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Pencils and a TV Show

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Woman stands and addresses 5 children seated at a round table looking at the tip of their pencils. Caption. The lead inside your pencil really isn't lead at all.

Before talking to the group about how pencils are made, Ms. Jennings takes the viewer on a behind-the-scenes look at how a TV show is produced. Meet the gaffer, grip, director, and actors and learn their jobs. Then visit a pencil factory to see the 12-step process used to produce students' favorite school item.

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Runtime: 25 minutes

Topic: Business, Language Arts
Subtopic: Manufacturing, Mass Media
Grade/Interest Level: 4 - 8
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Release Year: 1998
Producer/Distributor: Oakleaf Productions
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Industrial plant from a distance. Caption: That's the world's largest PLA manufacturing plant.

Machine in an assembly line constructs a circuit board.

Automobile factory with an assembly line of cars surrounded by several robotic devices.

Woman wearing a white t-shirt and dark pants stands next to a red car with white car waiting behind it in an automobile assembly line. Her head is turned and her mouth is in a wide smile as she extends her arm to reach for something out of view.

Man wearing glasses and a dark collared shirt looks forward and to the side while speaking. A suit jacket hangs on a bar behind him.

2 men in dark polo shirts and pants speak to each other in a machine shop. In the foreground, a table with a forged bench vice mounted to its top. Work tables and stools are in the background.

Woman wearing a dress and leggings walks through an office hallway with wood partitions and filing cabinets in the background.