Summary:
Footage on preparing future generations for the metric system in American education and society. This segment covers teaching metric along side the customary system in Milwaukee public schools. It includes footage at 82nd Street School and Wells Junior High in classes for wood shop and chemistry. It also addresses the costs of training teachers and writing textbooks, and concludes with a British educational comparison stating that students and teachers are adjusting to both systems.
This mini documentary is dated February 1977.
| Series: | Special Report and Other Footage |
| Date: | Undated |
| Reporter: | Melodie Wilson |
| Film Segment: | 8 |
| Film Reel: | SR360 |
| Soundtrack: | Magnetic |
| B/W or Color: | Color |
| Positive/Negative: | Postive |
| Condition: | Good |
| Script: | No |
| Citation: | [ CREATE A BRIEF TITLE BASED ON SUMMARY PROVIDED ], undated, Special Report and Other Footage, Milwaukee Journal Stations Records, Milwaukee Mss Collection 203, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department. |
| Rights: | Copyright © WTMJ-TV |