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2 Million Minutes
JMU Media Resources DVD 4193

Indianapolis, Ind. : Broken Pencil Productions, c2007

1 DVD  (54 min.)

Examines the daily lives, pressures, and ambitions of six high school students in the US, China, and India, and their future prospects in the global economy. Contents: Brains are everywhere -- Meet the students -- The flattening world -- Balancing my time -- Another Sputnik moment -- Seventeen in United States -- Expectations for myself -- Unless the U.S. wakes up.

Education, Secondary -- Cross-cultural studies
Education, Secondary -- United States
Education, Secondary -- China
Education, Secondary -- India

All about Boys    Brazelton on Parenting: All About Boys

JMU Media Resources DVD 4430

Lawrence, N.J. : Meridian Education Corporation, c2000, 2005
1 DVD-R (22 min.)

Series: Parenting Challenges
This video analyzes the links between biological and cultural development in boys and addresses problems such as attention deficit disorder.

Children
Boys

All about Girls   Brazelton on Parenting : All About Girls

Media Resources DVD 4431

Lawrence, N.J. : Meridian Education Corporation, c2000, 2005
1 DVD-R (22 min.)
Series: Parenting Challenges
This video explores conflicting definitions of femininity and what it means to be a girl, and how parents can help their daughters grow into healthy well-adjusted adults.

Girls
Children

The Angry Eye: with Jane Elliott

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7321

Palisades, NY : Admire Entertainment, 2001
1 videocassette (ca. 36 min.)  Note: VHS 
Note "Based on the exercise A collar in my pocket by Jane Elliott."
Documentary on Jane Elliott's blue-eyed/brown-eyed exercise in discrimination involving college students forced to experience racist treatment minorites have received for years.

Segregation
Racism
Racism -- United States
Moral education
Prejudices
See also:  The Stolen Eye; A Class Divided; Eye of the Storm

Apples and Oranges

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8419 

Montreal, Quebec : NFB., c2003  / National Film Board of Canada

1 videocassette (17 min.)

Series: Cultural Diversity : Resources for Responding to Homophobia 

This program is designed to raise children's awareness of the harmful effects of homophobia and gender-related name calling, intolerance, stereotyping and bullying. During an in-class discussion among elementary students and an equity educator, children's paintings magically dissolve into two short animated stories. These stories will help students of all elementary grades explore name calling and bullying

            Homophobia 

            Bullying 

            Bullying in schools 

Appreciating Diversity

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.2934

1 videocassette (ca. 22 min.)

Bethesda, MD : distributed by Discovery Program Enterprises, c1992  Teacher TV v. 12

Discover new ways of deepening your students' appreciation of the variety of cultures in their school, in their communities, and around the world.

            Teaching teams

            Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

            Educational innovations

Appropriate Actions: A Teacher's Guide to Sexual Harassment

JMU Media Resources DVD 1661

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2003
1 DVD (27 min.)
Discusses sexual harassment in schools and ways to correct these situations
Sexual harassment in education.

Students -- Sexual behavior

Balancing Learning Standards with Students' Diverse Learning Needs
JMU Media Resources DVD 3182

~Connect to video online (JMU Users)~

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2006

1 videodisc (17 min.)
Series: Teaching Diverse Learners
"If diversity and special needs are prominent factors in a learning environment, teachers may have to juggle mandated standards with students' personal challenges. This video addresses that balancing act, demonstrating how experienced educators have mastered it. Focusing on multilevel instructional planning, the program explores the use of educational channels, individualized support, and interpersonal engagement--showing how to deliver lessons and assess student progress based on communication style, learning preference, and other variables. An extensive bonus interview with Dr. Diane Ashby, Dean of Illinois State University's College of Education, is included."

Lesson planning
Education -- Standards
Students with disabilities

Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise

Memorial Hall-ETMC 344.0798 Bey

Harriman, NY : Distributed by Firelight Media, c2004
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.)
Explores the legacy and impact of Brown vs. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court decision ending legal segregation in American education. Special features: extra footage not included in the original PBS broadcast ; interviews with Vernon Jordan, John Hope Franklin, Robert Carter, and others on how they were personally impacted by Brown.

Brown, Oliver, 1918- -- Trials, litigation, etc
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- History -- 20th century
Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States
School integration -- United States
United States -- Race relations

Beyond 'Killing Us Softly': The Impact of Media Images on Women and Girls

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6510

Cambridge, Mass. : Cambridge Documentary Films, 2000
1 videocassettee (34 min.)
Note: Companion film to Killing Us Softly, Still Killing Us Softly and Killing Us Softly 3.
A documentary about the fight against the toxic and degrading messages to women and girls that dominate the media. The film presents the leading authorities in the fields of psychology of women and girls, eating disorders, gender studies, violence against women, and media literacy -- and focuses their ideas on practical solutions and the best tactics for reclaiming our culture.

Women in advertising
Body image in women
Body image in adolescence
Women -- Psychology
Girls -- Psychology
Teenage girls -- Psychology

Beyond the Border
JMU Media Resources DVD 350

[United States] : Dos Vatos Production, c2001

1 DVD
Traces the painful transition made by four sons in the Ayala family who leave their close-knit family in Mexico to seek a better life in Kentucky. Struggling to fit in, they find a different version of the American dream.

Ayala family
Mexicans -- Kentucky
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Kentucky -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
Kentucky -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Documentary films

Body Language: Cultural Differences

East Lib-Info Desk DVD 4692

New York, N.Y. : Insight Media [distributor], c2007
1 DVD-R (30 min.)
Diversity specialist Norine Dresser outlines differences in behaviors among non-U.S. cultures and introduces multicultural manners. The program covers such topics as greetings, shaking hands, eye contact, smiling, embracing, and kissing; emphasizes that acceptable norms vary among cultures and examines cultural variations in eating customs.

Body language -- Cross-cultural studies
Nonverbal communication -- Cross-cultural studies
Facial expression -- Cross-cultural studies
Gesture -- Cross-cultural studies
Cultural awareness

Boys to Men?

JMU Media Resources DVD 1679-1681
~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Lanham, MD : National Film Network, 2004
3 DVD-R (ca. 90 min.)
Videodisc release of the 2002 film by Warrior Productions
"Caught between a macho past and a feminist future, adolescent boys are not being initiated and mentored into rounded, emotionally expressive, mature masculinity by adult men. This mini-series tells the stories of three 15 year old boys over nine months. Though different across race and class, these boys, in shockingly similar ways, aren't succeeding. Boys to Men? hints at the dire consequences"--Container
Contents [v.1] Are you listening? -- [v. 2] Al-Tran -- [v. 3] Cisco -- [v. 4] Spencer.

Boys -- United States
Masculinity -- United States
Child rearing -- United States
Fathers and sons
Parent and teenager
Adolescence
Mentoring

A Celebration of Differences

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9010

1 videocassette (ca. 23 min.) + 1 booklet

Northbrook, IL : Ceil Rothbart & Associates/Video Efx, c1999

"Individuals with learning differences possess unique strengths. In this video, children and adults discuss their academic struggles, the empowerment that comes from understanding their issues and the determination that enables them to address life's continuing challenges. The voices in this video will inspire and reassure children, adults and their families that life is full of wonderful opportunities and experiences for those who refuse to let themselves be defined by a label."--Container

Learning disabilities
Learning disabled children

Children of Divorce

Memorial Hall ETMC   306.89 Chi

Green Bay, WI : Newist, 1993

1 videocassette (27 min..) + 1 pamphlet (53 p.)

Looks at divorce through the eyes of youth who "have 'been there' and sheds light on the conflicting emotions divorce almost always causes in children."

            Children of divorced parents – Psychology

            Children of divorced parents -- Family relationships

Children of Poverty

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.3802

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1988    

1 videocassette (27 min.)

Profiles American children living in poverty, all in homes headed by women, and shows the toll on the children and their mothers.

            Child welfare -- United States 

            Poor children -- United States 

            Poverty -- United States

            Single-parent families  

Children in America's Schools

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.7270

1 videocassette (120 min.)  

