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A Peace Corps mosaic / Peace Corps of the United States ; produced by the Office of World Wise Schools.
LIBRA VHS Videorecording 301 v.1-2 v.1-2:guide
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peace Corps (U.S.).
- Geography.
- Voluntarism--United States.
- Voluntarism.
- Manners and customs.
- United States.
- Honduras--Social life and customs.
- Honduras.
- Kyrgyzstan--Social life and customs.
- Kyrgyzstan.
- Lesotho--Social life and customs.
- Lesotho.
- Poland--Social life and customs.
- Poland.
- Sri Lanka--Social life and customs.
- Sri Lanka.
- Cameroon--Social life and customs.
- Cameroon.
- Lithuania--Social life and customs.
- Lithuania.
- Nepal--Social life and customs.
- Nepal.
- Paraguay--Social life and customs.
- Paraguay.
- Senegal--Social life and customs.
- Senegal.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Educational films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videocassettes (202 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 2 teacher video guides (iv, 14 pages ; 21 cm)
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Peace Corps, [1996]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- A visit to each destination includes interviews with Peace Corps volunteers and local people. It also explores the daily lives of students in each country. Promotes the study of geography and demonstrates the value of diverse cultures and volunteer service.
- Contents:
- v. 1. To touch the world (10 min.). Destination: Sri Lanka (15 min.). Destination: Honduras (20 min.). Destination: Lesotho (22 min.). Destination: Kyrgyzstan (22 min.). Destination: Poland (15 min.)
- v. 2. To touch the world (10 min.). Destination: Cameroon (20 min.). Destination: Lithuania (22 min.). Destination: Nepal (10 min.). Destination: Paraguay (20 min.). Destination: Senegal (16 min.).
- Credits:
- Each segment is produced, written, and narrated by various individuals; most produced by Sandra D. Radtke.
- Notes:
- Title from cassette label.
- Individual segments originally produced between 1991-1996.
- OCLC:
- 63548467
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