Features nearly 100 contemporary creative newspaper ads by ad agencies and advertisers, large and small.

Take a trip to back to the great Classic Televison Commercials of the Golden Age of Television. 

Cluster # 2 

Business and Financial Operations Support 

• Account Coordinator (11:26 Min.)
• Assistant Forms Coordinator (10:22 Min.)
• Commercial Collector (11:19 Min.)
• Insurance Underwriting Clerk (11 Min.)
• Legal Secretary (10:02 Min.)
• Receiving Clerk (9 Min.)
• Receptionist (8 Min.)
• Remittance Processing Clerk (11 Min.)
• Systems Operator (11:26 Min.)
• Technical Site Representative (11:26 Min.)

Cluster # 10 

Wholesale and Retail Trade 

• Assistant Purchasing Agent (10:48 Min.)
• Car Rental Agent (12 Min.)
• Customer Service Represenative (9:47 Min.)
• Direct Sales Representative (12:02 Min.)
• Distribution Center Associate (10:51 Min.)
• Forklift Operator (11 Min.)
• Merchandise Distributor (9:36 Min.)
• Sales Associate (9 Min.)
• Stock Associate (13 Min.)

Visual Coordinator (9:26 Min.)

1. The Browns of Providence and Merchant Capitalism -- Early settlement. ~ The search for trade. ~ The tobacco trade, other staple exports. ~ The New England merchant. ~ The Browns of Providence. ~ Political and economic developments. ~ Colonial wars and American independence. ~ An urban mercantile hierarchy. ~ Economic specialization, reorganization. ~ Growth after independence. ~ The demise of merchant capitalism.
2. Samuel Slater and the Industrial Revolution -- Colonial and early national economic expectations and developments. ~ Agriculture vs. Manufacturing. ~ Cottage industry vs. The factory. ~ Export economy vs. Mixed economy. ~ The textile industry. ~ Early developments:  British experience, American adaptations. ~ Samuel Slater; technological adaptation. ~ Factory system at Lowell. ~ Cotton gins; War of  1812. ~ Labor supply; the "Mill Girls". ~ American industry transformation. ~ Technology and resource application. ~ Energy—water and steam. ~ Mechanization and cumulative innovation;  the Wilkinson example.
3. James J. Hill and the Transporatation Revolution -- The water transportation system. ~ Steamboats. ~ Rivers and canals. ~ Eastern railroads. ~ Transcontinental railroads. ~ Government subsidy in the first decade. ~ James J. Hill’s Great Northern system. ~ The railroad industry—structure and rate policies. ~ Rate discrimination. ~ Competitive markets. ~ Mergers.
4. Andrew Carnegie and Business Ideology -- Andrew Carnegie’s immigrant background. ~ The iron industry before Carnegie. ~ Carnegie’s rise to leadership in steel. ~ Early railroad connections. ~ Commitment to iron manufacture. ~ Competition, cost cutting, output expansion. ~ Progress through technology:  Bessemer converters. ~ Carnegie’s ideology. ~  Radical Scottish politics, America democracy. ~ "Social Darwinism," Herbert Spencer, "Gospel of Wealth". ~ Scientific management, labor unions, corporate capitalism. ~ Philanthropy vs. Charity; Carnegie’s legacy.
5. John D. Rockefeller and the Rise of Oligopoly -- John D. Rockefeller:  robber baron or industrial statesman. ~ The rise of big business. ~ A national marketplace. ~ Changing industrial technologies. ~ Immigration. ~ The oil industry as a case study. ~ Standard Oil. ~ Oligopoly—benefits and risks.
6. J. P. Morgan and Finance Capitalism -- Early American finance. ~ Merchants as intermediaries. ~ Private bankers. ~ Chartered commercial banks. ~ Sound money vs. Easy credit. ~ Finance capitalism, 1863-1914. ~ National Bank Act. ~ National money, capital markets. ~ J. P. Morgan, international merchant, investment banker. ~ Morgan’s finance capitalism—a money trust? ~ Finance capitalism since Morgan’s death. ~ Competition and specialization. ~ The Great Crash and Depression. ~ Deregulation.
7. Herbert Hoover and Political Capitalism -- 19th Century Government and business relations. ~ Laissez-faire vs. Progressivism. ~ Progressive historians:  Beard, Hacker, Parrington. ~ Revisionism:  Gabriel Kolko. ~ Interviews:  conservatism; Albro Martin; radicalism: Martin Sklas; pluralism:  Ellis Hawley. ~ Hoover’s ideology. ~ Progressive phase, progressive corporatism. ~ The depression and voluntarist responses. ~ The New Deal, Hoover’s retreat. ~ Political economy since 1932.
8. Henry Ford and Mass Consumption Society -- A cheap car for the middle class. ~ Model T. ~ Moving assembly line. ~ $5 day. ~ River Rouge. ~ Industrial self-sufficiency. ~ Ruthless cost cutting. ~ Auto’s impact on urban, rural culture. ~ Mass consumption. ~ Challenges to the car culture since 1950.
9. Alfred Sloan and Corporate Bureaucracy --  Railroads develop central organization. ~ Vertical integration, mergers. ~ Professional managers replace owners. ~ Industrial research laboratories. ~ General Motors. ~ Durant’s holding company. ~ Multi-divisional structure. ~ Decentralization, diversification. ~ Conglomerates. ~ Impacts of giant corporations. ~ Competition. ~ Progress. ~ Community Life. ~ Political democracy.
10. IBM and the Communications Revolution -- Earlier communications innovations. ~ Telegraph, telephone, office machines. ~ Accounting formats, statistical analyses. ~ Electronic computer in World War II. ~ From tubes and relays to transistors and integrated circuits. ~ Falling costs, spreading uses. ~ Computers and communications. ~ Computers and society. ~ Centralization vs. Decentralization. ~ Big Brother, privacy issues. ~ Automation, job productivity. 