[Colombia, S.C.] : South Carolina ETV, 1996 

Covering only public school districts in Ohio, this program examines the extreme range in physical conditions and educational opportunities presented in the rural, suburban, and city schools of Ohio.  Discusses how the property tax funding of schools has created a situation where some districts can only spend 3,000 dollars per pupil in old, unsafe, dilapidated buildings, while other districts can afford to spend 12,000 dollars per pupil per year while maintaining modern, state-of-the-art environments.  Includes a panel discussion moderated by Bill Moyers.

            Education -- Finance – Ohio

            School buildings – Ohio

            Children with social disabilities -- Education – Ohio

            Education, Rural -- Ohio

            Education, Urban – Ohio            

Class Divided

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.1359

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Washington, DC : PBS Video [distributor], c1985

1 videocassette (58 min.)  + 1 study guide       

Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television documentary entitled The Eye of the Storm. Shows how her experimental curriculum on the evils of discrimination had a lasting effect on the lives of the students.

            Elliott, Jane

            Discrimination in education -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Iowa

            Class reunions – Iowa

Communicating Social Support

JMU Media Resources DVD 3181

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2006
1 videodisc (13 min.)  DVD-R

Series: Teaching Diverse Learners, produced by Illinois State University's College of Education and School of Communication.
"This video provides supportive strategies that boost the success of special needs learners. Exploring verbal and nonverbal communication through immediacy behaviors, the program shows how teachers can reduce the psychological distance between themselves and challenged students, with tangible benefits in student performance. The power of humor, praise, inclusiveness, listening to student feedback, and other strategies are discussed, as well as self-awarness points like speech tempo, tone of voice, and body language."--From container.

Communication in education
Nonverbal communication
Classroom management
Students with disabilities

Confronting Discrimination and Prejudice

Media Resources DVD 4833

Hamilton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2008
1 DVD-R (37 min.)

Series: What Would You Do? Instinctive Reactions and What They Reveal
Examines what happens when ordinary people become witnesses to events of discrimination and prejudice. Contents: Religious discrimination -- Race and domestic abuse -- Harassment of the overweight -- Race and crime.

Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects
Ethics
Bystander effect
Situation ethics
Human behavior
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Cultural Bias in Education

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Science, 2003, 1992
1 DVD (28 min.)
This program examines roadblocks to Latino academic advancement as well as productive educational models; explores the relationship between standardized testing and cultural diversity and questions whether cultural bias can be eliminated from standardized testing; and looks at early childhood education programs and the factors that deter Latino families from participating in them.

Race awareness
Intercultural communication
Minorities -- Employment
Prejudices

A Day Without a Mexican

Media Resources DVD 4217

Santa Monica, CA : Xenon Pictures, c2004

1 DVD (95 min.)

California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage.

Immigrants -- United States -- Drama
Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Drama
Migrant labor -- Mexico -- Drama
Missing persons -- Investigation -- California -- Drama
Comedy -- Feature

Dealing with Diversity in the Classroom

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.6018

National Association of Secondary School Principals, c1993, 1992    

1 videocassette (ca. 25 min.)

Notes the change in ethnic diversity in our classrooms since 1960. Teachers are advised on the four "don'ts" when teaching students of multi-racial backgrounds. Closes with suggestions on the curriculum and learning styles.

            Teaching 

            Race relations in school management 

            Multicultural education 

Deborah Tannen's He Said, She Said : Gender, Language & Communication

Media Resources DVD 4791

Los Angeles, Calif. : Into the Classroom Media, c2000
1 DVD-R (50 min.)

A live presentation of Dr. Tannen's contributions to the understanding of gender, language, and communication. Contents: Boys & girls -- Status & connection -- Directness & indirectness -- Public talk & private talk -- Ritual opposition -- Conversational style -- Conclusion.

Communication -- Sex differences
Interpersonal communication
Sex differences (Psychology)
Language and languages -- Sex differences

A Different Place: The Intercultural Classroom

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.5457- 5458 

Newtonville, MA : Intercultural Resource Corporation, c1993

2 videocassettes (37 min.) + 1 guide

            Intercultural communication 

            Multicultural education 

            Cultural relations 

Diversity and Communications

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.4673

Barington, Ill. : Magna Systems Inc., 1996

1 videocassette (35 min.) + workbook

Diversity series: Module 3

Presents information on a variety of topics designed for early childhood educators, caregivers and students.

            Early childhood education -- United States

            Child development

Diversity and Conflict Management

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.4671

Barington, Ill. : Magna Systems Inc., 1996

1 videocassette (28 min.) + workbook

Diversity series. Module 1

Presents information on a variety of topics designed for early childhood educators, caregivers and students.

            Early childhood education -- United States

            Child development

Diversity: Constrasting Perspectives

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.4672

Barington, Ill. : Magna Systems Inc., 1996

1 videocassette (30 min.) + workbook

Diversity series. Module 2

Presents information on a variety of topics, designed for early childhood educators, caregivers and students.

            Early childhood education -- United States

            Child development

Diversity, Independence, and Individuality

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.4674

Barington, Ill. : Magna Systems Inc., 1996

1 videocassette (31 min.) + workbook

Diversity Series: Module 4

Presents information on a variety of topics, designed for early childhood educators, caregivers and students.

            Early childhood education -- United States

            Child development

Educating to End Inequity

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.7814

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2001 

1 videocassette (54 min.)    

This program addresses teachers' efforts to level the educational and social playing fields for their students by examining public school reform and its relationship to social change.

            Teachers -- United States

            Teaching -- United States

Empathy Training for Ethnic and Cultural Awareness

East Lib-Info Desk DVD 4868

Publisher Hanover, MA : Distributed by Microtraining Associates, [2008]
Description 1 DVD-R (60 min.)
"This DVD features 36 vignettes developed and role-played by college students based on their own experiences of feeling marginalized. African-American, American Indian, Asian-American, Caribbean-American, International, Jamaican, and Latino-American students are featured. Audiences not only will gain insight into the experiences that challenge culturally different students, but will examine their own assumptions, feelings and attitudes toward them." --from distributor's website.

Cultural awareness
Ethnic attitudes
Educational films
Nonfiction films

Eye of the Storm

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.1621 

Mount Kisco, N.Y. : Center for Humanities, / [1985?] / ABC News

1 videocassette (25 min.)

Award winning documentary records an innovative experiment in which a third-grade teacher divides her all-white class into "blue-eyes" and "brown-eyes," making each group superior or inferior on successive days. Demonstrates the nature and effects of bigotry by showing changes brought about in their behavior and learning patterns.  Also see Videotape no. 1359 (A Class Divided).

            Prejudices

            Discrimination -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Iowa

Facilitating Cultural Discussion in the Classroom

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8758
Northbrook, IL : InService Works, c1999
1 videocassette (43 min.) + 1 teacher's manual (49 p..)
Series Becoming a culturally sensitive teacher
Designed for teachers of grades 6 through 12. Topics include bringing cultures together, cultural stereotypes and cultural disrespect, identifying and rethinking learned cultural attitudes, and discovering your own responsibility in creating an accepting environment
Multicultural education -- United States
Race awareness -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
Minorities -- Education -- United States
Teaching -- Social aspects -- United States
Teachers -- Training of -- United States

Facing Inclusion

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.5360- 5361

Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University, c1993 

2 videocassettes (104 min.) + 1 facilitator guide (36 p.)

Dicusses inclusion, a promising approach for involving students with disabilities in regular classrooms.

            Mainstreaming in education

            Classroom management 

Fair Play: Achieving Gender Equity in the Digital Age

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1999
1 videocassette (57 min.)
How will America close the gender gap that exists in technology, to empower female students? Set at Fulmore Middle School in Austin, Texas, this program exposes counterproductive classroom behaviors and presents measures being taken to correct the misperception that computing is a males-only domain. The Director of the Center for Gender Equity, the author of SchoolGirls, the creators of girltech.com and chickclick.com, and others scrutinize issues including equal computer access in the classroom, attitude barriers both in class and out, and efforts to develop software and Web sites that enfranchise female users rather than reinforce gender stereotypes.
Series Digital divide: teachers, technology, and the classroom.

