, this program
traces the advent of prohibition and a campaign that asked drinkers to
"just say
no" to the evils of alcohol. Also covers the enormous profits to be
made in any
illegal enterprise involving banned substances and the eventual repeal
of the Eighteenth
Amendment.![]()
THE
AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE: GERONIMO AND THE APACHE RESISTANCE
(VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color.
#21380 (Captioned)Highlights the surrender of Geronimo to General
Nelson A. Miles of
the U.S. Army, and portrays the wrenching transformation of an Indian
society faced with
the loss of its land and tradition.![]()
THE
AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE: IDA B. WELLS - A PASSION FOR JUSTICE
(VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color.
#21400 (Captioned) (Second VHS copy available #64360) Born into slavery
in a small town in Mississippi, Ida B. Wells had
a fiercely independent spirit and struggled against racism and sexism.
She became a
schoolteacher and journalist, writing one of the first studies on mob
violence entitled
"The Red Record." This program follows the life of this courageous
woman who
became a leading national figure and also offers a unique view of the
difficult era of
Reconstruction.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE:
IN THE WHITE MAN'S IMAGE (VHS) 1991. 60 min. sd.
color. #30740 Closed
captioned. Examines the tragic long-term consequences of attempts to
"civilize"
Native Americans in the 1870's at the Carlisle School for Indians. The
ambitious
experiment - a form of cultural genocide - involved teaching the
Indians to read and write
English, putting them in uniforms and drilling them like soldiers.
Native Americans who
attended the schools, which continued into the 1930's, help tell the
story of a humanist
experiment gone bad and its consequences for a generation of Indians.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: LBJ (VHS)
1991. 240 min. sd. color. #28432 (Captioned) Explore the life of one of
America's most controversial
presidents, from his early career as a supporter of the New Deal,
through the
assassination of John F. Kennedy, to his sweeping domestic programs,
such as Medicare, and
the tragic foreign policy blunders of the Vietnam War. Learn how
domestic and foreign
policies carried out in his administration forever changed American
life.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: LOS MINEROS
(VHS) 1991. 60 min. sd. color. #24880 (Captioned) Much of the history
of the western
United States centers on the mining of precious metals. But exploration
of mines involved
the exploitation of large work forces. Here is the story of
Mexican-American miners and
their struggles to shape the course of Arizona history. ![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: MR.
SEARS' CATALOGUE (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color.
#21410 (Captioned)Issued in
the late 1800's and weighing nearly four pounds, the early Sears
Roebuck catalogue was the
link to civilization and the good life for generations of rural
Americans. The catalogue
contributed to the development of the American consumer. It took off at
a unique time of
transition in American history including the rise of the city, the
mechanization of the
farm and the advent of the automobile. Explores how the Sears catalogue
reflected these
changes and became a symbol for the natural ambitions and dreams of a
sprawling country.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: NIXON
(VHS) 1990. 180 min. sd. color. #28452 Understand the influences of one
of America's most
controversial modern Presidents. Explore the fateful combination of
strengths and
weaknesses that propelled him to the presidency and then brought him
down.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: ONE
WOMAN, ONE VOTE (VHS) 1995. 120 min. sd. color.
#40080 (Closed-captioned for the
hearing impaired.) Witness the seventy-year struggle for woman suffrage
- from fledgling
alliances to a sophisticated mass movement. From the Seneca Falls
Convention in 1848, when
Elizabeth Cady Stanton demanded the right for women to vote, to the
last battle for
passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, discover why the crusaders
faced entrenched
opposition from men and women who feared that the woman's vote would
ignite a social
revolution.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: RADIO
BIKINI (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color. #21420
(Captioned)This documentary
tells the story of America's first unclassified testing of the atom
bomb through
never-before-broadcast archival footage and the compelling testimony of
witnesses.
Explores the ramifications of a world naive to the dangers of
radioactivity.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: ROOTS OF RESISTANCE - A STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD
(VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color. #21430 (Captioned) Recounts the
little-known story of
black America's secret railroad to freedom through narratives of
escaped slaves.
Interviews descendants of slaves and slaveholders who describe the
personal danger and
terrible risks involved in each slave's departure.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: SIT DOWN AND FIGHT - WALTER REUTHER AND THE RISE
OF THE AUTO WORKER'S
UNION (VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #34820
(Captioned)Walter Reuther was on
the front lines of one of the most bitter and bloody battles ever
fought in the history of
the American labor movement - the battle to protect workers faced with
the growing
problems of the new auto assembly lines. The pressures and dangers of
the line drove men
out of the shops in less than a day. To get management to meet their
demands, the union
and Reuther devised a brilliantly simple strategy: they sat down, first
at GM, then at
Chrysler, and finally at Ford. This is the story of a union and its
leader, whose vision
of workers' rights changed the way America worked.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE:
THAT RHYTHM, THOSE BLUES (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd.
color. #29380 (Captioned)In
the 1940's and 1950's, when American musicians faced racial
segregation, black
rhythm-and-blues singers toured the South performing in clubs,
warehouses, tobacco barns,
theaters and Masonic halls. The film tells the story of those R
& B performers, whose
music often transcended racial barriers and prepared the way for the
emergence of rock 'n'
roll. It shows how the success of R & B was made possible by
the growing economic
strength of the black community after World War II. ![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE
GREAT WAR, 1918 (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color.
#21390 (Captioned)Chronicles
the story of the United States soldiers in the closing battle of World
War I as it was
told through the letters and diaries of fighting men including General
John J. Pershing,
Sgt. Alvin York and Sgt. Harry S. Truman. Also features French and
American veterans and
nurses who remember this great and terrible battle and recount their
experiences in the
Meuse Valley, where heavy rains, rutted roads and a tenacious German
foe led to the loss
of 120,000 Americans.![]()
THE
AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE: THE HUNT FOR PANCHO VILLA (VHS) 1993.
60 min. sd. color. #34420 Closed
captioned.At 4:11 on the morning of March 9, 1916, Pancho Villa and his
army of 600 men
crossed the Mexican border to raid the small town of Columbus, New
Mexico. Before sunrise,
the general's troops retreated, leaving Columbus ablaze and 67 Mexicans
and 19 Americans
dead. The U. S. responded by sending General John Pershing and a force
that grew to 12,000
men into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa in one of the last great
cavalry mobilizations in
American history. Examines the circumstances that precipitated the
Columbus raid and
recounts the events and hostilities that brought both countries to the
brink of war and
back.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE
KENNEDYS (VHS) 1992. 240 min. sd. color. #28852 If
there were royalty in America,
some have said, their names would be Kennedy. Born in Irish Boston,
Joseph Kennedy built
his family into a potent political force. This four hour program traces
the lives of Joe
and Rose and their nine children, focusing particularly on Joseph Jr.,
John, Robert and
Edward. Charts the course of the Kennedys' extraordinary political
trajectory, marked by
both achievement and tragedy.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE MASSACHUSETTS 54TH COLORED INFANTRY
(VHS) 1991. 60 min.
sd. color. #34840 (Captioned)When the Civil War began, black men
clamored for the
chance to strike a blow for the liberation of the African-American
race. Their desire to
participate was rejected until the first officially sanctioned regiment
of northern black
soldiers was formed in Boston. This film tells the complete story of
that regiment - who
they were and why they fought.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE:
THE SINS OF OUR MOTHERS (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd.