Discusses the basics of entrepreneurships--new business enterprises; office personnel and management.

Tells about surviving in a world that runs on credit.   Viewers meet Bill and Carol, a young couple with dreams bigger than their income.  They attempt to busy a televison after seeing an ad promising "no payments until September".  The young couple quickly learns that putting off payment means going into debt.  The store requires them to fill out forms and pass a credit check.  But an error on Bill’s credit history leads to a rejection letter and sends them to explore the world of credit.  While exploring, they learn:  The importance of credit. ~ The basics of credit histories. ~ Legal rights in using credit. ~ Credit repair. ~ How to establish credit.

This live action video shows your students how to "shop" for a checking account to avoid needless fees and unexpected service charges.  It explains why some people  pay a bank hundreds of dollars yearly for checking, while others are paid by banks for the same service.  Viewers follow a young couple as they set up their first checking account.  The video teaches:  How to sort through confusing ad claims to select the right checking account. ~ How to use checks wisely and safeguard against fraud. ~ How to start a checking account. ~ How to write a check. ~ What all those numbers on a check mean and how you can use them. ~ How to use a check register. ~ Three ways to endorse a check. ~ How to reconcile a checking account. ~ How to avoid bouncing checks. ~ The real cost of free checking. ~ How to evaluate special services such as "instant credit checking", overdraft protection, automatic teller machines, and debit cards.

Presents consumer protection tips: shop around, be assertive, research.

After viewing this video, students should be able to:   

1. Create a budget for purchasing a used car, using the supplied work sheets. 
2. Understand and talk about the process of shopping for a used car.
3. Identify 6 places where a used car might be purchased. 
4. Talk about the importance of and the three different types of inspections available to a buyer. 
5. Create a Value Sheet which rates the importance of various emotional factors that influence a car purchase.

Tips on how to prioritize, set goals, organize, stay focused and take responsibility for one's actions.

This is an educational program designed to explain the basics of insurance and apply them to everyday situations that students can understand.   The How Insurance Works unit provides materials that will help students the basic principles and language of insurance, risk—and, of course, Choice, Chance and Control.  The Social Sciences unit examines insurance by tracing the industry’s development through history and exploring its roles in shaping society through the present.  The Mathematics unit delves into the statistical theories of insurance, teaching students to figure the probabilities behind their own life decisions.  The Consumer Economics unit puts students in direct contact with the insurance world, preparing them with the skills and tools to protect their chosen lifestyles. 

 Call this telephone etiquette, communications protocol, or just plain good 
 manners, but it’s an everyday skill students need.  Over a dozen dramatic and 
 often humorous re-enactments of telephone annoyances, pitfalls, foul-ups, and 
 irritations teach how to smooth electronic communication.  Some topics 
 covered include:  How to handle wrong numbers. ~ How to answer the 
 phone. ~ What information you should NOT give over the phone. ~ Talking 
 to machines. ~ The art of taking making messages. ~ The etiquette of fax 
 machine and car phones. ~ How to use call waiting, hold buttons, and 
 speaker phones to your advantage without irritating callers. ~ A telephone 
 voice—your personality in a wire. 

Basic office skills which are important in today's job market are explored--telephone etiquette, filing and office procedures, and prioritizing tasks.

Why do you have to pay this FICA guy?  Why don't you take home all the money you earn?  This program will help workers understand where their money is going.