Computers and children
Educational equalization -- United States
Computer-assisted instruction -- Social aspects -- Texas

Fitting In or Standing Out?

East Lib-Info Desk 4853

Publisher Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2008
1 DVD-R (60 mins.)
Series: Child of Our Time : a Year-to-Year Study of Child Development
As children grow, what happens to the values and behavior they have learned at home? Why do so many young people follow the crowd? And when does conformity become a bad thing? This program explores those questions, visiting a group of 25 seven-year olds who are learning to cope with peer situations. Note: Container indicates DVD is closed captioned but the closed captioning is not available.

Interpersonal relations in children

Conformity

Influence (Psychology)
Peer pressure in children
Child development -- Great Britain -- Longitudinal studies
Child development -- Great Britain -- Case studies
Children -- Great Britain -- Longitudinal studies
Documentary television programs -- Great Britain

Florence & Robin

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.5081

1 videocassette (52 min.)

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [c1995] 

This documentary follows the lives of Florence Spalding and Robin Ruotolo, a lesbian couple in San Francisco, as they make the decision to become biological parents through artificial insemination. Follows their journey towards parenthood in a society which exhibits polarized attitudes towards lesbianism. Also meets the children of gay couples and talks to pupils in a nursery school where one in six has gay parents.

            Lesbian mothers

            Gay parents

            Children of gay parents

For the Bible Tells Me So
JMU Media Resources DVD 3893

New York, N.Y. : First Run Features, c2007
1 DVD (98 min.)
Brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, and reveals that religious anti-gay bias is based almost solely upon a misinterpretation of the Bible. Through the experiences of five very normal, Christian, American familes - including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson - discover how people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child or family member.

Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Bible and homosexuality
Christian gays -- United States
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Christianity -- United States
Documentary films

Freedom Machines 

Media Resources DVD 4257

Harriman, NY : New Day Films, c2005
1 DVD (78 min.)
Dramatically broadens the concept of diversity through the intimate stories of adults and children with disabilities who are using modern technologies to change their lives. Among them are Susanna who is beginning her college career, 38 year old Floyd Stewart who was paralyzed in mid-life while raising four children; 92 year old Gladys who is determined to overcome a hearing loss; and high school student Latoya Nesmith who dreams of becoming a translator at the U.N. Fifteen years after passage of the ADA, FREEDOM MACHINES is a riveting reflection on the status of life of America's largest minority group: 55 million people with disabilities.

People with disabilities -- United States -- Computer-assisted instruction
Self-help devices for people with disabilities -- United States
Communication devices for people with disabilities -- Technological innovations
Technological innovations -- United States
People with disabilities -- Education -- United States
Children with disabilities -- Education -- United States
Mainstreaming in education -- United States

Gay Youth

JMU Media Resources DVD 2299

Harriman, NY : New Day Films [2006]
1 DVD (30 min.) + 1 study guide
Explores the emotional strain placed on gay youth by intense feelings of isolation. Isolation frequently leads them to drug and alcohol abuse, violence, homelessness and even suicide. Designed to break the silence surrounding adolescent homosexuality, it shows that information, acceptance, and support can make differences in the lives of these young people.

Homosexuality
Gays -- Identity
Gay youth
Gays -- Family relationships

Game Over : Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6544

Northhampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2000
1 videocassette (41 min.) Note: VHS format
"This educational documentary offers a refreshing dialogue about the complex and controversial topic of video game violence, and is designed to encourage high school and college students to think critically about the video games they play, instead of dismissing the technology as 'harmless fun.'"

Video games

Gender and Communication

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.4918

Lake Zurich, IL : Learning Seed, c1994
1 videocassette (22 min.) + 1 study guide (12 p.)
Note: VHS format.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subtitle on container label and study guide: She talks, he talks
Explores why males and females have so much trouble communicating and suggests how men and women can communicate successfully in spite of their differences.

Communication -- Social aspects
Sex role

Gender and Communication

Media Resources DVD 4889

Chicago, IL : Learning Seed, 2009
1 DVD-R (21 min.)
One aspect of the gendering process is how we learn to communicate. Based on the premise that males and females learn different ways to relate, this program investigates how communication styles fall onto a continuum of what society deems as masculine and feminine and what it means to deviate from the norm.

Communication -- Social aspects
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Sex role

Gender Equity in the Classroom

JMU Media Resources DVD 1601

Boston, Mass. : WGBY/WGBH Public TV, c1999
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.)
Note: Educators K-12, pre-service programs, staff development
Examines the ways in which gender bias manifests itself using classroom scenes to demonstrate biased and equitable teaching.

Sex discrimination in education -- United States
Sex differences in education -- United States

Getting Your Message Across

Memorial Hall ETMC   370.711 Get

Beaverton, OR : Educational Productions, c2002 

1 videocassette (35 min.)  + 1 trainer's guide (36 p.)

Starting Points: Program 2

Viewers discover how baffling it is to try to understand simple messages in another language, especially when it is spoken with little effect and no other cues. Nonverbal communication strategies that help convey meaning are added, and viewers learn how helpful they are to children who are just learning English. Strategies demonstrated include: animated facial expressions and body language, using gestures and visuals, and modeling.

            Teachers -- Training of -- United States

            Multicultural education -- United States

            Children of minorities -- Education -- United States

            Effective teaching -- United States

            Nonverbal communication in education 

The Gillian Film

JMU Media Resources DVD 4292

Harriman, NY : New Day Films, 2006
1 DVD-R (44 min.)
Interest: Grade Level 6-up
Follows the life of Gillian Fink as she prepares to move out of her family's house. An active and independent-minded young woman who also happens to be developmentally disabled, both she and those around her face a set of challenges and concerns regarding whether Gillian can succeed on her own. A moving portrait of an exceptional young woman who works at a local veterinary clinic, rides horses, takes dance classes, and is developmentally disabled. The film shares the difficulties and joys of both raising and being a person whose abilities are in constant and productive tension with her distinctive thought styles and cognitive capacities. Ultimately, however, through an examination of one life defined a different, The Gillian Film explores how we might transform our understanding of the meaning and worth of people with developmental disabilities.

Fink, Gillian
Developmentally disabled -- Biography
Documentary films

Giving Voice: Today’s Kids Get Real About Bias
~Connect to Online Video (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004
1 DVD (129 min.)

Seven young people document their surroundings at school and at home, with friends and family, and share their emotional responses to viewing testimony from holocaust survivors. They make observations about the examples of intolerance and bigotry they see every day and offer examples of how each of them strives to take responsibility for building a better, more tolerant world.

Toleration -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Prejudices
Holocaust survivors -- Interviews
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Study and teaching (Secondary)

Growing Up Different
~Connect to Online video (JMU users)~

Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, [2005, 2001]
Looks at children growing up with different views of the world due to physical and mental challenges and scientific advances that can improve their ability to function.

People with disabilities -- Means of communication
Children with disabilities -- Means of communication
Children with disabilities -- Development
Communication devices for people with disabilities

Growing up Female

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.7655

Franklin Lakes, N.J. : New Day Films, 1971

1 videocassette (50 min.)

Describes the socialization of the American woman through a personal look into the lives of six females ranging from kindergarten age to middle age. Shows the influence of such forces as parents, teachers, guidance counselors, the media, advertising, pop music, and marriage.

            Women -- Psychology 

            Women -- United States 

            Socialization 

Hispanic Preschoolers : Second Language Acquisition, Classroom Intervention, and Parent Programs

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8337

West Lafayette, Ind. : Psi Iota XI Sorority, Purdue University, 1998
1 videocassette VHS (115 min.) + 1 guide (11 p.)
Series: Psi Iota Xi Sorority interactive television series on individuals with communication disorders.

Hortencia Kayser lectures on understanding Hispanic American children and on bringing them into the educational mainstream.

