Preschool in three cultures. (S.l.) : Fourth Wave Productions, c1989. 58 mins. Looks at a day in the life at 3
preschools and shows early socialization into cultures via teaching style and content, conflict resolutions, lesson
objectives, lunch, options and structure. Filmed by researchers. Contents: Introduction (4 min.)--Day at
Komatsudani (Japan) (23 min.)--Day at Dong-Feng (China) (16 min.)--Day at St. Timothy's (UnitedStates) (15
min.).
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Becoming American [videorecording] : the Chinese experience / a production of Public Affairs
Television, Inc. ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York.
author
Moyers, Bill D.
published 2003
format
Videos/Films (all)
Videos - VHS
subject
Chinese Americans.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
location
UMBC-ALRC/RCLC( 1/ 0)
internet
link
http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/
record format
Videos/Films (all)
Videos - VHS
title
Culture
published
Pasadena, CA : INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications, c1999.
clips. 4, U.S.
culture
and customs [videorecording].
description
1 videocassette (ca. 18 min) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + discussion and exercises guide.
all locations
Availability
Location
UMBC ALRC/RCLC
Resource Center for Language and Culture | LZ/
H72/46.I45C84 Holdings Availability
notes
Title from container; numbering from cassette label.
notes
VHS format.
summary
A five-part video series to help immigrants learn about life in the United States, understand
cultural differences and cope with everyday challenges.
contents
Wedding customs -- The roles couples choose -- Intercultural marriages -- Raising children -Single parenting -- Aging in the United States.
subjects
Weddings -- United States.
Domestic relations -- United States.
Interracial marriage -- United States.
Child rearing -- United States.
Single parents -- United States.
Aging -- United States.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
United States -- Social life and customs -- Study and teaching.
other author
INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)
RCLC academic 4
Worlds of Childhood. Series of 7 videos that first was shown on PBS. It looks at 12 families around the world Japan, Russia, US, Africa, Latin America, etc. There is also an extended series from the same original. These
are the titles of the 7 videos in the Childhood series: Great Expectations, Louder than Words, Love's Labors, In
the Land of Giants, Life's lessons, Among Equals, House of Tomorrow.
Childhood. Part 1. Great Expectations (60 min., PBS/Ambrose Video). This video uses examples from several
different cultures to examine perspectives on birth and infancy.
Childhood. Part 5. Life's Lessons. (60 min., PBS/Ambrose Video). This video uses examples from several
different cultures to examine the "5-to-7 shift" when children move from home into the school, factory or field
and explores the role of schools in socializing children for future roles.
My Son the Fanatic (Is the migrant father more British than the Brits? Is the son right to want to claim his ethnic
identity?)
Children of Heaven;
Gift of a Girl (24 min., Filmakers Library). A powerful exploration of the complexities of female infanticide in
southern India.
You Must Have Been a Bilingual Baby (1991, 46 min., Filmakers Library). David Suzuki narrates this video
dealing with the process of bilingual language acquisition, forms of bilingual education, and the "bilingual
brain" of interpreters.
Spirit of Dawn (29 min., New Day Films). Depicts the changes in Indian education over time, from the boarding
schools of the past -- where children were prohibited from speaking their native languages or using their Indian
names -- to more culturally sensitive educational programs in use today.
Tapoori: Children of Bombay (26 min., Filmakers Library). This film provides an intimate look at the lives of
two Bombay street boys and can be used to illustrate one of the ways children cope with a lack of social support
from family members.
230:
Race and Psychiatry (25 min., Films for the Humanities & Sciences). This film explores the role of cultural
differences in the misdiagnosis and mistreatment of mental illness.
a.k.a. Don Bonus (55 min., NAATA). A video diary documenting the acculturation experiences of 18 year old
Sokly Ny (Don Bonus) and his family, who settled in the United States after escaping the Khmer Rouge in
Cambodia.
Becoming American (58 min., New Day Films). This film documents the intense culture shock experienced by
a Laotian family from a farming background as they transition from refugee camp in Thailand to a new home in
Seattle.
Tales from Arab Detroit (45 min., New Day Films). This video richly documents images from an immigrant
Arab American community to show the interweaving of tradition and current trends.
UMBC Library
Stacks
HQ778.5.C49 1992
UMBC Library Stacks
HQ767.9.C66 1995
Comparative-cultural and constructivist perspectives /
UMBC Library Stacks
BF722.C85
1989
edited by Jaan Valsiner. ... c1995
Cultural context and child development : towards a culture-inclusive
developmental psychology / edited by Jaan Valsiner. ... c1989.
UMBC Library Stacks
GN510.C78
1994
UMBC Library Stacks
BF723.S6A25
1988
UMBC Library Stacks
BF713.C74
1989
Cross-cultural roots of minority child development /
Greenfield, Rodney R. Cocking. ... 1994.
edited by Patricia M.
Acquiring culture : cross cultural studies in child development /
by Gustav Jahoda and I.M. Lewis. ... [1988?]
edited
Cross-cultural research in human development : life span perspectives
/ edited by Leonore Loeb Adler.