color. #21440 (Captioned) In
the early 1800's, wagons known as "slavers" traveled the Northern
states of
America in search of young girls to live and work in Lowell,
Massachusetts, a mill town
specifically designed to employ young women workers. At the age of 13,
Emeline Gurney was
placed aboard a "slaver" by her parents. This program weaves together
town and
church records, archival material and dramatic recreations of Emeline's
story and its
tragic conclusion, revealing attitudes about morality, childhood and
community in
19th-century New England.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE WAY WEST EPISODE 1: WESTWARD, THE COURSE OF
EMPIRE TAKES ITS WAY
(VHS) 1995. 90 min. sd. color. #50650 (Captioned) Charts the frantic
opening decades of expansion,
from the 1840's through the Civil War. In 1849, the Gold Rush sent
hundreds of people
rushing across the continent to California and Oregon. Thereafter, the
ever-quickening
pace of expansion would lead to a series of confrontations between
Native Americans and
whites, culminating in the Minnesota uprising of 1862 and two years
later, the massacre at
Sand Creek.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE WAY WEST EPISODE 2: THE APPROACH OF
CIVILIZATION (VHS)
1995. 90 min. sd. color. #50660 (Captioned) Chronicles the four-year
period following the Civil War
an extraordinarily transformative and disruptive era on the Great
Plains, marked by two
great climaxes: the triumph, in 1868, of Red Cloud and Crazy Horse over
the U. S. Army on
the Bozeman Trail, and the joining, in 1869, of the two ends of the
transcontinental
railroad at Promontory Point in Utah.![]()
THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE WAY WEST EPISODE 3: THE WAR FOR THE BLACK HILLS
(VHS)
1995. 90 min. sd. color. #50670 (Captioned) In 1873, the United States
invaded the sacred Black Hills
in search of gold. This treaty violation, together with the systematic
extermination of
the buffalo, sparked outrage among the Lakotas and Cheyennes, setting
the stage for a
fateful showdown between the U. S. Army and the tribes of the North
Plains.![]()
THE
AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE: THE WAY WEST EPISODE 4: GHOST DANCE
(VHS) 1995. 90 min. sd. color.
#50680 (Captioned) Chronicles the crackdown on Native American tribes
across the Northwest in the
aftermath of the Battle of the Little Big Horn in June 1876, and charts
the final,
desperate days of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Examines the rise of
the heartbreaking
Ghost Dance religion, and the last, horrendous massacre at Wounded Knee.![]()
AN
AMERICAN IMAGE: 150 YEARS
OF PHOTOGRAPHY (VHS) 1988. 60 min. sd. color.
#27520 Experience the history of
America as seen through the photographic eye of such masters as Ansel
Adams, Timothy
O'Sullivan and Walker Evans in this beautiful tribute to the art.![]()
AMERICAN
INDIAN CONCEPTS
OF HEALTH AND UNWELLNESS (VHS) 1990. 21 min. sd.
color. #23680 (Second copy
available #4017) Based on the monograph of the same title by Carol
Locust, Ph.D., this
videotape presents ten basic beliefs about health and handicaps common
to the traditions
of the majority of American Indian tribes. Provides interesting
comparisons between Indian
and non-Indian attitudes and beliefs about health.![]()
AMERICAN
MUSICAL THEATER
PART I: 1800's TO 1960's (VHS) 1986. 61 min. sd.
color. #23850 Traces the
evolution of the American musical theater using contemporary visuals
and original
recordings. This engaging chronicle of the American musical stage
covers the minstrel and
variety shows of the 19th century and the careers of Victor Herbert,
George M. Cohan,
Florenz Ziegfeld, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein.![]()
AMERICAN
MUSICAL THEATER PART II:
1970's (VHS) 1986. 33 min. sd. color. #23860 This
survey of musical theater since
Hair emphasizes the importance of "concept" musicals, the entry of
black
productions into the Broadway mainstream and the new focus on topical
issues. The program
looks at Company, Godspell, and The Wiz.![]()
THE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION VOLUME ONE: THE CONFLICT IGNITES (VHS)
1994. 50 min. sd. color. #50040
The American Colonists' loyalty to the crown eroded slowly throughout
the 18th century. As
the distant Parliament began to levy taxes on the burgeoning Colonies,
the cause of
independence gained strength, and devotion to the Crown dwindled. The
Townsend Act led to
the Boston Tea Party, the Tea Party led to the Intolerable Acts, and
the British tried to
reassert absolute control over the Colonies. This program looks at the
dramatic outbreak
of the war at Lexington and Concord, and examines the forces that made
this escalation
unavoidable.![]()
THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION VOLUME
TWO: 1776 (VHS) 1994. 50 min. sd. color. #50050
Thomas Jefferson wrote the
Declaration of Independence and a nation began to emerge amidst
disheartening setbacks.
George Washington took command of the fledgling Continental Army but
was routed out of New
York State by the British army of William Howe. The many events of this
most important
year are examined.![]()
THE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION VOLUME THREE: WASHINGTON AND ARNOLD
(VHS) 1994. 50 min. sd. color.
#50060 The early battles shaped some of the lasting images in our
history, including
Burgoyne's Hudson campaign and Washington's famous crossing of the
Delaware. As war raged
across the American wilderness, Ben Franklin struggled to gain
recognition for the infant
nation. His dramatic mission before the French court is highlighted
along with the efforts
of the great American commanders.![]()
THE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION VOLUME FOUR: THE WORLD AT WAR (VHS)
1994. 50 min. sd. color. #50070
France's resolve not to lay down arms until American independence was
achieved prompted
Spain to declare war on Britain. But the new international support was
overshadowed by the
long winter at Valley Forge, where the Colonial Army was relentlessly
drilled by the
Prussian general Baron Von Steuben. From Valley Forge, Washington led
his newly trained
army into battle against the British at Monmouth. At the same time,
John Sullivan and
George Rogers Clark fought against loyalists and Indians on the western
front. This
program focuses on these important conflicts, and looks at the worst
winter of the war,
with the mutiny at Morristown.![]()
THE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION VOLUME FIVE: ENGLAND'S LAST CHANCE (VHS)
1994. 50 min. sd. color.
#50080 Benedict Arnold was exposed as a traitor in 1780, but a new hero
of the seas, John
Paul Jones, took his place. On the British side, Sir Henry Clinton
captured 5,000 men at
the siege of Charleston. As the conflict moved south, the Americans
perfected a new style
of fighting guerrilla warfare. The American commander Nathaniel Greene
forced Britain's
Lord Cornwallis to retreat into Virginia, while Daniel Morgan led a
company of men to
victory in the battle of the Cowpens, often thought of as the most
brilliant tactical
encounter on American soil.![]()
THE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION VOLUME SIX: BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC (VHS)
1994. 50 min. sd. color. #50090
Looks at what came after the war The Treaty of Paris, which secured
American
independence, and the Constitutional Convention, where Madison and
others struggled to put
into words the framework for a new form of government. Ends with a look
at what happened
to some of the heroes of the war in the years that followed.![]()
AMERICAN
SIGN LANGUAGE: A STUDENT
TEXT (VOL. 1 - 18) (VHS) 1980. 120 min. sd. color.
#Archives. Shows
examples of American sign language. Includes stories and narrative
descriptions.![]()
AMERICAN
TONGUES (DVD) 1987. 56 min. sd. color.
#59400 (Also available on VHS #20400)
Americans voice their opinions on their own and others' accents and
dialects.
Speakers from all parts of the country are profiled and the development
of regional and
social accents is charted.![]()
AMERICAN
VISIONS PART 2: THE PROMISED LAND (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd.
color.
#56830 (Captioned) Host Robert Hughes suggests that religion and art
were
intertwined in the frail early colonies - the Spanish in the Southwest
and the English and
Germans along the eastern seaboard. As early portraits of Americans and
their families
flash hauntingly, Hughes asks viewers to consider the emergence of the
new America and its
highly diverse origins.![]()
AMERICAN
VISIONS PART 3: THE WILDERNESS AND THE WEST (VHS) 1997. 60
min. sd.
color. #56840 (Captioned) This program demonstrates how late 18th and
early 19th
century landscape painting reflected the new national character and the
drive behind
Manifest Destiny. Featured paintings reveal frontier America's
conflicting impulses to
create a myth of the West just as the frontier itself was closing. ![]()
AMERICAN
VISIONS PART 4: THE GILDED AGE (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd. color.