Hispanic American children -- Education (Preschool)

How Biased Are You?
~Connect to online video (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c2003

1 DVD (45 min.)
Explores the history and practice of racism through its extreme manifestations, such as slavery, the Holocaust, segregation, bias crimes, and racial profiling, as well as its more subtle demonstrations, such as the pernicious subconscious biases that can exert an influence on everyday behavior. Uses hidden cameras to show the different experiences of black and white persons in the same situations, such as shopping in a store. Examines the provocative bias-sensitivity test developed by Anthony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji, which looks for hidden, subconscious biases. Looks at prejudice in children of various ages.

Prejudices
Racism

How Boys & Girls Differ: The First Six Years

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7949

Lake Zurich, Ill. : Learning Seed, c2002

1 videocassette (21 min.) + 1 guide (12 p.)

Child development

Sex differences (Psychology) in children

Identity Crisis: Self-Image in Childhood
On Order - Please check LEO, Library Catalog for updates.

What shapes a child’s identity—situation and surroundings, or unchangeable factors within the child? This program weighs in on that question by capturing the emotional and psychological development of 25 boys and girls at age five. In fascinating and sometimes disturbing scenes, the children reveal clear signals about their self-worth and their expectations for the future that bear strong connection to nationality, gender, skin color, economic class, and the presence or absence of either parent. Powerful in its social implications as well as its emotional impact, Identity Crisis brings vital documentation to the nature vs. nurture debate. Original BBCW broadcast title: Identity Crisis. Part of the BBC series Child of Our Time 2005. (60 minutes)

Memorial Hall ETMC  370.711 Ido

Beaverton, OR : Educational Productions, c2002

1 videocassette (33 min.) + 1 trainer's guide (28 p.)

Starting Points: Program 1

Shows how stressful entering school in a new culture can be for children and how it initially limits their ability to learn. Teaches strategies to help children feel welcome and safe by nurturing a sense of trust and belonging. Emphasizes creating a connection with children and families and building a community of acceptance within the classroom that validates all children.

            Teachers -- Training of -- United States

            Multicultural education -- United States

            Children of minorities -- Education -- United States

            Effective teaching -- United States  

I'm Normal, You're Weird: Understanding Other Cultures

JMU Media Resources-Oversize Videotape no.6209

Lake Zurich, Illinois : Learning Seed, c1998
1 videocassette (23 min.) + 1 guide ( 16 p.). Note: VHS.
Examines the differences between the world's cultures and how different interpretations of same or similar actions or reactions can affect abilities of people to interact successfully.

Cross-cultural orientation
Intercultural communication
Culture

Image Crisis: How is the U.S. Viewed in the Middle East?

JMU Media Resources DVD 1350

~Connect to Online video (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004
1 DVD (23 min.)
Explores how U.S. involvement in Iraq and Israel after September 11, 2001 has affected how people in the Middle East feel about the United States. Ted Koppel speaks with senators Richard Lugar and Joseph Biden.

Middle East -- Relations -- United States
United States -- Relations -- Middle East
Anti-Americanism -- Middle East
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence
Islamic fundamentalism

In Classrooms

Memorial Hall  ETMC    371.102 Inc

1 videocassette (55 min.). + 1 viewers journal   

Houghton Mifflin, c1996

A Houghton Mifflin teacher education video filmed at an inclusionary public elementary school, developed specifically to accompany Houghton Mifflin Company education texts used primarily by novice preservice teachers.

            Multicultural education -- United States

            Multiculturalism -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- United States

            Cross-cultural orientation -- United States

            Teaching -- United States

            Education, Elementary -- Activity programs

Instructional Insights for Chapter 1 Children

Memorial Hall ETMC   371.82 Ins

Los Angeles, CA : IOX Assessment Associates, 1991

1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)

Drs. Sarah J. Stanley and W. James Popham with Dr. Mary Bacon, an educational consultant, discuss how to work with Chapter 1 students.

            Teaching

            Teachers -- Training of

            Poor children -- Education

It's Elementary: Talking about Gay Issues in School

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.6540

San Francisco, CA : Women's Educational Media, c1997   

1 videocassette (ca. 78 min.) + 1 viewing guide (24 p. )

An exploration of what happens when experienced teachers talk to their students about lesbians and gay men. Students are asked to consider issues related to homosexuality at six elementary and middle schools. Presents footage of classroom activities and discussions with students exploring questions and issues presented to them by teachers and guest lecturers who come into their classes. Discusses school-wide presentations, activity-days, and how these events affect faculty, parents and teachers.

            Homosexuality and education -- United States 

It's Elementary : Talking about Gay Issues in School

JMU Media Resources DVD 4293-4294

San Francisco, CA : Respect for All Project, c2007
2 DVDs (115 min.) . + 1 guide (136 p)
Accompanying guide: It's elementary: talking about gay issues in school - a guide for community organizing, professional development, and k-8 curriculum
An exploration of what happens when experienced teachers talk to their students about lesbians and gay men. Students are asked to consider issues related to homosexuality at six elementary and middle schools. Footage of classroom activities and discussions are presented with students exploring questions and issues presented to them by teachers and guest lecturers who come into their classes. School-wide presentations, activity-days, and how these events affect faculty, parents and teachers are also discussed. Contents: Disc 1. It's elementary ; It's still elementary -- disc 2. Educator training version of It's elementary ; extras. Special features: original It's elementary documentary and 37 minute educator training version; companion documentary It's still elementary; deleted scenes from the original film; downloadable PDF of an updated curriculum guide; clips from other films in the Respect for All Project.

Homosexuality and education -- United States
Education -- Social aspects

Just Black?

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.5165

1 videocassette (59 min.)   New York: Filmakers Library, c1991 

Interviews young men and women of mixed racial heritage, who share with us their struggle to establish, acquire and assert a racial identity.

            Racially mixed children

            Interracial families

The Latino Underground
JMU Media Resources DVD 3804

Harrisonburg, Va. : WVPT, c2007
1 DVD (60 min.)
"Decades ago, Mexican migrant laborers came to work in the apple orchards of northwest Virginia, and returned home after the harvest. Today, the number of unauthorized Latino immigrants living in the Commonwealth has exploded. What caused the change in migratory labor trends? Why do immigrants cross the border illegally? What effect is illegal immigration having in Virginia? What can be done about it?"--Website. Producer Brent Finnegan examines this emotional issue.

Migrant labor -- United States
Illegal aliens -- United States -- Social conditions
Illegal aliens -- United States -- Economic conditions
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions
Immigrants -- United States -- Economic conditions
United States -- Emigration and immigration
Mexican-American Border Region
Documentary television programs

Learning Curves
JMU Media Resources DVD 3747

Pasadena, Calif. : Intelecom, 2005
1 DVD (27 min.)
Series: Way We Live : Introduction to Sociology, 18
"The type of education a child can expect to receive may have less to do with the teacher but more to do with socioeconomic status, race and culture. These and other factors make the question of how best to educate American children a complicated one. In this episode you will meet two families who have chosen different approaches to educating their children. The growth in home schooling as an alternative to conventional education is explored."

Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Home schooling -- United States
Minority college students -- United States
Minorities -- Education -- United States
Sociology

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8395

United States : New Day Films : Women's Educational Media, c2003

1 videocassette (1 hr., 12 min.) + 1 curriculum guide (131 p.)

Series: Respect for All project

"This show contains two versions: an uninterrupted version and an instructional version that includes breaks for discussions."--Container. Examines issues that lead to taunting and bullying in middle schools, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and others. Students who have been the targets of bullying, as well as students who do the bullying, describe their experiences and how they make them feel.

            Bullying in schools -- United States 

            Bullying -- United States 

            Documentary videos 

Letter to America: How Arabs View the United States

JMU Media Resources DVD 1410

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004
1 DVD (45 min.)
"Syrian born writer Rana Kabbani returns to the Middle East to find out how Muslims have come to view the United States."--BBC webpage.

