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	Becoming Bilingual This two-part documentary illustrates the experiences of limited-English-proficient students in two successful bilingual education programs in New York City schools.
	Bilingual Education: An Inside View Scenes of classroom lessons combined with commentary by teachers, students, and administrators provide a clear understanding of the benefits of bilingual, multicultural education to all students.
	Immigrant Stories of Franklin High This engaging video deftly undermines common stereotypes about young immigrants and their education in this country. The video features an exceptionally diverse group of ESL students attending a Seattle high school.
	-ISM (N.) Multimedia Campus Diversity Summit America's college students, much like the nation at large, are grappling with issues of diversity and the many challenges it brings to their campuses. Headlines from coast to coast document the struggle under way on campuses to deal with the many "isms" -- including racism, sexism, and elitism. This lively video focuses on the tensions between the way things are and the way they can be.
	Re-Writing/Re-Righting History (Teach It Like It Was) In 1991, a fierce controversy erupted in California over the proposed adoption of the Houghton-Mifflin social studies textbook series.
	Trading Fours This inspiring and thought-provoking documentary relates the remarkable story of Fernando Pullum's jazz band at Washington Preparatory High School, a predominantly African American school located in South Central Los Angeles.

Becoming Bilingual

These titles are no longer distributed by UC Extension. For distribution information, contact: Lauren Goodsmith lauren_goodsmith@hotmail.com This two-part documentary series illustrates the experiences of limited-English-proficient students in two successful bilingual education programs in New York City schools. It provides in-depth views of working programs at both the elementary and high school levels, showing their methods and strategies as well as their results. The series addresses a wide variety of educational issues and features commentary from students, teachers, administrators, and recognized national authorities. It also helps dispel many of the misperceptions surrounding bilingual education. By Lauren Goodsmith. Save More Than 10% Special Series Price: $220

An important documentary series about contemporary bilingual education and the future of America's growing population of language-minority students.... An outstanding learning experience for teachers, school administrators, parents, school board members, and concerned citizens. -- Jim Lyons, Executive Director, Natl. Assoc. for Bilingual Education. Natl. Assoc. for Bilingual Education (NABE) honoree

Ambos a Dos Follows a third-grade student from Puerto Rico through her first year at a bilingual school in East Harlem. Focuses on her progress through the school's "maintenance"-oriented program, which emphasizes the strengthening of students' native-language abilities as a base for gaining English. A variety of classroom scenes, from ESL to computer lab, are interwoven with sequences showing the girl in her home and community. 35 min. Color 8919 Cat#37877 Sale: video $125, Rental: video $50 Newtown High Profiles students at a large high school whose cultural diversity is remarkable - the students speak some 50 languages. A quarter of the 4,000 students are limited-English-proficient. The video focuses on first-hand accounts by students from China, Cuba, Korea, Afghanistan, and other countries. Many of these students arrive in this country with strong educational backgrounds from their native country, but without Newtown's extensive bilingual classes their participation at appropriate levels of subject studies would be impossible. Newtown's "transitional" bilingual program aims to guide students into mainstream English classes as soon as possible. The video shows a range of approaches to dual-language instruction. It clearly depicts the key elements of a secondary-level bilingual program, including the crucial ESL component. 45 min. Color 1989 Catalog #37878 Sale: video $125, Rental: video $50

Bilingual Education: An Inside View

Scenes of classroom lessons combined with commentary by teachers, students, and administrators provide a clear understanding of the benefits of bilingual, multicultural education to all students. The video demonstrates how a student becomes bilingual and biliterate and allows students themselves to explain why this is important to them. It also provides bilingual educators with examples of exemplary teaching methodologies and new strategies for curriculum development and classroom management. Produced by Ellen Moir, UC Santa Cruz. 25 min. Color 1985 Catalog #37199 Sale: video $125, Rental: video $50

Natl. Educational Film Festival Award Natl. Assoc. for Bilingual Education (NABE) honoree

Immigrant Stories of Franklin High

This engaging video deftly undermines common stereotypes about young immigrants and their education in this country. The video features an exceptionally diverse group of ESL students attending a Seattle high school. They provide widely divergent perspectives on what it means to be an immigrant and on what it is like to be thrust into a foreign classroom culture. While one student declares that coming to America is "a dream come true," another is anxious to return to her birth country. The result is a poignant look at how these students view themselves as they struggle with their fears and dreams of integrating into American society. The video constantly challenges viewers' preconceived notions about young immigrant.s. One student who is labeled "quiet" by American teachers confesses that she was scolded for being "talkative" by her teachers in her native country. Hung, a Gap-cladded, MacDonaldÕs-loving ninth-grader, is offended when people call him an American: "That's not how I think on the inside. Because I'm Vietnamese, I don't think I'm American." And in a marvelous exchange between former Washington State Asst. Superintendent of Education Cheyrl Chow and student Maria, a recent immigrant from Honduras, Chow complains that she is often viewed as a foreigner while Maria complains that no one believes she is an immigrant, but views her as "just another black American." "Immigrant Stories of Franklin High" is essential viewing for anyone who needs to understand and appreciate the racial and cultural diversity that exists in American schools today. As one of the students in the video comments, "All students and teachers should view this video, because they should know how we feel." Produced by Beth Sanders. 28 min. Color 2000 Catalog #38492 Sale: video $175, Rental: video $50