#56850
(Captioned) The early 19th century emerges as a period in which
industry began to
play an important role in the country's recovery from the Civil War,
bringing newfound
wealth to many. From the haunting realism of Civil War photography to
the elegant
portraits of John Singer Sargent and the impressionism of James
Whistler and Mary Cassatt,
host Robert Hughes contrasts artists who borrowed from movements in
European art with a
new breed of distinctly American artists, such as Thomas Eakins and
Winslow Homer.
AMERICAN
VISIONS PART 5: A WAVE FROM THE ATLANTIC (VHS) 1997. 60 min.
sd.
color. #56860 (Captioned) Traces how immigration and technology began
to inspire
and inform a uniquely American style. The pioneering work of
photographer Jacob Riis and
the socially conscious Ashcan School of paints used journalistic
techniques to record both
the squalor and the vibrancy of urban tenements. ![]()
AMERICAN
VISIONS PART 6: STREAMLINES AND BREADLINES (VHS) 1997. 60
min. sd.
color. #56870 (Captioned) While the Depression was the significant
marker of the
1930's, the art and architecture of the time reflected an irrepressible
American spirit
and an era in which the worker became a celebrated figure, honored by
such artists as
sculptor Isamu Noguchi, photographer Lewis Hine and a squadron of
artists in FDR's Works
Progress Administration. Examines the increasing psychological
isolation of modern
America, epitomized in the work of Edward Hopper.![]()
AMERICAN
VISIONS PART 7: THE EMPIRE OF SIGNS (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd.
color.
#56880 (Captioned) Covers the post-war era when America's artists made
an
explosive break with the past. Traces the development of abstract
expressionism - a
uniquely American movement considered by many to have placed the
country in the artistic
forefront. ![]()
AMERICAN
VISIONS PART 8: THE AGE OF ANXIETY (VHS) 1997. 60 min. sd.
color.
#56890 (Captioned) Surveys the last 25 years of American art and how it
reflects
the nation's anxieties. In particular, he examines how the confidence
and promise of the
early 1960's was shaken by the divisiveness of the Vietnam War.
Profiles include Ed
Kienholz, Richard Serra and Richard Diebenkorn. Simultaneously
challenges viewers to
question the spiritual state of contemporary America, as reflected by
its art, and reminds
them of the country's potential for optimism and perserverance.![]()
AMERICANO
AS APPLE PIE: THE BLENDING OF CULTURE
(VHS) 2001. 30 min. sd. color. #68380
Recent U.S. Census figures provide dramatic testimony to the growth of
the Latino population. This program looks at the "Three Houses of
Latino Culture" - Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American - and their
widespread influence from entertainment to politics to economics. Key
issues include how long Hispanics have been in America and how U.S.
immigration laws affect their assimilation. Interviews with Latino
community leaders - university presidents, professors, artists,
doctors, CEOs, bishops, and ministers - bring home the diversity and
achievement of this rapidly expanding segment of the American populace.
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THE
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: NEW ACCESS TO THE WORKPLACE
(VHS) 1991. 25 min.
sd. color. #35690 (Captioned)Summarizes the law and provides essential
information
on how employers can best comply with its regulation. Learn how to
plan, implement, and
successfully manage an equal opportunity program on a day-to-day basis
with this complete
videocassette workshop. Viewers will also recognize the advantages of
hiring people with
disabilities from the firsthand experiences of employers who have
successfully integrated
people with disabilities into their own workforce.![]()
AMERICA'S
BIGGEST OIL SPILL (VHS)
1989. 50 min. sd. color. #20250 The tragedy of the oil spill involving
the Exxon Valdez
and the ensuing set of nightmares in and around Prince William Sound
are documented in
this review of the event, its causes and its consequences. ![]()
AMERICA'S
WAR
ON POVERTY PROGRAM 1: IN THIS AFFLUENT SOCIETY
(VHS) 1995. 60 min. sd. color.
#40020 (Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.) How could America
be so affluent yet
so poor at the same time? Discover how the cancer of poverty was
finally diagnosed and
attacked.![]()
AMERICA'S
WAR ON
POVERTY PROGRAM 2: GIVEN A CHANCE (VHS) 1995. 60
min. sd. color. #40030
(Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.) Can one powerful man, U.
S. Senator John
Stennis, derail the hopes and dreams of millions? In 1967, sides are
taken and battle
lines are drawn over Head Start.![]()
AMERICA'S
WAR ON
POVERTY PROGRAM 3: CITY OF PROMISE (VHS) 1995. 60
min. sd. color. #40040
(Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.) Can the cities be saved:
Mirroring today's
debate on inner-city reform, this program explores the obstacles and
opportunities facing
riot-torn Newark, New Jersey in the mid-sixties. ![]()
AMERICA'S
WAR ON
POVERTY PROGRAM 4: IN SERVICE TO AMERICA (VHS) 60
min. sd. color. #40050
(Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.) It's AmeriCorps today,
back then it was
VISTA. Discover how programs such as VISTA and Legal Services changed
the nature of the
War on Poverty.![]()
AMERICA'S
WAR
ON POVERTY PROGRAM FIVE: MY BROTHER'S KEEPER (VHS)
1995. 60 min. sd. color. #40060
(Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.) Welfare reform - a handout
or a hand up?
Echoing today's headlines, this program explores how close the country
came to a welfare
solution in 1968. ![]()
AMERICA'S
WETLANDS (VHS) 1988. 28 min. sd.
color. #53240 Narrated by E.G. Marshall, this
award-winning film points out the existing and potential benefits of
preserving and
protecting America's swamps and marshes for wildfowl nesting grounds,
natural water
pollution control and land erosion prevention. It conveys a national
perspective of
America's wetlands and the potential impacts of their loss.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 1: THE
GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS (VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd.
color. #29870 Traces the
modern-era development of the nations and national economies of the
Americas, with a focus
on Argentina that includes the Peron years, the dictatorship of the
1970's and the
Malvinas/Falklands War.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 2: CAPITAL SINS
(VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #29880 Looks at the rapid economic
growth in the late
1960's and early 1970's, spotlighting the methods Brazil's rulers chose
to develop that
country and how their choices affected the lives of ordinary Brazilians.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 3: CONTINENT
ON THE MOVE (VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #29890
Examines the causes and effects
of one of the most important forces transforming the Americas: the
migration of vast
numbers of people within the region. The program is set in Mexico,
where migration has
moved people across borders, and from rural villages to congested
cities.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 4: MIRRORS OF
THE HEART (VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #29900
Explores shifting ethnic and
racial definitions in the region, looking at Bolivia, a nation with a
rich Indian
tradition, and Hispaniola, an island divided between two nations -
Haiti and the Dominican
Republic - with different cultural heritages and attitudes toward their
African roots.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 5: IN WOMEN'S HANDS
(VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #29910 Set in Chile, this program
examines the changes
women of every social class made when they organized during the
Pinochet years to create
better living conditions for their families.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 6: MIRACLES
ARE NOT ENOUGH (VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color.
#29920 Travels to Brazil and
Nicaragua to observe the explosion of theological debate, social
activism and spiritual
revival that is changing a region where religion has long played an
important role in
society and politics.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 7: BUILDERS OF
IMAGES (VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #29930
Explores the arts throughout the
Americas, celebrating the extraordinary creative ferment that has
attracted global acclaim
and given rise to a distinct and increasingly influential Latin
American and Caribbean
artistic voice.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 8: GET UP, STAND UP
(VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #29940 Addresses internal and external
challenges to
sovereignty in the Americas and examines the ways in which the nations
of the Americas
cope with the dilemma of maintaining economic and cultural sovereignty
in the face of
strong pressures, both foreign and domestic. The program, set in
Colombia, Jamaica and
Panama, explores a wide range of threats to sovereignty, from
narco-terrorism to foreign
intervention.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 9: FIRE IN THE MIND
(VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #29950 Looks at revolutionaries in the
region today, with a
special emphasis on the former guerrilla fighters in El Salvador and
the current movement
in Peru, and links these movements to the revolutions in Cuba and
Nicaragua.![]()
AMERICAS
PROGRAM 10: THE AMERICANS
(VHS) 1993. 60 min. sd. color. #29960 Returns to the United States to
profile California's
Mexican-American population and the Latin American and Caribbean
communities of Miami and
New York City. This final episode poses questions about assimilation,
national identity
and how these communities are changing what it means to be an American.![]()
ANATOMY
OF A CRAYFISH (VHS) 1995. 20 min.
sd. color. #40830 This program is designed to facilitate a study of the
anatomy of the
crayfish as a representative crustacean.![]()
ANATOMY
OF A VOLCANO (VHS) 1981.