Muslims
Islamic countries -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Islamic countries
United States -- Foreign public opinion

Little Rock Central High: 50 Years Later
JMU Media Resources DVD 4307

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2008]
1 DVD (90 min.)
A watershed moment in the civil rights movement occurred when federal troops enforced Brown v. Board of Education at Little Rock Central High School. What is Little Rock’s legacy a half century later? This program follows the lives of present-day Little Rock students, teachers, and administrators over the course of a year—going inside classrooms, observing assemblies, and visiting students’ homes. Exposing the widely varying concerns and academic goals of black and white students, the film presents an unflinching view of the de facto segregation—all too visible in the racial makeup of Little Rock’s Advanced Placement classes—that still plagues many American schools. As one educator observes, Little Rock is “two schools in one.” An HBO Production.

Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History
School integration -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African American students -- Education (Secondary) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Documentary films

Men & Masculinity
JMU Media Resources DVD 3520-3521

New York, N.Y. : Insight Media, c2003

2 DVD (212 min.)
A series of programs exploring male roles and socialization in U.S. society, including violence, domestic violence, parenting, racism and heterosexism. Part 1. The reality that boys will be men (28 min.) -- The reality of violence, pt. 1 (26 min.) -- The reality of violence, pt. 2 (25 min.) -- The maddening truth about men in prison (26 min.) -- Credits (2 min.). Part 2. Homophobia : fact over fiction (28 min.) -- The "isms" from another point of view (25 min.) -- The intersection of race and gender (25 min.) -- The future of race and gender (24 min.) -- Credits (3 min.).

Sex role -- United States
Men -- Social aspects -- United States
Abusive men -- United States
Violence -- United States
Prisoners -- United States

Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Disney, Childhood & Corporate Power

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.6746

1 videocassette (52 min.)  Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2001

Mickey Mouse Monopoly takes a close and critical look at the animated films produced by the Disney Company, and at the world these films create (in terms of the stories told about race, gender and class) and reaches disturbing conclusions about the values propagated under the guise of innocence and fun.

            Disney characters -- Political aspects

            Children's films -- Political aspects

            Walt Disney Productions -- Social aspects

            Children's films -- Social aspects

            Children's films -- History and criticism

Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible
JMU Media Resources DVD 3488

Oakland, Calif. : World Trust Educational Services, Inc., c2006
1 DVD (50 min.)
Features the up close and personal stories of white activists and their ongoing journeys of transformation. Participants will talk about being unconscious about their learned and internalized sense of white supremacy. They will share what was required and what actions they took to move through the common first stages of denial, defensiveness, guilt, fear and shame into making solid commitments towards ending racism. The video uses art, theatre, movement, photographs and music to amplify stories that share richly varied experiences and life processes informed by deep reflection and social justice action. The individuals' interviews will also be enhanced by historical sources, spoken word, photographs and video archives which will serve to address systemic racist oppression. Contents: The Open -- Beginnings -- The ground shifts -- The labyrinth -- Conversations -- The life I would live.

Racism -- United States
Prejudices -- United States
African Americans -- Race identity -- United States
Whites -- Race identity -- United States
Asian Americans -- Race identity -- United States

Multi-Cultural Education: Teaching to Diversity

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.3827 

Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma, Center for the Study of Small/Rural Schools ; New York : Distributed by Insight Media, c1992

1 videocassette (88 min.) + 88 leaves of reproducible materials

Series: Staff Development Video Telecasts: Series 2

Explores issues related to teaching in a diverse classroom. Discusses cultural sensitivity; aspects of ethnicity; the nature of prejudice; the multicultural curriculum; and adjusting the educational experience for students of different racial and cultural backgrounds. Intended to allow educators to experience activities which they can use in the classroom to help students understand and accept multicultural diversity in the schools.

            Multicultural education 

            Educational anthropology -- United States 

            Teaching 

Negotiating Cultural Communication

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9076

New York : Distributed by Insight Media, c2001
1 videocassette (60 min.)

Series: Dealing with Diversity: 3
Forms part of a telecourse on diversity. Discusses characteristics of communication across cultures. Uses communication simulations and both humorous and serious personal stories to explore some of the communication styles that exist in the U.S. and in other cultures around the world.

Intercultural communication
Communication and culture
Multiculturalism

Obeying or Resisting Authority: a Psychological Retrospective

JMU Media Resources DVD 3748

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2007
1 DVD-R (36 min.)
Echoing the infamous Milgram experiment from the 1960s, this ABC News program sets up a psychological test in which an authority figure urges men and women to inflict pain. Test administrator and social psychologist Dr. Jerry Burger interprets the disturbing findings. The program also analyzes the 1971 Stanford prison experiment as well as the 2004 hoax in which a McDonald's manager and her fiancé--directed by a caller impersonating a police officer-- strip-searched and abused an employee. Original footage from all of these occurrences is included, along with present-day commentary from Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who designed the Stanford test. Finally, the program explores the ethics of using human participants in psychological tests.

Authority -- Experiments
Obedience -- Experiments
Social psychology
Human experimentation in psychology
Compliance -- Moral and ethical aspects
Psychology -- Experiments -- Moral and ethical aspects

Off Track: Classroom Privilege for All

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6383

New York, N.Y. : Teachers College, c1998

1 videocassette (30 min.)

Documentation of a detracked classroom in an integrated public high school. Students explore a curriculum of World literatures, using a critical pedagogy of group work, collaboration, and serious individualized attention to create a revolutionary classroom where all children learn at the highest levels.

            Educational change 

            Multicultural education 

One Drop

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.7464

San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, 2001/ Elixer Productions Inc

1 videocassette (45 min.)

Explores the recurring and divisive issue in African American communities of skin color. The film inter-cuts intimate interviews with darker skinned African Americans, lighter skinned African Americans and inter-racial children of black and white parents. It investigates the sensitive topic of color consciousness within the African American community with great tact and a clear commitment to healing divisions.

            African Americans -- Ethnic identity     African Americans -- Race identity

            African Americans -- Psychology

            Racially mixed children -- Psychology

            Racially mixed children -- Race identity

            Racially mixed children -- Ethnic identity

One of Them

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8415       

Montreal, Quebec : National Film Board of Canada, c2000

1 videocassette (25 min..)

Freedom from bullying, name-calling and violence motivates the high school seniors in this school-based drama. One of Them raises the questions that high school students talk about in school halls and washrooms. With a focus on homophobia and discrimination, not sexual behaviour, the dramatization prompts viewers to examine their own responses and promote a safe school environment for all students.

            Homophobia in high schools 

            Homosexuality and education 

            Discrimination 

Out!: Making Schools Safe for Gay Students

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.6203-6204

Verona, WI : Attainment Company, c1999

2 videocassettes (70 min)

Series: Authentic Voices 

Contents: Staff version -- Student version

This two part set shows how to combat homophobia through the sensitization of every member of a school community. The first part is intended for staff and features interviews with teachers and counselors as well as tips for forming a gay-straight alliance. The second is designed for students and presents candid interviews with gay teenagers who discuss the reactions of their friends and families and ways in which they have coped with harassment.

            Gay teenagers -- United States 

            Lesbian teenagers -- United States 

            Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- United States 

Out Youth in Schools

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8412

New York : Educational Video Center, c1998

1 videocassette (25 min.)

"The discrimination and violence against gay youth is an issue of immediate national concern. EVC's video crew explore the movement of gay/straight alliances that are being developed in schools to address these problems."

            Gay-straight alliances in schools 

            Homosexuality and education 

People Like Us: Social Class in America

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.7211

New York : Center for New American Media ; Hohokus, NJ : CNAM Film Library, c2001

1 videocassette (124 min.) + 1 teacher's guide

Discusses how social class has as much influence as race or ethnicity in determining what kind of opportunities a person has in life.

            Social classes -- United States 

Portraits of the Children: Culturally Competent Assessment

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8551

Bethesda, MD : National Association of School Psychologists, c2003
1 videocassette (36 min.) + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) ; 1 user brochure
Accompanying CD-ROM is under call number Multimedia 341 and includes: the entire video; user's guide; further resources and references; reference lists, web links, and handouts; and OSEP Discretionary Grant information.
" ... supported by the ASPIIRE Partnership Project, which is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education."--Container. Provides schools with the tools to look at each student individually and carefully examine what are the real issues that impact the student's ability to learn. Encourages educators to develop a system that allows them to work effectively in a diverse, cross-cultural setting. Explores four real stories of children, all with various cultural backgrounds, and follows what happens when families and children in need of help, work together closely with school teams for the benefit of the child.

