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Making Things We Need

K-6

Exactly what is the division of labor and how does it contribute to a modern economic system? This film follows Mr. Wilson in his work as a supervisor of men who make and assemble telephones. The student learns that different men perform different tasks, and put together, this can provide all the services and products we need. When Mr. Wilson needs gasoline for his car, for example, he tries (unsuccessfully) to exchange a telephone for it. When he uses money, however, he points up the economic concept: Payment with money is really an exchange.

16mm / 14 minutes / Catalog #47

Man and State: Hamilton and Jefferson on Democracy

7-Adult

A future society brings Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson back to life to debate their philosophies. Among the topics covered are industrial versus agrarian economics, the effect of commercial wealth on the populace, the role of government, and Constitutional interpretation.

16mm / 27 minutes / Catalog #50

Man's Material Welfare

9-12

An interesting and useful presentation concerning the difference between a Free Enterprise Economic System and a Command Economic System. Discussion is led by Richard Devos, of AmWay. Emphasizes needs versus wants, factors of production, specialization, independence, innovation and technology, profit motive, private ownership, role of government in an economy, and why America has achieved the highest standard of living in the world.

Video / 30 minutes / Catalog #1264

Market Economy

K-6

This series deals with the relationship between producers and consumers and between environment and products in a market economy. Each filmstrip explores the life of a different individual and the degrees of his dependence on the market. By examining in a parallel fashion, such factors as family life, transportation, cultural, and environmental conditions, students are able to compare the various elements of the market economy.

Filmstrip / Catalog #522

Meet the Bank

6-12

A short video for planning a personal economic program.

Video / 7 minutes / Catalog #1267

Mind over Muffins

9-12

Explains how working, spending, saving and borrowing affect the economic world and how households and businesses make decisions.

Video / 20 minutes / Catalog #1285

Money Games

9-12

Discusses how money flows through the economy, how banks create money, and how the Fed makes monetary policy.

Video / 20 minutes / Catalog #1306

Money--History of Money

6-12

This program traces the history of money, from the beginning of trade and barter to today's world of credit cards and computers.

Video / 15 minutes / Catalog #1219

Money: Making Sense out of Cents

K-6

Through the use of cartoons, and real money, the two filmstrips teach children about money. What is a Penny Worth? teaches about the different coins and bills in our monetary systems and what each is worth. Count Your Change outlines the mathematical process that children can use to see if they are receiving the correct change when they make a purchase.

Filmstrip / Catalog #526

Money: Making Your Money Count--10 Tips for Financial Security

K-Adult

Money: Making Your Money Count covers the 10 most important issues facing every American family-- and provides expert guidance on managing your financial resources. How much risk should you take? Is an IRA still a good retirement choice? What about insurance? Tax-free investments? The editors of Money, America's most popular financial magazine, bring their sound advice to video. This entertaining, informative and authoritative program offers sought-after strategies for security in the post-crash era. An introduction to personal financial management perfect for the entire family.

Video / Catalog #1207

Money Managment

10-Adult

The six filmstrips in the Money Management series introduces students to basic information they should know when borrowing money or buying goods on credit.

The first three filmstrips are concerned with retail credit buying. The various types of charge accounts are explained and the students taught to treat the privledges of charge cards and their services and care. They learn what a credit rating is and how it is determined and are made aware of the importance of a good credit rating to their future as a responsible adults.

The last three filmstrips discuss the three major types of lending agencies, and the advantages and disadvantages of each are analyzed. The students learn how to compute the true cost of borrowing money and the responsibilities incurred.

Throughout the series students are encouraged to analyze their own personal needs and desires in relation to their income. They are given a basic understanding of the subject of money management and encouraged to use this understanding in their own dealings when buying goods on credit or borrowing money.

Filmstrip / Catalog #513

Money Series

K-6

Series contains a vocabulary list, filmstrips deal with consumer discretion and uses of money, spending money, and earning money.

Filmstrip / Catalog #527

Moscow McDonald's: Gateway to the West

7-12

This video program, hosted by Christopher Plummer, is the story of how the first McDonald's Restaurant was opened on January 31, 1990 in the Soviet Union. A joint venture between the Soviet Union and McDonald Restaurants of Canada, this partnership created the most modern ever and largest food industry in the Soviet Union.

Video / 26 minutes / Catalog #1206

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New Immigrants, The

7-12

In the 1980's, more than 10 million legal and illegal immigrants came to the United State, marking the largest immigration wave in the nation's history. In 1991, a record 1.8 million immigrants were granted permanent residency. Examine the conflicts as new immigrants struggle to maintain their ethnic identity while assimilating into American culture.

Video / 60 minutes / Catalog #1247

News Maps of the World

6-12

Eastern Hemisphere

Human life began in the Eastern Hemisphere. And most of human history took place there. All Americans, even the Indians, came to the Americas from this part of the world. And throughout our history, our nation has continued to be affected by events there. This filmstrip will help you learn more about this other half of our world.