60 min. sd. color. #Archives A documentary on the eruption of Mount St.
Helens in May, 1980.
The scientific investigations surrounding the eruption before, during
and after the event
are the basis of the program with many photographs taken during the
eruption itself.![]()
ANATOMY OF
CRISIS (VHS) 1980. 60 min. sd. color.
#340 Using dramatic film footage, Milton Friedman tells the real story
of the 1920's and
1930's. His report on the big boom of the 20's, the collapse that
followed, and most
important, what could and should be done to head off the Great
Depression shows how badly
the facts have been distorted. (Part 3 of the Free To Choose series.)![]()
ANATOMY
OF THE EARTHWORM (VHS) 1995. 15
min. sd. color. #40870 This program is designed to facilitate a study
of the anatomy of
the earthworm as a representative annelid.![]()
ANATOMY
OF THE FETAL PIG (VHS) 1995. 62
min. sd. color. #40860 This program is designed to facilitate a study
of the anatomy of
the fetal pig as a typical mammal.![]()
ANATOMY
OF THE FRESHWATER MUSSEL
(VHS) 1995. 13 min. sd. color. #40840 This program is designed to
facilitate a study of
the anatomy of the freshwater mussel as a representative mollusk.![]()
ANATOMY
OF THE GRASSHOPPER (VHS) 1995.
16 min. sd. color. #40850 This program is designed to facilitate a
study of the anatomy of
the grasshopper as a representative arthropod and insect. ![]()
AND WE WERE SAD, REMEMBER?
(VHS) 1979.
29 min. sd. color. #12950 Points out that parents' attempts to conceal
death from children
can be both ineffective and harmful. Explains why children need to know
about death and
how parents can help them deal with death when it happens.![]()
AND
YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST PLAYING
(VHS) 1995. 65 min. sd. color. #70750
Shows early intervention professionals and preschool center staff how
to use transdisciplinary play-based assessment. Through footage of two
play sessions, this video demonstrates how parents, play facilitators,
and other team members can use Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment
(TPBA) flexibility to enable a thorough assessment of any child's
abilities. Scenes reveal how team members establish trust, imitate
behavior, follow children's leads, and prompt higher levels of behavior
to gain a picture of each child's abilities. Also illustrates how to
transfer assessment information onto time-saving TPBA forms.![]()
ANDY WARHOL
(VHS) 1987. 79 min. sd. color. #33750 This
is the first major profile made of the American Pop Art cult leader
since his death in
1987. Andy Warhol grew up in the industrial slums of Pittsburgh,
dreaming of Hollywood
stars. He went on to become a star himself, the most famous and
controversial artist of
modern times. This documentary covers all of his life and work,
including clips from
Warhol interviews and films, as well as conversations with his family
and superstar
friends.![]()
ANIMAL
RIGHTS FORUM (VHS) 198v. 28 min. sd.
color. #17230 The Mind of the Vivisector with Dr. Michael Grant,
Professor of Psychology,
University of Bridgeport.![]()
ANIMAL
RIGHTS FORUM (VHS) 198v. Each program
28 min. sd. color. #17220 Vivisection: Is It a "Necessary" Evil? with
Bernard
Unti, American Anti-Vivisection Society. Biomedical Research: Is It
Necessary? Part One
with Steven Tiger, Physician Assistant.![]()
ANIMATED
CLASSICS OF JAPANESE LITERATURE: BOTCHAN and STUDENT DAYS
(DVD) 2002. 78 min. sd. color. #70950 In Botchan,
A Tokyo teacher moves to an isolated town, where he is tormented by the
local students and faculty alike. Hilarity abounds as he struggles to
adapt and learn a few surprising lessons about himself. In Student Days,
Young Kenkichi is determined to enter a prestigious school. He
sacrifices every waking hour to his studies, but at what
cost? In
Japanese with English subtitles. ![]()
ANIMATED CLASSICS OF JAPANESE
LITERATURE: THE HARP OF BURMA and SEASON OF THE SUN (DVD)
2002. 78 min. sd. color. #70970 In The Harp of Burma,
near the end of World War II, a soldier is missing and presumed dead by
his captured comrades. A mysterious monk may hold the key to his
disappearance, but the monk hides painful secrets, the revelation of
which will forever change the lives of the prisoners. In Season of the Sun
a boxer and a beautiful woman share a tumultuous relationship in post
WWII Japan. Will love guarantee them a happy life, or will pride tear
them apart?In Japanese with English subtitles. ![]()
ANIMATED CLASSICS OF JAPANESE
LITERATURE: THE IZU DANCER and THE DANCING GIRL and A GHOST STORY
(DVD) 2002. 75 min. sd. color. #70960 In The Izu Dancer, a
young student falls in love with a traveling dancer. Their love is
sincere, but social differences may tear them apart. In The Dancing Girl,
a Japanese man working in turn of the century Berlin fathers a child
with an impoverished dancer. Together, they strive to build a home and
family, but political difficulties force the father to choose between
his career and the women he loves. In A Ghost Story,
a blind lute player chants the old legend of a great battle
between the Genji and Heiki families. His music attracts the attention
of the Heiki dead, whose ghosts request a performance. In Japanese with
English subtitles. ![]()
ANNA AKHMATOVA FILE
(VHS) 1989. 65 min. sd.
color. #35890 The first part of Semyon Aranovich's remarkable
documentary trilogy about
Stalin focuses on the extraordinary poet Anna Akhmatova. Although her
work was banned and
went unpublished for 17 years, her powerful "Requiem" became the
underground
anthem for millions. Using rare archival footage, Aranovich looks at
her tense
relationship with Stalin. Russian dialog with English subtitles.![]()
ANSEL
ADAMS: PHOTOGRAPHER (VHS) 1981. 60
min. sd. color. #21450 Captures the spirit and artistry of master
photographer Ansel Adams
as he talks about his life and demonstrates the techniques which have
made his work
legendary.![]()
ANTIGONE
(VHS) 1962. 88 min. sd. b&w. #32740 The
Greek tragedy of Sophocles in which King Crean orders Antigone's death
for burying her
slain brother against the King's desire.![]()
ANTON
CHEKOV: A WRITER'S LIFE (VHS)
1974. 37 min. sd. b&w. #23120 A portrait of the most beloved of
Russian writers,
containing contemporary photographs and archival footage of Chekhov's
Russia, scenes from
the plays performed by the Moscow Art Theatre, and excerpts from his
short stories
dramatized for the screen.![]()
ANTONY
AND CLEOPATRA (VHS) 1981. 166 min. sd.
color. #7520 (Also available on DVD #70080) A
sequel to Shakespeare's great tragedy, Julius Caesar, this play is
known
for its memorable poetry, intricate planning and remarkable
characterizations. Antony, the
once heralded leader becomes stupefied with passion and degenerates
into a fool. It is
Cleopatra, however, who provides endless enthrallment. The multiple
sides of her nature
are brought out so clearly that she has been called the most
fascinating woman of her own
or any other age.![]()
THE APE: SO
HUMAN (VHS) 1998.
41 min. sd. color. #61230
Just how far do the similarities between humans and great apes extend?