Special education -- United States
Intercultural communication -- United States
Cultural awareness -- United States
Children with disabilities -- Education -- United States
Children of minorities -- Education -- United States
School psychology -- United States

Possible Selves and Social Identities: When and How They Promote School Performance
JMU Media Resources DVD 3309

Framingham, Mass. : Distributed by Microtraining Associates, 2006

1 DVD (49 min.)
"We can reduce the gap between the potential and actual achievement for African American and Latina/o low income youth. This presentation shows the why and the how. Based on current and NIMH funded research, Dr. Oyserman's interventions have had positive effects on grades, attendance, effort, and reduction in depressive symptoms. Theory/practice efforts and parent involvement focus on bringing the school possible-self into concert with racial/ethnic identity, helping the school realize youths potential, and the importance of a no pain, no gain attitude if one is to succeed" -- distributor website.

Education -- Political aspects -- United States
Social justice -- United States
Multiculturalism -- United States

Prejudice: Answering Children's Questions

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no. 3962

New York : ABC News, distributed by MPI Home Video, c1992  

1 videocassette (87 min.)

Peter Jennings moderates a discussion with a group of American children and teenagers concerning prejudice. Includes discussion of the physiological reasons for physical differences between races, reasons behind racial conflict, and various efforts to fight prejudice.

            Prejudices in children

            Race awareness

Prejudice: More than Black & White

Media Resources DVD 4832

Publisher Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2008
Description 1 DVD-R (35 min.)
Audience: Grade 9 to college
Muslims, blacks, gays, people with disabilities, and immigrants of every ethnicity and color: they and many other groups have stood in the spotlight glare of intolerance, easy targets for every sort of discrimination and violence. What makes people prone to irrational hate, and what steps can individuals and society take to eradicate it? In this program, psychology professors Susan Fiske and Mahzarin Banaji share their insights and experiences. A pro-gay Baptist minister who formerly took a biblical stance against homosexuality and an ex-imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who now speaks out for tolerance also offer their views. Contents: Defining prejudice -- Religious & ethnic prejudice -- Prejudice : a brief history -- The roots of prejudice -- Implicit prejudice : taking the test -- Embracing tolerance : a case study -- Creating change : a reason of hope.

Prejudices
Toleration
Attitude (Psychology)

Profile of Effective Teaching in a Multilingual Classroom

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8370

Santa Cruz, CA : The Center, c1995    ] / a production of the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning

1 videocassette (26 min., 10 sec.) + 1 guide

Series: Meeting the Challenge of Teaching Linguistically Diverse Students 

Presents various instructional practices used by teachers of linguistically and culturally diverse students.

            Education, Bilingual 

            Effective teaching 

            English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers 

            Middle school teachers 

Psychology and Education Professionals As Social Justice Agents: If Not Us, Then Who?
JMU Media Resources DVD 3117

Pedagogy Productions ; Elizabeth Vera
Framingham, Mass. : Distributed by Microtraining Associates, c2007
1 DVD (62 min.)
Series: Microtraining and Multicultural Development

A presentation on advocacy of public policy with an emphasis on multiculturalism.

Social justice -- United States
Multiculturalism -- United States
Education -- Political aspects -- United States

Racial Stereotypes in the Media

Media Resources DVD 4753

Princeton, NJ : Films for Humanities & Sciences, c2008
1 DVD-R (42 min.)
Series: Sexual and Racial Stereotypes in the Media
"Although demeaning and offensive racial stereotypes were pervasive in popular media of every kind during the 20th century, most observers would agree that the media is much more sensitive to representations of race today. But the pernicious effects of that stereotyping live on in the new racism arising from disparities in the treatment of stories involving whites and people of color in a ratings-driven news market, media-enhanced isolationism as a result of narrow casting, and other sources. This program examines the relationship between mass media and social constructions of race from political and economic perspectives while looking at the effects media can have on audience" --Publisher's website.

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media
Racism in mass media

Raising Cain

JMU Media Resources DVD 1880

Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, [2006]
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.)  Note Documentary
Note: Originally broadcast on PBS television in 2005.
Based on the book Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon.

Two of the country's leading child psychologists identify the social and emotion challenges that boys encounter in school and show how parents can help boys cultivate emotional awareness, giving them the support to navigate the social pressures of youth.

Boys -- United States
Boys -- Mental health
Boys -- Psychology
Sex role in children

Respecting Diversity in the Classroom

JMU Media Resources-Oversize   Videotape no.6210       

Bloomington, Ind. : AIT, c1995   / a DelRay Communications production for AIT

1 videocassette (62 min.) + 1 facilitator's guide (v, 50 p..)

A professional development program designed to help educators address the issue of multicultural education, with strategies to help develop multicultural curricula as well as help integrate multicultural education into an existing curriculum.

            Multicultural education -- United States

Richard Rodriguez : Victim of Two Cultures

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.4696

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1994     

1 videocassette (50 min.)

The Moyers Collection: World of Ideas presents Rodriguez' experiences of growing up in America as the son of immigrants, the loss of his Mexican soul, "and his first exposure to American culture. Discussion focuses also on the differences between Mexican and American cultures, including Rodriguez' observations on America's growing sense of loss and the essence of American society today."

            Hispanic Americans -- Education

            Language and education -- United States

            Education, Bilingual -- United States

            Language acquisition -- United States

The Scoop on Blended Families

Media Resources DVD 4484

Owatonna, MN : Learning ZoneXpress, c2006
1DVD-R (16 min.) Full-screen edition
Language Closed-captioned
Audience: Middle School to Adult
"Today, nearly half of teens live with stepparents, stepsiblings and half siblings and all kinds of combinations. Knowing the statistics doesn't make it easier if your family has been rearranged. You may not have control over where you live, or custody issues, but you can learn how to cope with the situation. This DVD offers lots of good advice as teens talk about life in their blended families, and the survival strategies they have come up with."--Container.

Stepfamilies -- United States
Children of divorced parents -- United States
Stepchildren -- Attitudes
Stepparents -- United States
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Sex Equity in Classroom Teaching

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.3136

Andover, MA : The NETWORK Inc., [198-]   / developed by Myra and David Sadker 

1 videocassette (27 min.)

Note: title on cassette: Sex Equity in the Classroom (Elementary/Secondary)

Produced under a contract from the National Institute of Education, U.S. Dept. of Education. Produced in cooperation with N.A.K. Production Associates of Washington, D.C. Deals with sex bias in primary and elementary schools, its effects on the lives and careers of the students. Teaching strategies to avoid sex bias are dramatized.

            Sex discrimination in education -- United States 

            Sexism in education -- United States 

Sexual Stereotypes in the Media

Media Resources DVD 4754

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2008
1 DVD-R (38 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Series: Sexual and Racial Stereotypes in the Media
"This program illustrates some of the commercial, cultural, psychological, and sociological forces that have shaped sexual stereotypes in the media, such as demographic segmentation and the selling of gender, the myths of alluring femininity and rugged masculinity, Jungian personality archetypes, consensus reality, stereotype threat, the hegemonic forces of agenda-setting and mainstreaming, body image dysfunctions, and the theory of the male gaze" -- container.

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media
Sex role in mass media
Sex role in motion pictures
Sex role on television

Silences

JMU Media Resources DVD 3656

Harriman, NY : New Day Films, [2006]
1 DVD (22 min.)
"Set in Maumee, Ohio, an idyllic Midwestern suburb with manicured lawns and historic homes, Silences follows the filmmaker's journey to understand his mother, Harriet Warnock, and her refusal to discuss the circumstances of his birth. What happens when an interracial person's identity is completely ignored by his white family and friends? The camera captures one family's inner demons -- one mention of Graham's half-black parentage nearly gives his white grandmother a heart attack. Graham's family embodied the denial found in multicultural families across the country, and reminds us that the ideal of racial purity persists in America."--Producer.

