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Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Teachers video guide to the "Destination" video series which introduces grades 3-12 to nearly a dozen countries that the Peace Corps serves. Enhances each class' understanding of a culture and region of the world that is different from their own. Encourages students to look more closely at their own culture, and to identify the similarities and differences that exist among cultures. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape and booklet.
Price:
$6.00
Destination: Lesotho (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Introduces viewers to the culture and geography of the mountain kingdom of Lesotho in the southern cone of Africa. Year/Pages: 21996: Video tape (22 min.). Price: $5.50 Destination: Kyrgyzstan (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Shows, through the eyes of local students, how the people of Kyrgyzstan are working to rebuild their economy and reclaim their heritage. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (22 min.). Price: $5.50 Destination: Marshall Islands (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Introduces students to the culture and geography of the Marshall Islands, an newly independent North Pacific country. Emphasizes the influences geography has had on the lifestyle of the islanders through the years. This video was done by World Wise high school students from Teutopolis, Illinois. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (20 min.). Price: $5.50 Destination: Paraguay (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Takes viewers to one of two landlocked countries in South America to observe life in the rural country side and the urban environment of the capital of Paraguay. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (20 min.). Price: $5.50 Destination: Lithuania (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Explores the impact of changes to Lithuania on the lives of students and their communities. Follows a 14 year old child through her day as she talks about the economic challenges presented by Lithuania's new found independence. Introduces Peace Corps Volunteer Sean Connolly who teaches at a local high school. Visits places throughout the country including Klaipeda, the oldest city in Lithuania. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (22 min.). Price: $5.50
Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Introduces students to the culture and geography of Honduras as seen throught the eyes of Peace Corps Volunteers and the families with whom they work and live. Gives students a better understanding of our fellow Americans and a better understanding of themselves. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (20 min.).
Price:
$6.00
Destination: Poland (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Introduces viewers to Poland. Shows that Poland's physical geography has played an important part in its tumultuous history. Takes viewers into Polish classrooms. Features reflections of a new economic system. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (16 min.). Price: $5.50 Destination: Nepal (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: WWS 09V-91. Portrays daily life as experienced by Peace Corps Volunteers in Nepal. Gives students a better understanding of Nepal and other peoples, as well as a better understanding of themselves. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (10 min.). Price: $5.50 Destination: Sri Lanka (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Takes viewers halfway around the world to the island country once known as Ceylon. Students experience home life in Sri Lanka and visit many areas of the country. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (15 min.). Price: $5.50 To Touch the World: The Peace Corps Experience (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: WWS 27V-95. Takes viewers to the home of returned Peace Corps Volunteer Thurman Matthieson. Thurman talks about Cameroon where he served as a volunteer. Reveals some of the core values of the Peace Corps throught the comments of several volunteers. Gives viewers insights into the uniqueness of the Peace Corps as a development organization and as a method of promoting cross-cultural understanding. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (10 min.). Price: $5.50 Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report, V. 1-6, October 2003 (DVD) Publisher: Columbia Accident Investigation Board and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Description: Investigates loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, STS -107, and its seven-member crew on February 1, 2003. Year/Pages: 2003: DVD in plastic case.
Price:
$22.00
Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Education Department Publication NCES 98-092. Contains: clips from 6 public-use videotaped eighth-grade mathematics lessons, 2 each from Germany, Japan and the United States; lesson tables for the mathematics lessons; and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. Year/Pages: 1998: CD-ROM and paper in plastic case.
Price:
$6.00
Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: Introduces students to the culture and geography of Honduras as seen throught the eyes of Peace Corps Volunteers and the families with whom they work and live. Gives students a better understanding of our fellow Americans and a better understanding of themselves. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (20 min.).
Price:
$6.00
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