Sequences from historic experiments by Allen and Beatrix Gardner, Sue
Savage-Rumbaugh and other primatologists, plus footage shot in the
wild, provide compelling support for the thesis that chimps, bonobos,
gorillas and orangutans are highly evolved indeed. Demonstrations of
cognition, self-awareness, memory retention, language use, social
behavior, mating practices, and perhaps even a sense of good and evil
reveal species remarkably kindred to Homo sapiens. The anatomical basis
for apes' inability to articulate speech, despite having Broca's area,
is also discussed.![]()
APOLLO 11: MEN ON THE MOON (DVD) 2002. Approx. 360 min. sd. color. #65010 This three-disc DVD set features comprehensive footage from the film and videotape record of Apollo 11. Disc 1 contains 16mm film coverage of the stacking, rollout, pad preparation, launch, lunar landing, and lunar liftoff. Also contains footage of lundar landing training, transposition and docking, and television transmissions on the way to the moon. Disc 2 contains the complete television downlink during the moonwalk, and a special enhanced track showing the television, film and Hasselblad images taken on the surface. Disc 3 contains the remainder of the onboard 16mm film, television transmissions in lunar orbit and during Trans-Earth coast, coverage of the recovery, additional pad cameras from the launch, and more.
APOLLO 14: JOURNEY TO FRA MAURO (DVD) 2002. Approx. 240 min. sd. color. #65020 This two-disc set presents the story of Apollo 14, from multi-angle views of the liftoff to the first steps on the moon - from trouble at transposition and docking to landing as Cone crater passes the window - as seen from footage from the television downlink, onboard motion picture film, and new digital transfers of mission film coverage.
APOLLO 16: COMPLETE DOWNLINK EDITION (DVD) 2002. Approx. 720 min. sd. color. #65040 Apollo 16 was the second of NASA's "J" missions to the moon - with a lunar rover and a three day stay time. Despite difficulties with their Apollo spacecraft, the lunar module Orion settled down at Descartes slightly later than planned to begin a grand exploration of the moon. This six-disc set features comprehensive material from the film and television record of Apollo 16, including all the television downlink and onboard motion picture pohotography.
APOLLO 17:
COMPLETE DOWNLINK EDITION
(DVD) 2002. Over 27 hours. sd. color. #66430
Presents the complete television transmissions and 16mm onboard film
from the Apollo 17 mission. Shows footage from preparation and
training, through 3 days of lunar exploration and the trip home to a
calm Pacific. ![]()
APPLICATIONS
OF PDE METHODS BY GROMOV, FLOER, AND OTHERS TO SYMPLECTIC GEOMETRY
(VHS) 1990. 90 min. sd. color. #2519 The past few years have seen
several exciting developments in the field of symplectic geometry, and
researchers in this area have begun to make progress in solving many
important and hitherto inaccessible problems. The new techniques making
this possible have come both from the calculus of variations and from
the theory of elliptic partial differential operators. Dusa McDuff
brings an impressive breadth of knowledge and clarity of exposition to
this videotaped lecture. She examines some of these new developments,
including Gromov's results using elliptic methods, and how Floer
applied these elliptic techniques to develop a new approach to Morse
theory.![]()
APPRENTICE
TO THE GODS: RUBEN NAKIAN
(VHS) 1984. 28 min. sd. color. #33390 An intimate portrait of the late
sculptor's
pioneering spirit through different phases of his career, from his
youth at the Art
Students League and Beaux Art to his series of monumental works.
Includes rare footage of
an artist whose career has spanned the most important periods of art in
American history
and places him with such Abstract Expressionists as Jackson Pollock and
David Smith.![]()
THE ARAB WORLD PART 1: THE ARABS: WHO THEY ARE, WHO THEY ARE NOT (VHS) 1991. 28 min. sd. color. #66250 (Captioned) Bill Moyers and several prominent experts of Arab descent explore how the image of Arabs as religious fanatics was formed. Edward Said, professor of English at Columbia University, discusses the richness, diversity, and distinguished history of the Arab culture. Former United States Senator James Abourezk, and Jack Shaheen, author of The TV Arab, discuss the dehumanization of Arabs in the American media.
THE ARAB WORLD PART 3: THE IMAGE OF GOD (VHS) 1991. 28 min. sd. color. #66270 (Captioned) Bill Moyers and experts discuss the religion of Islam - its history, sectarian divisions, core beliefs, and use by Arab politicians as a legitimizing force. Distortions of the Islamic image in the American media are discussed. Holy War - jihad - is defined and put into context.
ARCHAEOLOGY: EVIDENCE OF THE PAST (VHS) 1994. 24 min. sd. color. #5826 This video explores the principle activities of archaeologists, including site reconnaissance, excavation, classification, dating and interpretation of unearthed materials. It examines personal observation, aerial photography, and electromagnetic detection. It also discusses carbon-14 dating, stratigraphy, and dendrochronology.
ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING AND DESIGN #3: SUPPLEMENTAL PLANS - ELECTRICAL/PLUMBING/HVAC/ROOF (VHS) 2001. 20 min. sd. color. #63750 Shows how electrical components are represented on an electrical plan. Identifies plumbing fixtures and explains how they appear on a plan. Addresses the representation of air supply, ductwork, and return systems on plans. Considers roof components and discusses their relationship to wall structure.
ARE
WE SCARING OURSELVES TO DEATH?
(VHS) 1996. 46 min. sd. color. #52320 A discussion of the things that
Americans fear the
most: crime, environmental pollution, food contamination, accidents,
etc. and the way in
which statistics and news reporting have made the situation seem worse
than it is.![]()
ARE YOU A
RACIST? (VHS) 1987. 49 min. sd. color.
#16060 Follows a five-day encounter between four white and four black
Britons who explore
the issue of racism by talking together about their feelings and
experiences. Conveys the
feeling of isolation by blacks in a white-dominated society.![]()
ARE
YOU LISTENING/WIDOWS (VHS) 1979. 28
min. sd. color. #23080 Several women who have faced widowhood talk
about their feelings of
resentment at being left alone. They also express humor and optimism as
they discuss how
they responded to being widowed and the ways they have learned to cope
in their new role.
Offers support for finding positive ways to deal with their emotions.![]()
ARE
YOU SWIMMING IN A SEWER? (VHS)
1987. 58 min. sd. color. #27220 Concerns about health and ecological
damage are leading
scientists to take a second look at age-old assumptions about the
ocean's ability to
dilute waste. NOVA dips into the sad plight of our coastal waters,
where toxic chemicals,
raw sewage and disease-carrying microbes are routinely dropped.![]()
ARGENTINISIMA I
(VHS) 1982. 115 min. sd. color.
#13920 Inspired by the verses of Atahualpa Yupanqui this tape initiates
an imaginary trip
which alternates fiction and reality to bring forward the spirit of the
different regional
expressions in the national music of Argentina.![]()
ARISTOTLE'S
ETHICS: THE THEORY
OF HAPPINESS (VHS) 1962. 29 min. sd. color. #16000
Written in the 4th century
B.C., Aristotle's "Ethics" explores the natural sciences and a wide
variety of
other subjects. Writer/teacher/philosopher Mortimer Adler considers the
philosophical
problems of "what makes a human life good...what makes it worth living
and what we
must do, not merely to live, but to live well." ![]()
ARITHMETIC
PROGRESSION:
FROM HILBERT TO SHELAH (VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd.
color. #25200 In this lively and
absorbing videotaped lecture, Ronald L. Graham explores connections
between arithmetic
progressions and combinatorics over the past century. Sprinkling the
talk with intriguing
problems and $1000 conjectures, Graham brings his impressive command of
contemporary
research in combinatorics together with a historical perspective and
talent for clarity of
exposition to make this an especially appealing and accessible lecture.![]()
ART
EDUCATION IN ACTION: AN ALL-PARTICIPANTS DAY VIDEO TELECONFERENCE
(VHS) 1994. 112
min. sd. color. #34570 Includes panel discussions with art education
experts, interviews
with students, and questions telephoned from educators at viewing sites
around the United
States. Focuses on successful collaborations between the art and
education communities,
the benefits of comprehensive art education in an interdisciplinary
environment, and the
variety of approaches to art education in the classroom.![]()
ART
EDUCATION IS MORE THAN ART
EDUCATION (VHS) 1994. 10 min. sd. color. #34560
Highlights the value of art
education and its importance in the achievement of educational goals.
