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Title It’s a Rainbow World                             CC
Number/Length 16/15
Subject/Grade Level Social Studies/K-3
Producer South Carolina Department of Instructional Television
Date Produced 1987
Support Material Teacher Guide ($5)
  
 
  • Description 
    This series teaches basic social studies concepts in the context of situations that children encounter in their everyday lives.  Self-worth, family relationships, friendship, safety and emergencies, rights and responsibilities, geography (directions, maps), economics and choices, and history and family heritage are addressed.
   
   
  • Episodes 
    Unit I – Self-Concept

    1. “I’m OK” shows how interaction with peers and teachers can improve self-concept. (13:41)

    2. “I’m Special” demonstrates how involvement in various activities helps children to discover that they are special. (13:37)
     
    Unit II – Family Relationships
      
    3. “There are Four of Us Now” addresses changes in family relationships when a new baby arrives. (13:31)
      
    4. “It’s Hard to Be the Oldest” explores family placement and responsibilities of an oldest child. (13:03)
      
    5. “Grandpa and Me” illustrates how age and illness can change family roles. (13:50)

    6. “Always Moving” uses circus families to show how constant moves affect family life. (13:42)
     
    Unit III – Relationships With Other People

    7. “A World Without” presents relationships with people who have physical handicaps. (12:52)
     
    8. “Who’s Your Hero?” shows how hero worship can be good and explores choices of heroes and heroines. (14:00)

    Unit IV – Personal Safety

    9. “What Should You Do?” presents incorrect and appropriate responses to emergency situations. (13:13)

    10. “I’m Lost” teaches ways to get help when lost or separated from companions. (13:50)

    Unit V – Rights and Responsibilities

    11. “Whose Is It?” demonstrates the rights and responsibilities of ownership. 12:02)

    Unit VI – Geography
     
    12. “How Do I Get There?”  shows how listening to directions and using a map can prevent getting lost. (13:50)

    Unit VII – Economics
     
    13. “Making Choices” uses a family vacation to show how decisions regarding how time and money are spent affect everyone in the family and how compromises solve problems. (12:59)
     
    14. “Wishes and Rainbows” uses fantasy to illustrate the concepts of scarcity, supply, and demand. (13:50)
      
    Unit VIII – History

    15. “Where’s Your Family From?” shows four children discovering that their heritage affects their families’ customs and foods. (13:50)
     
    16. “That’s How It Used to Be” takes a family to Williamsburg, Virginia to discover how families lived in the past and how the past influences the present. (13:50)
    
 
 

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