Warnock-Graham, Octavio
Racially mixed people -- Ohio -- Maumee
Race awareness -- United States
Identity (Psychology)
Unmarried mothers -- United States
United States -- Social conditions

Skin Deep

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.4597

Berkeley, CA: Iris Films, c1995
1 videocassette (53 min.)
A diverse group of college students reveal their honest feelings and attitudes about race and racism. Students are interviewed alone, and then discuss the issues in a group setting.

College students -- United States -- Attitudes
Racism -- United States
United States -- Race relations

Social Class

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.3838

New York : Distributed by Insight Media, c1991 / a production of Dallas County Community College District 

1 videocassette (30 min.)

Series Sociological imagination ; pt. 14

Explores social class in the United States by focusing on two teenage girls from different classes. Shows how social class if reflected in their lifestyles and how they look at the world. Shows their life chances, questioning whether social stratification is inherently discriminatory.

            Sociology -- Study and teaching 

            Social classes 

Start Seeing Diversity: The Basic Guide to an Anti-Bias Classroom

Carrier Lib-Stacks LC1099 .W65 2005 c.1
Carrier Lib-Stacks LC1099 .W65 2005 c.2
Publisher St. Paul, Minn. : Redleaf Press, c2005
Book 145 p. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
Note DVD: Copy 1 only
Contents 1. The four goals for an anti-bias approach -- 2. Eight guiding assumptions -- 3. Bias related to age -- 4. Bias related to gender -- 5. Bias related to sexual orientation -- 6. Bias related to economic class -- 7. Bias related to physical abilities and characteristics -- 8. Bias related to race and ethnicity -- 9. Classroom strategies for an anti-bias approach.

Multicultural education
Discrimination -- Prevention
Education, Preschool -- Curriculm

Sticks & Stones: Words that Hurt and How Young People Can Overcome Them

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8418

Montreal, Quebec : National Film Board of Canada, c2001

1 videocassette (17 min.)

Series: Celebrating Diversity: Resources for Responding to Homophobia 

Young children ages 5 to 12 describe how they feel when they hear put-downs of themselves or their families. Children learn from subtle clues what society thinks about gender roles, same-sex parents and family differences. The children in this video vividly describe how it feels to be teased when their families don't follow traditional gender roles. They talk about why bullies indulge in name-calling, and what they think should be done about it. By showing that they know what's wrong, the children challenge educators, parents and other kids to act positively to make schools and playgrounds safe and welcoming for everyone.

            Homophobia 

            Invective 

The Stolen Eye

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7477

Australia : Angry Eye Productions LLC ; , 2002
1 videocassette (51 min.) Note: VHS.
Note: Based on the exercise 'A Collar in my Pocket' by Jane Elliott
Jane Elliott performs her famous blue-eyed/brown-eyed experiment with a group of white and Aborigine adults in Australia. The government forcibly removed children of Aboriginal parents in order to make the whole race extinct, and the experiment illustrates what happens when the tables are turned and the whites become the victim of this blatant discrimination.

Prejudices -- Australia
Racism -- Australia
Race discrimination -- Australia

A Teacher's Culture: Examining Your Cultural Past 

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8340

1 videocassette (37 min.) + 1 participant handbook

Northbrook, IL : InService Works, Inc., c2000

Designed to encourage the teacher's reflection on personal cultural beliefs and biases in the creation of a cultural "genogram"; to provide insights into cultural experiences and preferences; and to demonstrate how the teacher's cultural background is brought into the classroom just as is the student's.

            Multicultural education -- Study and teaching -- United States 

            Teachers -- Training of 

            Multiculturalism 

            Intercultural communication 

That's a Family! 

JMU Media Resources DVD 4284

Harriman, NY. : Distributed by New Day Films, c2000
1 DVD (36 min.) + 1 discussion/teaching guide (59 p..)
Series: Respect for All
Note: For elementary students
"With blunt and sometimes hilarious candor, children from over 50 diverse families open the door to their homes, and explain things like "divorce," "mixed race," "gay and lesbian," "birth mom," "single parent," "guardian," and "stepdad" -- and get right to the point of what they wish other people would understand about their families. While designed especially for young audiences, That's a Family! stretches the minds and touches the hearts of people of all ages. From the makers of It's Elementary, this fresh look at the changing American family breaks new ground, and once again lets children lead the way in preventing prejudice and embracing diversity."

Family -- Juvenile films
Gay parents -- Juvenile films
Children of gay parents -- Juvenile films
Stepfamilies -- Juvenile films
Adoption -- Juvenile films
Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile films
Single-parent families -- Juvenile films
Interracial marriage -- Juvenile films
Racially mixed people -- Juvenile films

Them and Us : Prejudice and Self-Understanding
JMU Media Resources DVD 3745

Lake Zurich, IL : Learning Seed, c2007

1 DVD (22 min.)
"We're all prejudiced about prejudice. We're biased about our biases. We create types called 'us' and 'them.' But every 'us' is somebody else's 'them.' This is not about specific minority groups; it explores the processes we use to deal with other cultures, with people who do not fit our category of 'us.'" Contents: Categories and the brain -- Some thems are more important than others -- I'm unique, they're people -- Intelligence as selective ignorance -- "Us" and "them" can change with time. Note: Guide is available on the disc and for download at www.learningseed.com.

Prejudices
Self-perception
Educational videos
Films for the hearing impaired
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001

~Connect to Online Video (JMU Users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2003
1 DVD (33 min.)
Originally produced in 2002.
"The effects of childhood trauma are unpredictable. How can emotionally scarred children best be helped in processing horrific experiences? In this poignant yet uplifting program, the victims themselves provide the key as a diverse group of children ranging in age from 2 to 11 share their thoughts and feelings on the September 11th terrorist attacks. Interviewees include those who lost family members on 9/11, those who live near Ground Zero, and those whose fathers serve in the U.S. military, as well as refugees from Afghanistan and elsewhere. Young as they are, they convey a reassuring lesson in coping skills and a surprisingly mature understanding that life brings the tragic with the joyful."

Grief in children
Grief -- Psychological aspects
Terrorism -- New York (State) -- New York
Terrorism -- United States
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)
Resilience (Personality trait) in children
Children and terrorism
Children and violence
Children and war
Mass media and children
Grief therapy

Through Our Own Eyes
Media Resources DVD 4510

Petersburg, Va.: Virginia State University, 2007
1 DVD (42 min.)

Uses alumni interviews and historical documents, photographs and news footage to relate the history of Virginia State University and African-American struggles for education and civil rights.

Virginia State University -- History
African Americans -- Education -- History
African Americans -- Virginia -- History
Documentary films, videos
Nonfiction films, videos, tv programs

Tutoring Urban Children

JMU Media Resources DVD 3266

New York : Distributed by Insight Media, [2004]
1 DVD-R (25 min.)
"This program provides easy steps to establishing relationships with and effectively tutoring urban children. It covers motivational and communication strategies, tutoring lessons, and teaching ideas for all subject areas."

Remedial teaching
Tutors and tutoring

Understanding and Responding to the Chapter 1 Child

Memorial Hall ETMC  371.82 Und    

Los Angeles, CA : IOX Assessment Associates, 1991 / produced by Supercolossal Pictures Corporation

1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)

Drs. Sarah J. Stanley and W. James Popham with Dr. Mary Bacon, an educational consultant, discuss working with children with culturally disadvantage backgrounds served by Chapter 1 programs.

            Teaching

            Teachers -- Training of

            Children with social disabilities -- Education    

Unequal Education

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.5524    

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1994 ; a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc

1 videocassette (57 min.)

Series: The Moyers collection.

The initial segment 'Failing Our Children' "focuses on inequality in the education available in rich and poor New York neighborhood schools. A group of four recently graduated high school students produced and reported this segment.  Also includes Kathleen Hall Jamieson commenting on the 1992 Presidential campaign and a discussion between Jonathan Kazol and John Chubb on school vouchers."