Focuses on several
topics relevant to educational reform, including the vital relationship
of art education
to interdisciplinary learning, cultural diversity, assessment, critical
thinking, and
workforce readiness, among others.![]()
ART IN THE AGE OF MASS
CULTURE
(VHS) 1989. 31 min. sd. color. #52190 Structured around a walk-through
of the 1990 Museum
of Modern Art show "High & Low: High Art and Popular Culture,"
this program
dwells on specific aspects of the dialogue established in the 20th
century between
modernism and mass culture, from the collages of Braque and Picasso
through the seminal
Pop images of Roy Lichtenstein to the LED signs of Jenny Holzer.![]()
THE ART
OF CONDUCTING (VHS) 1991. 28 min.
sd. color. #27210 Sir George Solti gives a crash masterclass on how to
conduct, including
how to be in and out of the music and why not to trust the conductor
who never sweats.![]()
THE
ART OF RADIO ADVERTISING (VHS)
1984. 20 min. sd. color. #3546 Two of America's most successful radio
commercial
producers, Bert Berdis and Alan Bartzman, discuss their approach to
concept development,
copywriting, and directing for radio ads. In the trademark style of
"Bert and
Barz", the radio audience is not aggressively pitched at, but rather
made privy to
private, sometimes whispered, conversations. In this program they
emphasize selling
through humor and describe their team approach to the creative process.![]()
ART
OF THE AMERICAN WEST (VHS) 1986. 65
min. sd. color. #24860 In three sections: "Before the White Man"
(Albert
Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, Charles Wimar, Henry Farny, Thomas Hill,
Worthington Whittredge,
and Frederic Remington); "Westward Expansion" (Charles Christian Nahl,
C. M.
Russell, Remington, Frank Schoonover and others); and "The Old West is
Dead"
(the influence of modern art in the works of Thomas Hart Benton,
Georgia O'Keefe, Ernest
Blumenshein, and Victor Higgins.![]()
ART OF THE
DOGON (VHS) 1988. 24 min. sd. color.
#24670 The Dogon people of Mali possess one of the richest artistic
traditions in Africa.
Residing in an imposing landscape of steep cliffs and arid plains, the
Dogon have for
centuries created sculpture for use in various rituals. One of the
great admirers of Dogon
art is Lester Wunderman. This program is based on his extensive
collection at the
Metropolitan Museum and on archival footage shot in Mali. Captures the
beauty and power of
Dogon art, while placing it within the context of Dogon culture.![]()
ART OF
THE MIDDLE AGES (VHS) 1963. 30 min.
sd. color. #34850 John Canady documents various aspects of the six
major medieval
cathedrals of France, explaining the symbolism of architectural and
sculptural styles, and
pointing out that the cathedral stands as a visible summary of the
philosophical and
intellectual world of the Middle Ages.![]()
ART
OF THE WESTERN WORLD: PART ONE - THE CLASSICAL PERIOD, 600 B.C. - 350
A.D. (VHS)
1989. 60 min. sd. color. #19070 (Captioned)The origins of humanism and
much of
Western art are traced to ancient Greece, dramatically conveyed through
Kouroi and Korai
figures, as well as by the architecture of the Parthenon. The
inherently political
character of Roman art is embodied in the technical sophistication and
extraordinary
details of the Pantheon. The decline of humanistic values in the late
antique period is
represented by portraits and by the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, where
classical themes
and forms are adapted to serve Christian purposes. ![]()
ART
OF THE WESTERN WORLD: PART TWO - A WHITE GARMENT OF CHURCHES:
ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC (VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd.
color. #19080 (Captioned)The exquisitely preserved church of
Paray-le-Monial reveals how monasticism and pilgrimage affected the
architectural
development of Romanesque churches. Gothic architecture is explored at
St. Denis and
Chartres, where the architectural features, sculpture, and magnificent
stained glass
windows are related to contemporary theology and the profound social
changes of the
twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.![]()
ART
OF THE WESTERN WORLD: PART THREE - THE EARLY RENAISSANCE IN ITALY AND
THE NORTH
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #19090 (Captioned)Through the
contributions of
Florentine artists in the early fifteenth century, the classical
tradition is revived and
reinterpreted. The achievements of Masaccio, Donatello, and Ghiberti
exemplify the merging
of Christian and humanistic values in art. In the North, the richly
detailed "magic
realism" of Jan van Eyck glows in the perfected medium of oil paint.
Grunewald's
"Isenheim Altarpiece" dramatically conveys the spiritual crisis of
Northern
Europe on the eve of the Reformation, While Albrecht Durer's works
reflect the spirit of
the Renaissance reaching Germany.![]()
ART
OF THE WESTERN WORLD: PART FOUR - THE HIGH RENAISSANCE: ROME AND VENICE
(VHS) 1989.
60 min. sd. color. #19100 (Captioned)With Leonardo, Michelangelo, and
Raphael, the
artist as genius takes center stage. Their paintings, sculpture,
drawings, and
architecture define the aesthetic goals of the day. Rome emerges as a
center of artistic
vitality for the first time since antiquity. The Venetian preoccupation
with nature and
light is captured in glowing works by Giorgione and Titian, while
Tintoretto's "The
Last Supper" captures the social turbulence of late sixteenth century
Italy.
Palladio's noble architecture demonstrates how classical principles
were absorbed and
inventively used with spectacular and functional results.![]()
ART
OF THE WESTERN WORLD: PART FIVE - IMAGES OF AUTHORITY IN SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY ART
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #19110 (Captioned)The direct emotional
appeal of the
Baroque style inspired by the Counter-Reformation is epitomized in
Bernini's "The
Ecstacy of St. Teresa", filmed on location in the Cornaro Chapel in
Rome. Austrian
and Spanish rulers use art to promote their imperial aims. In the Dutch
Netherlands,
freedom, and new bourgeois values also found expression in art.
Rembrandt's works both
fulfill and transcend the demands of new merchant patrons, while his
portraits penetrate
the inner truth of their subjects.![]()
ART
OF THE WESTERN WORLD: PART SIX - THE AGE OF REVOLUTION, 1770-1830
(VHS) 1989. 60
min. sd. color. #19120 (Captioned)The voluptuous fantasies of Boucher
and the
elegant allegories of Watteau and Fragonard are rejected by a society
in violent revolt.
David's cool and ordered paintings urge a return to the nobler ideals
of a classical past.
His brush is transformed from a tool in the king's service to a
powerful weapon for the
Revolution, as we see in his masterpiece "The Death of Marat".
Paintings by
Gericault, Turner, Delacroix, and Goya demonstrate the astonishing
range of styles in the
Romantic movement as artists strive for individual expression.![]()
ART
OF THE WESTERN WORLD: PART SEVEN - REALISM, IMPRESSIONISM AND
POST-IMPRESSIONISM
(VHS) 1989. 60 min. sd. color. #19130 (Captioned)Courbet defies the
entrenched
traditions of the official Salon and paints "the subjects of modern
life" as he
sees them. This urge is shared by the Impressionists, whose works are
examined at close
camera range, revealing the innovations in form and technique, and the
obsession with
color and changing light that characterize much of their oeuvre.![]()
ART
OF THE WESTERN WORLD: PART EIGHT - TWENTIETH CENTURY ART BEFORE WORLD
WAR II (VHS)
1989. 60 min. sd. color. #19140 (Captioned)The avant-garde movements of
Vienna and
Paris produce art works that embody the experience of urban and modern
life. The sensuous
paintings of Klimt, the daring color of the Fauves, and the Cubist
revolution prefigured
in Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" demonstrate how artists seek
to free
themselves from the past and capture the modern spirit in the years
before World War I.
