Use the Tools of the Trade—Inside the Carpenter’s Toolbox DVD and accompanying instructor’s guide to increase your female (and male!) students’ knowledge of basic tools by demonstrating their use, while giving context to the field in general.
Women tend to have less informal tool-use experience
outside of the classroom and therefore find it more difficult to identify tools when
they enter the trades. This is increasingly true for males and instructors have
reported positive results in both their male and female students after
demonstrating tool-use in their classrooms. With this video, women (and men)
can not only see how the tools look, but also view their applications.
In general, women do better when they see technology modeled, then repeat the
steps themselves through imitative learning. This video will show your students
exactly how each tool is used so that they will be able to use them properly on
their own. Additionally, research shows that want to know how the technology will
be used and they are more likely to stay in a class where that information is given
upfront. This series includes not only examples of tool use, but also contextual
applications of each tool and a bigger picture of the industry itself, including
potential career options.
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Inside the Carpenter’s Toolbox Video:
How do carpenters turn building materials into buildings? To find out, this
19-minute program takes a look at the tools and construction materials
carpenters depend on every day. After a rundown on manufactured wood
products like plywood, OSB, I-beam joists, and glu-lams as well as the fasteners
that hold them all together, the video covers a variety of carpentry tools divided
into four groups: planning and drawing, measuring and marking, cutting and
shaping, and fastening and assembly. Types of carpenters—rough, finish, and
general—are also discussed, and safety is reinforced throughout. The DVD
concludes by highlighting resources that are available to those interested in
becoming carpenters.
Topics include:
- Rough Carpenters and Finish Carpenters
- General Contractors
- Carpentry Materials
- Construction Fasteners
- Carpentry Safety Precautions
- Four Stages of Construction
- Planning and Drawing Tools
- Measuring and Marking Tools
- Cutting and Shaping Tools
- Assembly and Fastening Tools
- Experience and Education in Carpentry
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Inside the Carpenter’s Toolbox Instructor’s Guide:
This 16-page instructor’s guide will allow you to prepare your students before
they use the program, assist them as they navigate through the program, and
present follow-up activities to reinforce the program’s key learning objectives,
which are:
- Identifying and understanding basic safety standards within general carpentry.
- Identifying and understanding proper use of building materials including wood building materials, fasteners, and adhesives.
- Demonstrating proper use and maintenance of basic carpenter’s tools, including the many hand- and power-operated tools used by carpenters, including poweractuated fasteners.
- Being able to explore carpentry career opportunities.
Who Can Use the Series:
This series is appropriate to such curriculum areas as Technology Education,
Trade, and Industrial Education. In addition, the information presented in Tools of
the Trade could also be presented in vocational/technical schools or “Do it
Yourself” adult education courses, as well as Women in Technology courses. Download instructor's guide (PDF).
Disclaimer: While the narrator and demonstrators are mostly male, we believe
these DVDs will help all of your students develop the basic introductory skills they
need to succeed in the Carpentry.
Pricing - Tools of the Trade—Inside the Carpenter’s Toolbox
 Item Code |
Quantity |
Price |
| EDV99 |
Complete Series of 6 DVDs |
$599.70 |
| EDV101 |
Tools of the Trade—Inside
the Carpenter’s Toolbox |
$99.95 |