            Public schools -- United States

            Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States

            Children of minorities -- Education -- United States

            Politics and education -- United States

            Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1992

Unlearning "Indian" Stereotypes

JMU Media Resources DVD 5307

Council on Interracial Books for Children , enhanced by Rethinking Schools

New York : Rethinking Schools, 2008
1 DVD (15 min.)
Young students focus on the real lives, real history, and real beliefs of American Indians and point out many misconceptions and stereotypes which have characterized attitudes towards Indians
Indians in literature
Indians of North America -- Study and teaching
Indians, Treatment of -- United States
Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity
Multicultural education

Valuing Diversity: Multi-Cultural Communication

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.4917       

Lake Zurich, IL : Learning Seed, c1995

1 videocassette (19 min.)+ 1 manual (16 p..)

A study of prejudice toward people who are different. Viewers learn how to decrease their discomfort in communicating with people from different cultures, social classes, age groups, or physical disabilities.

            Intercultural communication 

            Social interaction 

            Multicultural education 

            Prejudices -- Study and teaching 

Welcome to Poverty, USA!

Media Resources DVD 4831

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2008
1 DVD-R (60 min.)
Series: Poverty in America
"Combining scholarly analysis with a human-centered approach, this two-part series looks at the causes and effects of economic hardship in the United States while suggesting ways for society to combat the cycle of poverty. Situational, multigenerational, elder, and child poverty are all addressed through conversations with those who know hunger or homelessness firsthand. Leading socioeconomic experts and frontline activists are also interviewed, including David Broder of the Washington Post, Alan Berube of the Brookings Institute, and Jessica Bartholow, a community food bank administrator. The United States continue to be the wealthiest country in the world, yet one in eight Americans--approximately 37 million people--live below the poverty line. This program analytically and sympathetically discusses the effects and implications of poverty, examining factors such as illiteracy, insufficient job skills, substance abuse, and crime. The phenomenon of multigenerational poverty is also addrressed underscoring the disturbing pattern of poverty begetting poverty. Interviews with impoverished people and those who reach out to them put a human face on a demographic group that lives below the radar of wealthy and middle-class Americans"--

Poverty -- United States
Poor -- United States
Working poor -- Economic conditions -- United States
Wages -- United States
Standards of living -- Working poor -- United States
Public welfare -- United States
Economic assistance -- United States

Welfare Reform's New Deal

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.6363    

New York, NY : Community Organizers Television, [1998] produced by CO-TV

1 videocassette (15 min.)

Discusses the impact of welfare reform legislation on women, children, adolescents, immigrants, workers, students, people with HIV/AIDS, the elderly and the disabled.

            Public welfare -- Government policy -- United States

            Child welfare -- Government policy -- United States     

            United States -- Social policy  

What Do You Believe? : Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers

JMU Media Resources DVD 4132

Feinbloom Films : [Harriman, N.Y.] : New Day Films, [2004]
1 DVD (49 min.)
Note: Originally produced in 2002
A documentary about American teens and their attitudes about spirituality, freedom of religion and other topics central to being human.

Teenagers -- Religious life -- United States
Teenagers -- United States -- Attitudes
Teenagers -- United States -- Conduct of life

What Does It Mean to Be White?: The Invisible Whiteness of Being

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8394

Microtraining Associates, c2004 / Derald Wing Sue 

1 videocassette (50 min.) + 1 handout (23 p.)

Through a series of interviews, Dr. Sue defines white privilege and uses examples to indicate how white privilege serves to keep Whites relatively oblivious to how it has the opposite effect on persons of color: harms, intimidates, oppresses and alienates.

            Whites -- Race identity 

            Race awareness 

            United States -- Race relations 

What Makes Me White?

JMU Media Resources DVD 4501

Boston, MA: Aimee Sands Productions, 2007
1 DVD (ca. 16 min.)
Interviews and narratives concerning the meaning of race in everday life.

Educational films, videos
Whites -- United States -- Race identity
Race awareness -- United State

When Children Do the Work We Do the Work

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.4873    

Oakland, CA : We Do the Work, c1996

1 videoassette

Although child labor was outlawed in the United States one hundred years ago, it still thrives in Latin America and South Asia.

            Child labor   

When Words Hurt
Media Resources DVD 4436

Publisher Lawrenceville, N.J. : Cambridge Educational, c2002
1 DVD-R (22 min.)
When friends or siblings argue they might say hurtful things to each other, but it is not the same as “hate speech” or racist speech. In a series of engaging interviews, this video, hosted by MTV News anchor Suchin Pak, shows young people how to distinguish between unkind words and “hate speech,” pointing out along the way the sometimes subtle characteristics of such verbal attacks. The program is designed to engage students’ sense of social responsibility by creating an awareness of personal and cultural diversity, developing empathy for victims of these hateful words. Contains inflammatory language. A viewable/printable instructor’s guide is available online.

Interpersonal communication
Invective
Self-perception
Educational films, videos
Nonfiction films, videos, tv programs
Other Name Paragas, Diane
Smith, Jennifer
Pak, SuChin
Organization Cambridge Educational (Firm)
Civilian Studios

Working With Students From the Culture of Poverty
JMU Media Resources DVD 4053-4054 [prg.1]
JMU Media Resources DVD 4055-4056 [prg.2]

Sandy, Utah : LPD Video Journal of Education & TeachStream, c2005
2 DVD (117 min.) + 2 sound discs + 1 implementation guide (12 p.)
Contents: Program 1: Acceptance & accommodation ; Program 2: Affirmation.

Poor children -- United States
Classroom management
Effective teaching

The World in Claire's Classroom

JMU Media Resources DVD 4295

Marlboro, VT : Marlboro Productions ; Harriman, NY. : distributed by New Day Films, [2000]
1 DVD (89 min.)
A documentary examining how veteran teacher Claire Oglesby addresses issues of respect, diversity and community building in her first and second grade classroom at the public school in WestminsterWest, Vermont. Each year, the whole school carries out an integrated, in-depth study of another culture which lasts for the entire second half of the school year, involving students, parents and community members. This year the focus is on the study of India.

Multicultural education -- Vermont
Multicultural education -- United States -- Case studies
International education -- Vermont
International education -- United States -- Case studies
Education, Elementary -- Vermont
India -- Study and teaching -- Vermont
Documentary films

A World-Class Education: Community Action Kit
JMU Media Resources DVD 3310

New York, NY : Asia Society, c2004
1 DVD (45 min.) + 1 guide (16 p.)
Provides examples of practices, practical guidelines and initial resources for use in community and state policy discussions on the importance of international education and exchanges. Contents: Putting the world into world-class education (13 min.) -- Ohayo, Portland (7 min.) -- Learning without borders (7 min.) -- First People's Project (6 min.) -- Turning on the switch (12 min.).

International education
Educational exchanges
Educational change

A World of Differences: Understanding Cross-Cultural Communication

JMU Media Resources DVD 1915

Publisher Berkeley, Calif. : Berkeley Media LLC, c1997
1 videodisc (35 min.) . + 1 guide for instructors and researchers (16 p. : ill.)
Produced at the Division of Social Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
Gestures from different cultures around the world are explored. People from many nations are shown performing all kinds of gestures and the different gestures that there are. Also explored are the meaning, function and origin of gestures.

Nonverbal communication
Intercultural communication
Communication -- Cross-cultural studies

Yolngu Boy
JMU Media Resources DVD 3565

Australia : ACTF, [2003]
1 DVD (ca. 83 min.) NOTE: This is NOT a standard American DVD. It will ONLY play in an international standard DVD player or in a computer DVD drive.
Recommended for mature audiences 15 years and over.
Caught in a collision between the modern world of rap, football, street cred and the oldest living culture on earth, Lorrpu, Botj and Milika are three Yolngu teenagers who once shared a childhood dream of becoming great hunters together. But things have changed and their paths are diverging. This film is about the search for identity, making the journey from adolescence to adulthood and the implications of belonging to a larger social group, whether it be a culture, a family or a group of friends.

Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Drama
Teenagers -- Drama
Feature films -- Australia
Yolngu (Australian people) -- Drama
Yolngu (Australian people) -- Social life and customs