The interconnectedness of all things is a fundamental part of reading motivation projects. Although GPN's Reading Rainbow claims to have invented that idea, Stories of America with host Ann McGregor got there first. It was 1976, America's bicentennial year, and WVIZ-TV of Cleveland wanted something more out of a series aimed at delivering American history, They decided to combine history with reading. The result was Stories of America. Hosting was the familiar face of Ann McGregor, who had enlivened Picture Book Park and Tilson's Bookshop some two years earlier. Stories of America resembled more of a story reading than a history lesson, but it also introduced other elements that became standard Reading Rainbow procedure. There were occasional film sequences, dramatizations, and even an animation. All told, the 32-part Stories of America series ran some 14 years on WVIZ-TV. The station brought the shows back in 1998, and it would be the only WVIZ instructional telev
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Thinkabout, "a cooperative project for acquiring skills essential to learning", was an instructional program for children, produced in 1979 by the Agency for Instructional Television, in association with various contributing television stations in the United States and Canada. It was distributed to PBS and educational stations across the US and Canada as late as the mid-to-late 1980s. The sixty programs produced were aimed for fifth and sixth grade students to understand their learning process in topics as varied as language arts, mathematics, study skills, as well as thinking skills. Thinkabout was funded by various state and local agencies, with additional support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, one of very few CPB-funded programs not distributed by PBS.
Self Incorporated is a 15-program television/film series designed to stimulate classroom discussion of critical issues and problems of early adolescence. It aims at helping 11 to 13-year-olds cope with the physical, social, and emotional changes they are experiencing."Self - Incorporated" was created under the management of the Agency for Instructional Television through the resources of a consortium of 42 state and provincial educational and broadcasting agencies, with additional assistance from Exxon Corporation.
Berlin, a city that wears its scars, has always welcomed outsiders. But it has also been a battleground invaded by the French, taken over by the Nazis, occupied by the Russians and then divided down the middle by competing ideologies in the Cold War.
"On the Level" is designed to help young people understand what is happening to them as they grow up and to encourage their active participation in the hard work of adolescence-reaching maturity through social and personal growth. The twelve programs dramatize common teenage concerns like love, stress, conflict. and changing relationships with family and friends. The problem situations stimulate reflection and discussion about alternative courses of action for different individuals: the many approaches to problems. the many solutions. Programs objectify personal experiences and feelings so that you and your students can analyze and discuss them with no threats to individual privacy. Programs show the interactions of different aspects of the self-emotional, physical. intellectual, social. Look especially for the physical health implications that have been built into each of the programs.
Chef Martin Yan explores the many aspects of how food and spices helped shape the history and culture of western China. In this culinary journey, he also examines daily life in the region - from a whirlwind tour of street snacks to a leisurely cup of tea at historical tea houses. Back in the kitchen, Yan demonstrates his own take on the flavors and dishes of western China.
On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
Ren and Stimpy are a mismatch made in animation heaven with nothing in common but a life-long friendship and an incredible knack for getting into trouble. Join them in their bizarre and gross world for some outlandish situations coupled with hilarious jokes.
Ace Lightning is a children's television series co-produced by the BBC and Alliance Atlantis, which has been broadcast in the United States as well as in the United Kingdom and Australia. The show was filmed in Canada, but the program was set in America. It ran for two seasons, and spawned several books, including a yearbook for the year 2003, an activity book and a companion to the series. A computer game based upon the show was released in 2002. Most of the programme was live-action, although the heroes and villains from the video game were created using CGI. The primary focus of the series is the power of friendship, as well as the battle between good and evil. The series is significant in that until its creation, live action and CGI had not been attempted to such a huge and constant degree within a weekly television serial.
Two ducks fly around in a rocket-powered van, delivering bread to other ducks in Pondgea.
The Muppet Babies (Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzy and company) live in a large nursery watched over by Nanny. The babies have active imaginations, and often embark upon adventures into imaginary worlds.
Rainbow Brite is an American children's animated TV series that aired in Syndication from 1984 to 1985.
Ponyland is full of excitement, if you know where to find it! Join the 7 Pony Friends—Starlight, Sweetheart, Melody, Bright Eyes, Patch, Clover and Bon Bon — for games, picnics, ice cream shops, roller derbies and even UFOs… nothing is off-limits when it comes to grand Pony adventures!
The Lightning League drives white and silver vehicles with assorted weaponry, and are led by a teenager named Jayce. The villains are organic green vegetable-based creatures called the Monster Minds, who tend to take the shape of black and green vehicles. They travel via large green organic vines which can grow in and across interstellar space, and sprout seeds that rapidly grow into further Monster Minds. They are led by Saw Boss.
When Shaggy's rich Uncle Albert goes missing and is presumed dead, Shaggy receives an inheritance, which he uses to upgrade the Mystery Machine so it can transform itself into other types of vehicles. Before disappearing, Uncle Albert made some enemies and it is up to Shaggy and his trusty canine, Scooby-Doo, to defeat those enemies, the most dangerous of whom is evil Dr. Phineas Phibes. Armed with the upgraded Mystery Machine, a loyal robot servant and their new riches, Shaggy and Scooby must stop Dr. Phibes' evil plans and save the world.
Three adolescent boys, Ed, Edd "Double D", and Eddy, collectively known as "the Eds", constantly invent schemes to make money from their peers to purchase their favorite confectionery, jawbreakers. Their plans usually fail though, leaving them in various predicaments.
The Powerpuff Girls is a animated television series about Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers, as well as their "father", the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA. The girls are frequently called upon by the town's childlike and naive mayor to help fight nearby criminals using their powers.
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The story of Princess Florrie, and her five dragons, help to solve a problem, and have ideas for and enchantment and modern creativity.
Big Block Singsong is a hilarious and thoughtful series of music videos by director and animator, Warren Brown and composer and recording artist, Adam Goddard. The series has aired and streamed around the world most notably on the CBC in Canada and Disney Junior in the US.
The series is about Kevin Gran who lives with his family in the Silver Forest. He likes to retire to a secret cave in the forest. One day he discovers that the cave leads into another world with knights, and an exciting adventure begins for Kevin.
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32 episodes • 1976
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our Country's Birthday | Sep 13, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Discover America | Sep 20, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 3 | America is Named | Sep 27, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Pocahontas | Oct 4, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Children of the Mayflower | Oct 11, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 6 | John Billington and Squanto | Oct 18, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 7 | New Amsterdam | Oct 25, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Ben Franklin | Nov 1, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 9 | George Washington | Nov 8, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Daniel Boone | Nov 15, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Start of a War | Nov 22, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Needles and Bread | Nov 29, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Indian Summer | Dec 6, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Growers | Dec 13, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Lewis and Clark | Dec 20, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Davy Crockett | Dec 27, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Robert Fulton | Jan 3, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Oregon Trail | Jan 10, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Gretchen Goes West | Jan 17, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The California Gold Rush | Jan 24, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Pony Express | Jan 31, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Runaway Slave | Feb 7, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Underground Railroad | Feb 14, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Martin and Abraham Lincoln | Feb 21, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Clara Barton | Feb 28, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Transcontinental Railroad | Mar 7, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Pecos Bill | Mar 14, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Tom Edison | Mar 21, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Annie Oakley | Mar 28, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The First Cars | Apr 4, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Little Yellow Fur | Apr 11, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Father is President | Apr 18, 1977 | 0.0 |