Through live-action video and archival photos students will explore the history, culture, and legacy of the first People of the Northwest. They will learn about the daily life of these people as they witness hunting and gathering of food, learn about the weapons used, and about the clothing and shelter of these people. They will learn about the importance of totem poles and what happened to these people when the Europeans arrived.
Producers: SchoolMedia, Inc.
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People of the Plains
Through live-action video and reenactments your students will learn about the history, culture, and legacy of the first People of the Plains, including the Blackfeet, Crow, Lakota, and Comanche. They will learn how each of these tribes shared one common bond, the buffalo herds. They will follow these nomadic people as they move from place to place and explore their daily lives. Lastly, students learn about tepees and see what life inside one was like.
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Throwing Patterns With Paddles
Students learn the foot positions, body weight, and release for underhand throwing. Learn paddle use, safety, and the forehand and backhand swings with the paddle. You and your students are taken through this step-by-step tutorial that will reinforce basic skills and build a foundation for new skills.
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Beginning Math Vocabulary
Animation and real-life examples make math vocabulary come alive. Learn many math words including equal, more than, less than, number, half, whole, most, least, pair, alike, several, many, always, never, almost, and middle. Concepts include reasoning, separating into parts, concepts of order, and number sense. Great for all kids! Excellent support for English Language Learners. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Pennies (2) Pies (3) Going to school (4) At the candy store (5) Helping dad.
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Learning to use Graphs
Colorful graphics make it easy to learn how graphs are used to organize information. Understand how to read a pictograph. Learn how to build and read a bar graph. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) What is a graph? (3) Pictographs (4) Key (5) Bar Graph (6) Review and Conclusion.
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Learning about Sorting and Grouping
Explore the concepts of alike and different. Understand the steps taken to sort or classify objects into groups. Learn to group objects according to one attribute and multiple attributes. Discover how the five senses are helpful in sorting objects. Sort objects by texture, shape, size, color, and mass. Learn that sorting relates to a variety of arenas including sorting producers and consumers, money from different countries, animals and plants, geometric figures, and letters and words. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Learning to use a Calendar
Before students recognize that holidays are celebrated on special days, they must first learn ways of using a calendar and recognize how a calendar is organized. Students learn about days, weeks, months, and years on a calendar. They also learn about the relationship between the calendar and the Earth’s movement around the sun. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams
Learn how to read data and directions shown in charts, graphs, and diagrams. Examples show how data and directions relate to everyday events like finding rides on the playground, planning a fire escape route, comparing a team’s win-loss records, using a TV schedule, or building a model. Illustrates that students come in contact with charts, graphs, and diagrams in daily life. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction/graphs (2) Graphs (3) Charts (4) Diagrams (5) Review.
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Eight Parts of Speech
Students understand that learning the eight parts of speech helps people to know the function of words, and how they are joined together to make coherent sentences. They will be introduced to the noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection. They will also realize that depending on its use the same word can represent a different part of speech. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Noun (3) Pronoun (4) Verb (5) Adjective (6) adverb (7) Preposition (8) Conjunction (9) Interjections (10) Conclusion.
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Common Properties of Matter: Atoms, Elements & States
Two students in search of ideas for a science project find help in a store like one they’ve never seen. Miss Dallerwag, the store owner, helps explain concepts like atoms and molecules. She also describes what mass, volume, and density are and how they are different, and the states of matter and how they change. With the insights and understanding the students gain from this experience, the science project turns out to be a big success. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.