Stay Out of the Basement (Goosebumps)

 

Year published/aired: 1996

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 2 *

Grade: 6, Elementary (reader) A

Genres: Horror

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: several, Cartoon Network

Production company: Lenz/Protocol/Scholastic

Media publisher: Turbine

Story: R.L. Stine

Editor:

Director: William Fruet

Media: DVD/BD

Additional media:

Working material: R.L. Stine

Material publisher: Klett/Egmont

Novel available: yes

Other literature:

Plot (short): This is part of the Canadian, 1995 Goosebumps series, 74 episodes (s1e11+12) and not originally an educational series. Next to the original novel (#2), there's also a reader (Easy Readers) from Egmont. 112 pages. Great plot about a brother and sister and their dad experience with plants. Nice jeans of boy Casey.

I'm currently checking some readers. There a many readers, which are thin booklets, for different levels and subjects. Additional contents for regular school books. About half of them are based on classics (books, often made into movies, like Tom Sawer) but the others are just books. Plot is shortened, and there are illustrations, vocabulary and questions/exercises. For some of the readers there are also audio (tape,CD or audiobooks) and nowadays digital contents (web/tablets). I won't post regular movies, but maybe some exceptions. There's another reader from R.L. Stine from series Fear Street. The first readers I bought are from Stephen Speight.

 

Episodes: 22 minutes, each

Spywatch

Year published/aired: 1996

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 10

Grade: 2-4

Genres: Adventure

Sub-subject: WWII

Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC

Production company:

Story: Derek Farmer

Editor:

Director: Nicholas Whines

Media: VHS

Media publisher:

Additional media: Teacher's book, Comic, Audio cassette, ...

Working material: Derek Farmer

Material publisher: 

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): In WW2, 1942, 2 boys were sent to a farm of Aunty Amy and her granddaughter Polly on a farm. Another girl was sent elsewhere. Adventures including spies and POW and also 1960s scenes.

Part of the Look and Read series.

Episodes: 20 minutes each

1. Sent Away

2. Grainger Danger

3. Spies all around

4. Trouble for Mary

5. The Poster Comes to Life

6. Bombs in the Country

7. Surprise

8. The Pilot

9. The Secret Quarry

10. Captured

Country Profiles

 

Year published/aired: 1996-1998 ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 10

Grade: 3-8 ?

Genres: documentary

Sub-subject: geography, culture

Broadcaster:

Production company: ICEM, others

Story:

Editor:

Director: Rainer Hahn, John Dallavis,

Media: VHSx10, CD-ROM, DVD

Additional media:

Media publisher: Praxis Unterrichtsfilm (Germany)

Working material: Amy Rechner, others

Material publisher: Bellwether, Scholastic

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Kids and teens (10-14 yo) present their countries (US/Europe). Geography, traditions, food, economy, history etc. ICEM co-production (International Council for Education Media)

For more infos see the episodes. Infos and full transcripts (English+German) are available on praxis-unterrichtsfilm.de via archive.org

Episodes: (no specific order)

Heartland USA (1997) 17 min, Teens Anne and Lee live in rural Missouri (DVD Phoenix Learning Group), shopping, meeting friends,...

Postcards from Slovenia (Slovenske razglednice), German title: Postkarten aus Slowenien. 1998, 20 min, 14 yo Jana in Ljubjana

Finland, Meet three sisters (Suomi Finland), German title: Finnland: Drei Schwestern.  1996, 19 min (3 sisters, everyday situations)

A look over ... Portugal (Um olhar Sobre, Portugal), German title: Ein Blick auf ... Portugal.  1998 15 min (11 yo Joana, rural, Lisbon, History)

This is also Denmark (Det er ogsa Danmark), German title: Auch das ist Dänemark. 1997, 17 min, Boy Thomas, organic farm (pictured)

Adventure Austria (Abenteuer Österreich) 1997 19 min, 2 boys of Vienna (Lukas) and Tyrol (Peter)

Norway, rising from the sea (Som det stiger frem - et bilde av Norge), German title: Norwegen: ... und steigt aus dem Meer. 1997 21 min, portait of a family in Norway

Iceland (A midsummer's Journey), German title: Island: Eine Mittsommerreise. 1996 16 min, adventure story of a young girl

Switzerland, just a moment, please (Die Schweiz - einen Augenblick bitte!) 22 min 11 yo Eric lives in Geneve, relatives in Wallis

A Day in Germany (Ein Tag in Deutschland), 1997, 18 min, twin sisters Susanne and Kathrin about Christmas

Infos:

Also used in Norway titled "Land i verden" (Land i Europa) and in the USA, BFA Educational Media, Phoenix Learning Group.  Later also other countries in book series Blastoff! Discovery.

The Big Red Bus Ride

Year published/aired: 1996

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 7 units

Grade: 1 ?

Genres: Basics

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster:

Production company: The British Council

Story: Roderick Hunt, Paul Shipton

Editor:

Director:

Media:

Additional media: Video resource book

Working material:

Material publisher: Heinemann, Oxford University

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Animated. Sequel of The Big Red Bus. ~1993

Episodes: 70 minutes total

Auffrischungskurs Englisch

 

Year published/aired: 1996 (1982)

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 13 *(51)

Grade: 

Genres: everyday's situations

Sub-subject: grammar

Broadcaster: BR

Production company:

Story:

Editor:

Director:

Media: VHSx13, DVDx1

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher: TR-Verlagsunion

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Humorous stories of typical English and American behaviour. Active, indirect speech/grammar. Originally for Telekolleg I. Units 40-52 were chosen for school TV
Host: Graham Pascoe.

Episodes: 15 minutes each

40. Washington D.C.

Crime in the City

On Campus

Rehearsal

At the dentist's (1996) pictured

The New Sports Car (2000)

Going on Strike (1996)

Car Maintenance

An Accident

The Darts Champion

Breakfast Television

How a car is made

52. An Invitation

Info: Also aired as "English" and Englisch für Anfänger, currently called English retro. For more infos see Wikipedia.