Western Hemisphere

The nations of the Western Hemisphere are our closest neighbors. But many of them differ from us greatly in language, religion, customs, and ideas about government. This filmstrip will help you learn more about these nations--and about our own country. And it will help you better understand the stories about the Western Hemisphere that appear every day in your newspaper.

Filmstrip / Catalog #532

Newskit: a Consumer's Guide to News Media

10-12

A multi-media unit for the study of contemporary news media. Designed to help students become intelligent, critical consumers of news. Teaches the skills needed to read between the lines, to see past cameras and through the walls of news manipulation that often exist.

Filmstrip / Catalog #530

Newspapers in Education

10-12

The primary objective of this resource unit is to provide the teacher with ideas for using the newspaper to supplement other resaurces in a variety of social studies classes. Filmstrips include:

• How to Read the Newspaper Intelligently
• Understanding Editorial Cartoons
• The Story of Photojournalism

Filmstrips / Catalog #537

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Once upon a Dime

4-6

A learning package for 4th-6th graders. The learning objectives are to demonstrate the usefulness of money, to define money, and to demonstrate the need to regulate the supply of money. A group of shipwrecked survivors on the mythical island of Mazuma literally learn their economics from the ground up. Topics include barter, coins, currency, checks, banking, central banking, and inflation.

Video / Catalog #1223

One Man Band That Went to Wall Street, The

6-12

Fred Fugue decides to raise the necessary money to expand his business through the sale of shares in his company. The film deals with how the New York Stock Exchange assists Fred, and covers functions of the stock exchange, using stocks as a means to raise capital, requirements that the stock exchange imposes on firms that have listed stocks, etc.

Video / 15 minutes / Catalog #1278

Our Economy: How It Works--The Jeans Story

9-12

Designed to broaden junior and senior high school students knowledge of economic activities in the United States by tracing the creation of a product familiar to people around the world -- a pair of jeans. It shows how individuals in many parts of our country play important roles in producing a pair of jeans. It also illustrates that the cooperative efforts of all these individuals who are skilled in their particular job are essential if a pair of jeans is to be available in a store.

Video / 14 minutes / Catalog #1299

Our Living City

K-6

Introduces students to the different functions and facilities of a big city. Examines production of goods and services, city taxes and what these taxes pay for. Explores how changes in a city take place, the relationship of the city to the suburbs, the relationship of the farm to the city, and the relationships between cities.

Filmstrip / Catalog #523

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Pennywise Series: Programs 1-6

K-3

The main objective of the Pennywise series, is to present basic economic concepts to primary-grade students. Through an awareness of these concepts the pupils will begin to develop a sound econmoic sense. Each lesson in Pennywise is composed of two basic parts: a puppet segement and a dramatization. Puppets and live actors demonstrate the importance of a concise understanding of essential economic fundamentals. The two basic parts of each program are connected by "commercials"--to give program continuity. Lessons included are:

• Lesson 1--Wants and Needs
• Lesson 2--Making Decisions
• Lesson 3--Consumption
• Lesson 4--Income Lesson
• Lesson 5--Production
• Lesson 6--Specialization

Video / Each Program is 15 minutesin length / Catalog #12549

Pennywise Series: Programs 7-12

K-3

• Lesson 7--Interdependence
• Lesson 8--Exchange
• Lesson 9--Money
• Lesson 10-- Banks (Banking)
• Lesson 11--Credit
• Lesson 12--Review

Video / Each Program is 15 minutesin length / Catalog #12549

Phosphate Mining &Fertilizer Production

10-12

Phosphate rock deposits were formed 15 million years ago. Several hundred years ago man discovered that phosphorous was needed by the plants and animals he used for food. In the late 1800's, sources of phosphorous were being sought out in order to put food on our tables. International Mineral and Chemicals of Tampa, Florida has become the world's largest privately-owned phosphate producer. This video describes the process used by IMC in mining phosphate and producing fertilizer.

Video / Catalog #1241

Plow that Broke the Plain, The

6-12

One of the most widely praised American documentaries, this classic program on the Dust Bowl features music, repetitive blank verse, and haunting images. Shots of sun-baked earth, deeply etched with the shadows of idle people and farm machinery, are moving in their simplicity. An artistic depiction of a natural catastrophe and a massive social problem.

Video / 25 minutes / Catalog #1302

Powerhouse

6-12

The theme is "making responsible consumer decisions," and it is portrayed as a dramatic series that tells stories centered around an appealing, contemporary group of continuing characters.

