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61) Amazing grace
Language
English
Description
Part of an instructional sign language video series that teaches Christian prayer, songs, and psalms in Pidgin Sign (PSE) and is intended for hearing audiences.
62) General science
Language
English
Description
100 words used in teaching general science are presented in alphabetical order. Each word is followed by a presentation of how to sign the word. At the end of the presentation 2 quizaes are administered: 1) 15 words are given and the viewer must sign them, and 2) 15 signs are given and the viewer must give the word.
63) The first grader
Language
English
Description
In Kenya in 1953 there was a violent uprising against British colonial rule led by the Mau Mau, who were mainly from the Kikuyu tribe. Thousands were killed, and thousands imprisoned, although the conflict did eventually lead to independence for Kenya. Based on a true story, this tells the tale of how 84-year-old Kenyan villager and ex-Mau Mau freedom fighter Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the...
Language
English
Description
This project presents English idioms in sentence format then has two certified interpreters model how to transliterate and interpret each one. The goal of the DVD is to provide a realistic demonstration of what a qualified interpreter would do with the stimulus material. Viewers can watch and listen to the spoken sentence, transliterate the sentence, view the modeled version for feedback, interpret the same sentence, and finally view the modeled...
Language
English
Description
The video presents a day in the life of Carla Shird, a mainstreamed deaf college student at Howard University in the Washington, DC area. Carla discusses her attending and graduating from the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, her desire to attend a university for African Americans and a 'hearing' university. She tells about the registraion/enrollment process, getting started in classes and meeting her instructors, and her perserverance in accessing...
Language
English
Description
Teleconference taped from live broadcast from Gallaudet University on Nov. 13, 1996. Panels composed of parents and professionals share strategies on how to increase the literacy skills of deaf and hard of hearing children. Through videotaped demonstrations, viewers will learn how to read aloud to deaf and hard of hearing children using techniques based on current research into how deaf parents read to their children.
68) Accepted
Language
English
Description
T.M. Landry, an unconventional prep school in Louisiana, receives national attention for consistently sending its graduates to elite universities. When an explosive New York Times exposé questions the school's legitimacy, students face uncertain futures and must decide for themselves what they are willing to accept.
Language
English
Description
A series of 22 programs about sign language and the deaf community. Explores the difference between ASL (American Sign Language), the language used by the deaf communicating between themselves with its own grammar and syntax, and PSE (Pigeon Sign English), used to communicate with the non-deaf using an English word order.
71) Including Samuel
Language
English
Description
Examines the educational and social inclusion of youth with mental and physical disabilities. Describes the efforts of Dan Habib and his family to include son Samuel, 7, with cerebral palsy, in all facets of school and community. Also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, plus interviews with teachers, young people, parents, and disability rights experts.
Language
English
Description
The majority of professional interpreters working within the educational setting feel the pressure of deadlines to improve skills, to achieve national certification and to earn CEUs. The Educational Interpreting Series focuses on these interpreters and provides information and practice in a variety of academic areas. Each video presents spoken information/lecture or ASL presentation then provides two interpreter models which allows one to benefit...
Language
English
Description
Black colleges and universities are a haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries and have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. Examine the impact these institutions have had on American history, culture, and national identity.
74) Biology
Language
English
Description
100 words used in teaching biology are presented in alphabetical order. Each word is followed by a presentation of how to sign the word. At the end of the presentation 2 quizes are administered: 1) 15 words are given and the viewer must sign them, and 2) 15 signs are given and the viewer must give the word.
Language
English
Description
Schoolteacher Lilly Moffat is dismayed by conditions in a Welsh mining town. She sets up a school to teach fundamental education to the villagers. Her housekeeper and daughter oppose the project, as does the local Squire who will not rent her space. Using part of her own home, she goes ahead with Miss Moffat's School.
Language
English
Description
The experiences of a large metropolitan school district that studied and implemented an innovative program for mainstreamed cochlear implant students are presented on this video. The instructional cycle for mainstream collaboration is detailed and explained along with suggestions for implementation. Suggestions for classroom captioning along with an equipment list is also outlined.