Modernism triumphs after the war, as seen in the French, Russian,
Dutch, and German works
of the International Style. The darker side of modern life is explored
in such Surrealist
works as Miro's "The Birth of the World." ![]()
ART
OF THE WESTERN WORLD: PART NINE - TWENTIETH CENTURY ART AFTER WORLD WAR
II (VHS)
1989. 60 min. sd. color. #19150 (Captioned)With the appearance of the
Abstract
Expressionist movement in New York, the United States becomes an
important center for the
visual arts. Scanning the extraordinary diversity of the post-war
period, the program
focuses on Jackson Pollock's Action Painting, with original footage of
the artist at work
on "One"; considers the skyscraper as the cathedral of a new commercial
age; and
analyzes the satirical Pop works of Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg.![]()
ART
SAFETY: HAZARDS AND PRECAUTIONS
(VHS) 1988. 102 min. sd. color. #33590 A two-part program which
describes the hazards of
art & crafts materials and the necessary precautions.![]()
ARTACHE
PROGRAM 1:
THE GAME OF ART AND HOW TO PLAY IT (VHS) 1990-91.
51 min. sd. color. #52090 Based
around auctions at Christie's and Sotheby in New York and at the
Cologne Art Fair, this
program focuses on galleries, dealers, collectors, and the money
involved in the art
market. Also explored are the problems of money versus conservation and
investment versus
art.![]()
ARTACHE
PROGRAM 2: THE IMAGE OF
AN ARTIST (VHS) 1990-91. 53 min. sd. color. #52100
Based around the large Warhol
exhibition at the Museum Ludwig in West Germany, this program focuses
on the artist and
her/his relationship to career, fame, the media and money.![]()
ARTACHE
PROGRAM 3: ART IS
LONG, LIFE IS SHORT (VHS) 1990-91. 50 min. sd.
color. #52110 Focuses on the
changing role of art in today's culture and how investors' and media
attention have
affected the way people regard art.![]()
ARTHUR MURRAY FOXTROT
(VHS). 1990. 27 min.
sd. color. #26200 Learn to dance America's most popular ballroom dance.![]()
ARTHUR
MURRAY MAMBO (VHS). 1990. 39 min. sd.
color. #26190 Learn the dance that combines American Jazz with
Afro-American. ![]()
ARTHUR
MURRAY NIGHTCLUB (VHS). 1990. 33
min. sd. color. #26220 Learn to dance this form of freestyle disco. ![]()
ARTHUR
MURRAY SWING (VHS). 1990. 47 min. sd.
color. #26210 Learn the dance that could be called America's National
Dance. ![]()
ARTS OF ISLAM
(VHS) 1989. 26 min. sd. color. #35100
From Spain to India, from Turkey to Morocco, the art of Islam has
molded the cultural eye
of millions of people over more than a millennium. This program
explores Islamic art as
one of the great cultural forces in world history and shows how it
captivates the eye and
engages the imagination.![]()
AS YOU LIKE IT
(VHS) 1979. 150 min. sd. color. #5090 Also available on DVD
#67530.
Here is Shakespeare in his sunniest mood. Lyrical and lighthearted,
this is a comedy
about all kinds of love-physical and intellectual, sentimental and
cynical, enduring love
between friends and romantic love at first sight. It is also about the
roles society
sometimes forces us to play. Produced by the BBC.![]()
THE
ASIANIZATION OF AMERICA (VHS) 1993. 26 min. sd. color. #56010
Asians are
the nation's fastest-growing racial group. Stereotypes haave been
revised and
condescension has given way to admiration and jealousy. This program
examines the role of
Asian Americans half a century after the repeal of the Chinese
Exclusion Act, seeking to
determine what accounts for Asians' startling successes in academia and
to what extent
they can, should, or want to blend into the American melting pot.![]()
ASSESSING
INFANTS AND
TODDLERS: A FAMILY FOCUS (VHS) 1989. 173 min. sd.
color. #31682 Teaches the basic
clinical skills to assess infants, toddlers, and their families.
addresses key issues,
such as principles of audiologic and oral-motor/feeding, and social
communicative
assessment of infants and toddlers, within the context of the family.![]()
ASSESSING
THE VISUAL ARTS: STRATEGIES FOR ART EDUCATORS
(VHS) 1992. 90 min. sd. color. #28420 As
current research reveals the inaccuracy and inappropriateness of
standardized testing, more school districts are initiating alternative
assessment strategies. This videoconference provides a step-by-step
approach for implementing art assessment programs. Examines how they
work and how they can be adapted to work with individualized school
programs and district needs.![]()
ASSESSMENT
AND INTERVENTION FOR CENTRAL AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDERS
(VHS) 1993. 41 min. sd.
color. #34510 An expert in the area of children's auditory processing
disorders presents a
range of perspectives on issues in assessment and intervention.![]()
ASSESSMENT IN MATH AND SCIENCE: WHAT'S THE POINT TAPE 1: WILL THIS BE ON THE TEST - KNOWING VS. UNDERSTANDING (VHS) 1998. 90 min. sd. color. #60010 (Captioned) This introduction to the workshop series examines what it means to understand. Teachers will learn to design a set of performance tasks to fairly and accurately assess the levels of understanding that students have achieved.
ASSESSMENT IN MATH AND SCIENCE: WHAT'S THE POINT TAPE 4: I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS AN ENGLISH CLASS - CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES (VHS) 1998. 90 min. sd. color. #60040 (Captioned) Teachers will be keyed into looking for connections students make to demonstrate their depth of understanding. They will learn ways to encourage these connections through performance tasks that build on other disciplines.
ASSESSMENT IN MATH AND SCIENCE: WHAT'S THE POINT TAPE 5: YOU WILL BE TESTED ON THIS - STANDARDIZED TESTING (VHS) 1998. 90 min. sd. color. #60050 (Captioned) This workshop considers how teachers can use standardized tests to focus their teaching. Teachers will examine strategies to improve student performance in the classroom as well as on these external measures of success.
ASSESSMENT IN MATH AND SCIENCE: WHAT'S THE POINT TAPE 7: THAT WOULD NEVER WORK HERE EITHER - SEEING ASSESSMENT REFORM IN ACTION, II (VHS) 1998. 90 min. sd. color. #60070 (Captioned) The stories of Barbara and Scott continue as they use assessment to encourage their students to work to improve their performance. The discussion focuses on opportunities for students to assess their own work and that of their peers.
ASSESSMENT IN MATH AND SCIENCE: WHAT'S THE POINT TAPE 8: WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL - IMPLEMENTING ASSESSMENT REFORM (VHS) 1998. 90 min. sd. color. #60080 (Captioned) This workshop emphasizes the importance of collaboration among teachers, administrators, and especially parents, when implementing assessment reform in a school or district.
ASSESSMENT OF SPORTS SKILLS
(DVD) 1995. 144 min. on 2 DVDs. sd. color. #71900 Teaches
assessment of such crucial sports skills as lay-up shots, chest passes,
and set shots in basketball; fielding a grounder and a fly ball in
softball; and overhand passes, forearm passes, and underhand serves in
volleyball. Demonstrates different levels of achievement for each
skill. ![]()
THE
ASTRONOMERS PROGRAM ONE: WHERE IS THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE?
(VHS) 1991. 60 min.
sd. color. #24050 (Captioned)The series begins with this intriguing
question. It is
a critical one for astronomers, as they still cannot account for nearly
90 percent of the
universe's mass. Vera Rubin and Tony Tyson show how scientists have
calculated the total
amount of matter in the universe and found that "dark matter" or
missing mass
far outweighs the stars we see shining in galaxies. Viewers meet
amateur astronomer, John
Dobson, who has devoted his life to making astronomy accessible to the
public.![]()
THE
ASTRONOMERS
PROGRAM TWO: SEARCHING FOR BLACK HOLES (VHS) 1991.