"This thought-provoking video provides teacher-educators with an opportunity to hear the voices of immigrant students as they describe in powerful and moving ways what it is like to be an immigrant student in a U.S. school. All who care about education and the future of our increasingly diverse society will want to see this video." -- Cherry A. McGee Banks, Prof. of Education, Univ. of Washington, Bothell "From a population of frequently mislabeled or invisible young people, these students grab the viewer's attention as they share their hopes and their frustrations. This video can be a powerful tool in generating discussion of diverse student needs." -- Dan Turner, School Psychologist and Counselor, Seattle Public Schools

-ISM (N.) Multimedia Campus Diversity Summit

America's college students, much like the nation at large, are grappling with issues of diversity and the many challenges it brings to their campuses. Headlines from coast to coast document the struggle under way on campuses to deal with the many "isms" -- including racism, sexism, and elitism. This lively video focuses on the tensions between the way things are and the way they can be. It is not about rhetoric or political correctness; rather, it is about the need to deal with diversity in an honest way that broadens our minds, our understanding, and our interests. The video is produced in the hip, contemporary style of an MTV audience-panel program. It features four distinguished panelists -- two faculty members and two student leaders -- and a high-profile moderator. They interact among themselves and with the audience, and reflect on questions posed via email and video camera by students around the country. Panelists include Prof. Michael Eric Dyson, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of Race Rules; Prof. Ronald Takaki, UC Berkeley, author of A Different Mirror; Mindy Michaels, a graduate student at American Univ.; and Jose Palafox, an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. Moderator is Farai Chideya, ABC News correspondent and former CNN political analyst and MTV news editor. This provocative video is sure to stimulate thought and passionate discussion among students everywhere. It was produced by the Institute for Public Media Arts in association with the Univ. of North Carolina Center for Public Television. 57 min. Color 1997 Catalog #38419 Sale: video $195, Rental: video $70

This is a wonderful resource for students, administrators, and faculty in higher education. -- Sheelagh Cabalda, Asst. Dir., Office for African American, Asian and Latino Student Affairs (OASIS), New York Univ. An outstanding video that addresses some of the many concerns of diversity on our college and university campuses. -- Rodney Cohen, Director, Urban Programs and Outreach Development, Center for Social Concerns, Univ. of Notre Dame

Re-Writing/Re-Righting History (Teach It Like It Was)

In 1991, a fierce controversy erupted in California over the proposed adoption of the Houghton-Mifflin social studies textbook series. Although the books claimed to incorporate a multicultural approach, many educators and parents argued that they were inaccurate and racist. This investigative documentary explores the controversy over the textbooks and examines the debate over multiculturalism in k-12 history education. It profiles several teachers for whom multiculturalism is a key concern and shows how students are motivated when the curriculum reflects their own history. By Neal Cassidy. 28 min. Color 1993 Catalog #38222 Sale: video $150, Rental: video $50

A strong and urgent message... about the need for textbooks that reflect the multicultural reality of our society. -- Concha Delgado-Gaitan, Prof. of Education, UC Davis Natl. Educational Film Festival Gold Apple Award

Trading Fours

For most teenagers, band class is merely a diversion from the tedium of high school. But in predominantly African American South Central Los Angeles, playing in the high school band can be a matter of survival. This inspiring and thought-provoking documentary relates the remarkable story of Fernando Pullum's jazz band at Washington Preparatory High School. In the past four years this extraordinary teacher and motivator has sent 134 of his 135 students to college on scholarships. The film focuses on three of Pullum's students who are struggling to find focus and passion in a neighborhood that is pulling them toward apathy and self-destruction. Raylene, a senior, has spent her teen years bouncing from foster home to foster home but has discovered her identity through the saxophone and the study of jazz music. Brian, a freshman, is close to being kicked out of the band because of truancy. However, he knows that he must find the self-discipline to stick with the program because this is his only shot at college and a music career. Deris, also a freshman, must fight his clownish instincts if he expects to stay in the band. He is a talented drummer, but he resists Mr. Pullum's strict behavior guidelines and may suffer as a result. This uplifting film opens a rare window on the bleak educational environment of South Central Los Angeles to illustrate one bright and shining light of passion and success. The film will engage students and stimulate discussion of a variety of topics in courses on education, sociology, and African-American studies. It was produced by Gabriel Rhodes. 19 min. Color 2001 Catalog #38534 Sale: video $150, Rental: video $60

"A valuable film that will be especially useful for classes in African-American studies, education, or sociology, this short but effective documentary tells the story of an inner-city high school jazz band and what the band experience means for both the students and the band teacher. One of those rare documentaries that is both informative and inspirational." -- Gerald Early, Prof. of African-American Studies and Merle Kling Prof. of Modern Letters, Washington Univ. "Devoid of dogma, this is an unobscured look at education, race, and the lives of African-American children in South Central Los Angeles. In a field beset by continual crisis, the film examines a program that works well and probes the effects it has on the students. The main portion of the film consists of interviews that will be useful to research and discussion in the fields of sociology and education. The portrayals of inner-city adolescents and their statements present a view that has been rarely represented in scholarly or academic films of this length. Appropriate for public, high school, and academic libraries." -- Philip Blank, Librarian, Duke Univ.