Language and Communication
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Traces the development of spoken and written language; shows the pictographic, ideographic, and phonetic stages; points out that the ability to communicate ideas in sound and writing made the growth of knowledge possible.
Many shots of people reading, recording information, teaching, telling stories, talking on the phone. Shots of street signs and traffic, and nonverbal symbols. Shots of Latino and Latina people doing everyday work. Exterior building shots, shots of different modes of transportation. Film explains the three stages of writing (pictographic, ideographic, phonetic), showing historical examples of each. Illustrations depicting the ancient world (Egypt, Greece, Phoenicia, etc) People studying hieroglyphics, reading, and learning languages.
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