60 min. sd. color. #24060
(Captioned)Astronomer John Conway invites students to join his team of
fellow
astronomers as they conduct an experiment linking together a global
network of radio
telescopes. The object: a massive black hole that may swell at the
center of galaxy NGC
1275. With this advanced technology, scientists are also able to study
the oldest, most
volatile and distant object yet known - the quasar. ![]()
THE
ASTRONOMERS
PROGRAM THREE: A WINDOW TO CREATION (VHS) 1991. 60
min. sd. color. #24070 Closed
captioned.Travel from Massachusetts to Japan capturing experts at work
studying the birth
of the universe - the "Big Bang." Two Berkeley professors, Paul
Richards and
Andrew Lange conduct a joint rocket experiment on the Big Bang's
radiation afterglow.
Cambridge astronomers Margaret Geller and John Hucra share how they
discovered the
"Great Wall" - the largest structure of galaxies yet found in the
universe.![]()
THE
ASTRONOMERS PROGRAM
FOUR: WAVES OF THE FUTURE (VHS) 1991. 60 min. sd.
color. #24080 Closed
captioned.Gravity waves - Predicted by Einstein, but still undetected,
these ripples in
the fabric of time and space caused by the rapid motion of large
amounts of mass could
reveal new information about the Big Bang, supernova explosions, and
other cosmic events.
Stephen Hawking also provides his unique perspective on the wealth of
knowledge that can
be gained through the observation of these "ripples in time." ![]()
THE
ASTRONOMERS PROGRAM FIVE:
STARDUST (VHS) 1991. 60 min. sd. color. #24090
(Captioned)A 60-minute
picture of the billion-year lifespan of a star is provided by
University of Maryland
professor and expert observer of star formation, Leo Blitz. Go "down
under" to
the Australian outback where astronomers are searching for a pulsar in
the debris of a
1987 supernova explosion - and the key to understanding the death of
stars.![]()
THE
ASTRONOMERS
PROGRAM SIX: PROSPECTING FOR PLANETS (VHS) 1991. 60
min. sd. color. #24100 Closed
captioned.Are we alone in the universe? The possibility of life on
other planets is
entertained by Harvard University professor Dave Latham. Latham looks
for tiny deviations
in star movement that would arise from the gravitational tug of a
planet on its star. In
Chile, Richard Terrile and Brad Smith use a 100-inch reflecting
telescope to find evidence
of other planets. Also examines one of the greatest scientific
successes of our era - the
Voyager mission. Project scientist Ed Stone shares an unprecedented
behind-the-scenes look
at the Voyager's encounter with Neptune.![]()
AT WORK IN THE DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOM PART 1: PLANNING CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (VHS) 2001. 45 min. sd. color. #65260 Expert Carol Ann Tomlinson spells out the principles that guide a differentiated classroom. Classroom scenes demonstrate key elements of planning curriculum and instruction, such as: planning when and how to differentiate; continuously monitoring and assessing student learning to determine how to modify instruction; establishing a sense of community in the classroom while acknowledging the need for individualized approaches; deciding when and where to use group activities, whole-class instruction, and other strategies; and altering the composition of groups and the pace of learning to support a flexible learning environment. Teachers explain why and how they plan and change their assignments and activities in order to more appropriately match instructional activities to their students' learning needs.
AT WORK IN THE DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOM PART 2: MANAGING THE CLASSROOM (VHS) 2001. 30 min. sd. color. #65270 Shows how a differentiated classroom actually works and how to handle multiple tasks and activities. Experienced teachers offer lots of proven ideas and strategies, including: Dealing with distracting noise; using task cards, an "expert of the day," and other ways to provide task directions to several groups; creating folders, boxes, or other quick and efficient systems for distributing materials and handling student paperwork; using overheads, a rotation board, and other techniques to identify who is assigned to which tasks and groups; teaching students classroom "pathways" that assist in quickly forming groups; arranging the classroom space to facilitate small group work, individual work, or whole-class instruction; and tracking and recording students' progress while using discussions, exit cards, and journal entries. Viewing the classroom scenes, teachers can see how these approaches work and hear other teachers explain their rationale.
AT WORK IN THE DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOM PART 3: TEACHING FOR LEARNER SUCCESS (VHS) 2001. 25 min. sd. color. #65280 Explains how teachers become adept at multiple roles and move with ease from one to the other. Scenes and interviews with successful classroom teachers illustrate six key teacher roles: Teaching the Whole Class; Helping Groups Work Successfully; Observing Group Function; Coaching Individual Students for Success; Teaching and Reteaching Small Groups or Challenging Them with Enrichment Activities; Monitoring and Assessing Student Growth; and Bringing Closure to an Activity. Classroom scenes and teacher interviews explore classroom-tested ideas from which every teacher can benefit.
ATHENEUM:
ANALYSIS OF FORM (VHS) 1989.
28 min. sd. color. #24610 This innovative and in-depth architectural
study employs
dazzling 3D computer graphics and animation as well as on-site video
footage to analyze
the structure and design of Richard Meier's celebrated Atheneum in
historic New Harmony,
Indiana. In addition to its examination of the building's overall
organization, the video
also analyzes each floor in detail and explains how each part of the
building contributes
to the whole.![]()
THE
ATTACHMENT RELATIONSHIP (VHS) ca.
1980. 25 min. sd. color. #19920 Illustrates the nature of the
infant-caregiver attachment
relationship and presents the most widely used method for assessing the
quality of this
relationship (the Ainsworth Strange Situation procedure.) The
underlying theoretical
position is the evolutionary/adaptational position of John Bowlby and
Mary Ainsworth. ![]()
ATTENTION:
A TEAM APPROACH TO ADHD
(VHS) 1996. 41 min. sd. color. #56560 Focuses on teamwork in assessing
and treating
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Through interviews
with medical and
educational professionals, this program aids in identifying this
disorder. Discussed are
the symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, as well as
the conditions that
often accompany ADHD. Also discussed are the roles of educators,
medical professionals and
parents in assessing a child. Treatment options are also addressed. ![]()
AUDITION
TECHNIQUES (VHS) 1988. 70 min. sd.
color. #23810 The purpose of the video is to prepare students and
aspiring actors for
auditions. Teaches how to select, analyze and rehearse a monologue or
song, how to warm up
physically and vocally before an audition, what is proper and improper
in an audition, how
to give a cold reading and how to prepare a resume and photographs.![]()
AWAKENING AND
ENLIGHTENMENT (VHS)
1991. 60 min. sd. color. #26010 Jonathan Edwards, preacher, and
Benjamin Franklin,
politician, represented, what noted historian Aruther M. Schlesinger,
Jr. calls, "the
Great Divide of the American mind." Today, few politicians have
Franklin's skill as a
scientist and philosopher and few evangelists have Edward's
intellectualism. These two
formidable men still speak to us across two centuries as Yale
University presents a
thought-provoking program on the lives and works of two men who shaped
Colonial American
thinking...and how the careers of each shed light on themes prevalent
in pre-Revolutionary
America.![]()
ax2
+ hxy + cy2 = n (VHS) 1990.
60 min. sd. color. #25180 Focusing on a
pictorial approach to the theory of integral quadratic forms, John. H.
Conway combines an
impressive command of the theory with deep intuitive insight to produce
an illuminating
and engaging videotaped lecture. This lecture is fascinating not only
in its subject
matter but also in revealing the way this master mathematician wends
his intuitive way
through the topic as he leaves the technicalities behind. The videotape
would be
appropriate for advanced undergraduates with background in number
theory.
AY, CARMELA! (VHS)
1991. 105 min. sd. color. #56000 Carmen Maura plays the
title role of an apolitical cabaret performer caught between the
combatants of the Spanish
Civil War. Jaurizio De Razza stars as the Italian officer in charge of
staging a musical
revue for a very demanding Fascist audience. In Spanish with English
subtitles.![]()