Thinkabout — Season 1, Episode 1: Finding Alternatives: Why Bother?

Episode synopsis

Kelly researches and gathers information to write a book report on George Washington Carver. She imagines his life and considers different possibilities and ideas about his work.

About Thinkabout

Thinkabout, "a cooperative project for acquiring skills essential to learning", was an instructional program for children, produced in 1979 by the Agency for Instructional Television, in association with various contributing television stations in the United States and Canada. It was distributed to PBS and educational stations across the US and Canada as late as the mid-to-late 1980s. The sixty programs produced were aimed for fifth and sixth grade students to understand their learning process in topics as varied as language arts, mathematics, study skills, as well as thinking skills. Thinkabout was funded by various state and local agencies, with additional support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, one of very few CPB-funded programs not distributed by PBS.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Finding Alternatives: Brainstorming
• E3Finding Alternatives: Blockbusting
• E4Finding Alternatives: You Can Remember
• E5Estimating and Approximating: Estimating
• E6Estimating and Approximating: Approximating
• E7Estimating and Approximating: Using Estimating and Approximating
• E8Estimating and Approximating: Find Your Guide
• E9Giving & Getting Meaning: What's the Meaning?
• E10Giving & Getting Meaning: Meaning is More than Words
• E11Giving & Getting Meaning: Remember the Audience!
• E12Giving & Getting Meaning: But What Does It Mean?
• E13Giving & Getting Meaning: The Bigger Picture