Video / 30 minutes / Catalog #1310

Prime-Time World of Macroeconomics, The

9-12

This video has it all--from a madcap action news team to a rampaging inflation bunny and an assortment of other wild characters and skits. Of course, the entertainment value of this video is just a bonus to its real mission--providing over 2 hours of the answers you need in Macroeconomics, including:

• economic theory
• slope
• consumption
• production
• scarcity
• Gross Domestic Product
• inflation
• price level
• Consumer Price Index
• frictional, structural &cyclical unemployment
• interest rates
• exchange rates
• income &spending
• disposable income
• circular flow model
• aggragate demand
• components of aggregate demand
• consumption function
• marginal propensity to consume
• investment
• government spending
• net exports
• equilibrium GDP
• effects of price levels
• recessionary gap
• inflationary gap
• multiplier
• aggregate supply
• factors of aggregate supply
• long and short run aggregate supply
• aggregate equilibrium
• fiscal policy
• Keynesian economics
• classical economics
• supply-side economics
• national debt &budget deficit
• monetary policy
• FDIC
• and much more!

Video / 2 hours / Catalog #1326

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Return to Mocha

6-12

A clearly-illustrated gamut-run of basic economic concepts. The use of animation makes the film enjoyable as well as educational. The mythical Kingdom of Mocha and its inhabitants show us how much economics is a part of our daily lives. Concepts and sub-concepts featured include the barter system, medium of exchange, the market system, command economic system, capital investment, capital goods, scarcity of resources, opportunity ocsts, the business cycle, recession, inflation, factors of production, taxes and government regulations, international trade, supply and demand, and others.

16mm / 11 minutes / Catalog #18

Returns

7-12

Returns--not only in the form of interest or dividends from stock--but from our "investment" of time, capital, knowledge, money and land, form the basis for areas of discussion as to the "return" we get for our investment...in life. Covered are:

• Opportunity
• Consumption
• Credit Unions
• Risk
• Savings
• Profits
• Inflation
• Investments
• Stocks &Bonds
• Continuing Education
• Margins
• Money Market

16mm / 11 minutes / Catalog #18

Riches from the Sea, Riches from the Earth, Pollution: World at Risk

9-12

Riches from the Sea

The riches we derive from the sea are as vast and as varied as the oceans themselves. From the fishing boats in the Phillipines to an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico to a tidal power plant in Nova Scotia, this film travels the world to document the bounty of our oceans.

Riches from the Earth

Through the eyes of an American Indian, the film depicts the dilemma that perplexes may of us--how to resolve the conflict between our strong belief that the earth is a gift to be preserved and our need for more and more of the earth's resources.

Pollution: World at Risk

Examines cause and effects of pollution, including acid rain, depletion of the ozone layer, illegal dumping of toxic wastes, and explores ways that some pollution problems can be solved.

Video / Each program approx. 20 minutes in length / Catalog #1212

Rise of Big Business, The

7-12

"This is the story of money and power and three men who controlled both." Biographical sketches of Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J. Pierpont Morgan introduces students to the achievements of men who have been called robber barons and industrial statesmen. Carnegie and Rockefeller are shown to have risen from poverty to become industrial giants, while Morgan used his father's fortune (built selling defective arms during the Civil War) to become the "Wizard of Wall Street" and owner of U.S. Steel. Includes the wry observations of Mr. Dooley, a local bartender.

Video / 27 minutes / Catalog #1314

Road to Wise Money Management, The

7-12

Join Kate, a recent high school graduate living at home, as she struggles to get her finances in order. Realizing that she knows almost nothing about finance, she asks for help. First she learns the importance of a sound spending plan that takes into account the different types of expenses--fixed, flexible, and periodic. Your students learn how to set short term goals (for a stereo or a prom dress) and how to set long term goals (for a car or a house).

A detailed breakdown of taxes reminds students that they will not get all the money they expect from their paychecks and illustrates where the missing money goes. Then Kate learns what to do with the money that is left--about checking and savings accounts, service charge policies, and use of an ATM. We follow Kate as she balances and reconciles her checkbook, thus demonstrating the basic principles of money management.

Finally, students learn about credit: how to get it, the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of credit cards, interest, and finance charges. The program concludes with an explanation of the Truth in Lending Law. A thorough and entertaining introduction to the basics of money management.

Video / 30 minutes / Catalog #1312

Russia's Deep Secret

9-12

How does a nation dispose of its nuclear waste without causing devastation to the environment? Is deep ocean burial a safe and reliable method of disposal--or will radioactivity come back to haunt us in the food chain? Faced with the high costs of disposal, how can a country with little money balance the cost involved with its responsibility to its people and the people of the world?

These problems confront the former Soviet Union, where submarines full of spent nuclear fuel float, corroding, at dockside. The decommissioning program devised to attack the problem seems utterly inadequate to the task. The hour presents startingly forthright interviews with Russian officials, plus some disquieting information and pictures from behind the old Iron Curtain.

Video / 60 minutes / Catalog #1321

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