See and hear : the journal on audio-visual learning (1945)

World Geography: Shearing at Big Biliabong (10 min) 16sd. Color. Purchase or rent: Aust News. • Wool shearing at a New South Wales shearing center. Tientsin Gateway to North China (10 min) 16sd. Purchase or rent: China Film. •Realistic sketch of Tientsin today- department store and refugee depot, factories and coal mines, famed Nan- kai University as well as a rickshaw hoy's school. Town by the Yangtze (10 min) 16sd. Color. Purchase or rent: China Film. • Lyrical portrait of a typical small town in the Yangtze delta. Story of a people, their traditions and their agriculture and industry just before the fall of the Nationalist Govern- ment. Turn the Soil (15 min) 16sd. Pur- chase or rent: Aust News. • Australia's rich wheat industry. Ifimm Films on Maps Let's Look at Maps (11 min) 16sd. Color. Purchase or rent: Va St Dpt Ed. Elementary grades. • Basic methods of representation and symbols used on maps for natu- ral and man-made features. Maps and Pioneers (23 min) 16sd. Color or b/w. Purchase or rent: Va St Dpt Ed. • Development of Virginia's map from the late 1500's through the early 1800's when symbols used be- came much like those of modern maps. Maps and Their Meaning (141/2 min) Color. Purchase: Academy. Primary, intermediate, junior high. • Meaning of various color zones on Physical Maps and examples of the type of land found in each of these zones. Effects of rainfall, altitude, latitude on the way that man uses land. FILMS ON GENERAL EDUCATION Geo-Historic Map Slides UJ>. Geo-Historic Map Slides (1400-1783) (46 individual full color slides) purchase: Instructional. • This excellent new tool for U. S. history and geography pres- ent series of single concepts of im- portance. Highly recommended for accuracy and usefulness. Pre- pared under the guidance of Dr. Julian Aldrich, New York Uni- versity. Dangerous Stranger (10 min) 16sd. Purchase: Davis, Sid. Elementary grades. • For use in all elementary grades. Impresses child with necessity of be- ing "on guard" against molesters, withoiu arousing fear or curiosity. Dramatizes places and circumstances under which the child may encoun- ter "dangerous strangers." Also use- ful for social study groups. Design for Tomorrow (22 min) 16sd. Color. Loan: Assn Films. • Springfield (Massachusetts) college program of general education classes, laboratory work, practice courses, field work and detailed application of the qualities and skills of leader- ship. Follows experiences of a typical student throughout his college ca- reer. Useful as "preview" of college life to the senior high school student. Difference, The (45 min) 16sd. Rent: Cathedral. • Advantages of attending a church college, sponsored by the United Lutheran Church in America. Earning Money While Going to School (10 min) 16sd. Color or b/w. Purchase: Coronet. • Good and bad of after-school em- ployment allows student to decide for himself if he should work after school. Emphasizes that employment should not interfere with school work. Good for all school-age groups from junior high through college. Fight for Better Schools (20 min) I6sd. Purchase: March of Time. • Emphasizes importance of an ac- tive and informed citizenry in get- ting better schools using Arlington County, Virginia as an example. For teacher training and civic groups. Fourth "R", The (20 min) 16sd. Rent: Cathedral. • How small church PT-A group cooperate to build a successful church school. For social study classes and civic groups. Learning from Class (10 min) 16sd. Color or b/w. Purchase: Coronet. • Number of points on value and necessities of worthwhile discussion for students. How organized conver- sation helps clarify ideas and pro- vides for an interchange of informa- tion. Outline of "ingredients" of a good discussion. Man in the 20th Century (17 min) I6sd. Purchase or rent: March of Time. • Although man's material progress 26 is at its highest peak, his daily rep tine is often one of boredom ai| dissatisfaction. However, through ^ ever-widening system of public ec!- cation and through the nicchanin of the United Nations, the 20th i'x tury man is groping towards i means which will insure peace ajf happiness for future generations. Sound Service Test Film (8 mi) 16sd. Apply: MPRC. • Special Motion Picture Resear, Council film for testing responses I sound systems in sound motion p ture projectors. This Is Their Story (20 min) Kis Purchase or rent: Film Program.' • What young people are doiii throughout the world to restore ecj cation and culture. f Your Children's Sleep (22 min) Ki^ Purchase: EBF. Setiior high, college, adult grou^ • Gives adults a conception of son! typical problems in a child's mir and how important they are in I child's life. Stresses importance , sound, healthy sleep and how it a be insured for children. Teacher Training AND STUDENT PREPARA IK) 35MM FILMSTRIPS How to Keep Your Bulletin Boai Alive (32 frames) Filmstrip. Colo Purchase: Teaching Aids. • Diagnoses the present faults < most bulletin boards and sugges some general rules about caption illustrations and text materials whic will help any person improve h lay-out technique. Library Series, The (6 filmstri])s 35si filmstrip. Purchase: Y.\F. Upper grades, high school, colle^ freshmen. .' • Promotes better study habits art better learning through wiser u!" of the library and its facilities. Tiih are: The Book (42 frames); Th Dictionary — Part I (44 frames; Th Dewey Decimal System (43 frames) The Dictionary—Part II (34 frames The Encyclopedia (41 frames); Tii Card Catalog (44 frames). Science Room, The (50 frames) 35s filmstrip. Purchase: Pop Sci. Grades 7-S. • Infinite possibilities for teachin science. Variety of topics included i elementary science described. Wit teaching guide. SEE & HEAl L