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EDUCATION
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
Once upon a time, not so long ago, the classroom filmstrip
was everywhere. They taught us to change our underwear at least
twice a week, among other things. In this hour of To the Best
of Our Knowledge we'll revisit the golden age of classroom filmstrips.
So sit up straight.
SEGMENT 1:
A. J. Jacobs is the senior editor of Esquire
Magazine and the author of "The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble
Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World." Jacobs
decided to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. He tells Steve
Paulson why and some of the peculiar facts he picked up along
the way. Also, Dana Lindaman and Kyle Ward are the
authors of "History Lessons: How Textbooks from around the
World Portray American History." Lindaman tells Anne Strainchamps
even the textbooks of America's allies are full of anti-American
stereotypes and that Americans should remember that other countries
have different views of America.
SEGMENT 2:
Danny Gregory is the author of "Change
Your Underwear Twice A Week: Lessons from the Golden Age of Classroom
Filmstrips." He tells Jim Fleming that film-strips became
popular around the time of the second world war and were used
for industrial training and in public schools. And we hear examples.
SEGMENT 3:
Brendan Halpin is the author of "Losing
my Faculties: A Teacher's Story." Halpin tells Steve Paulson
about his early days as a teacher and why he stuck it out for
several years.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 04-10-10-B.
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Books:
- Dana Lindaman & Kyle
Ward, History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World
Portray U.S. History (The New Press)
- Danny Gregory, Change Your Underwear
Twice A Week: Lessons from the Golden Age of Classroom Filmstrips
(Artisan)
- Brendan Halpin, Losing My Faculties:
A Teacher's Story (Villard)
- A.J. Jacobs, The Know-It-All: One Man's
Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
(Simon & Schuster)
Links:
Music:
- -- "Encyclopedia"/NRBQ
from the CD, "You're Nice People You Are" (Rounder)
http://www.nrbq.com
- -- "Have Clav Will Travel"/Money Mark
from the CD, "Mark's Keyboard Repair" (MoWax/A&M
Records)
http://www.moneymark.com
- -- "Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A
Mass Of Incandescent Gas)"/They Might Be Giants
from the CD, "Why Does The Sun Shine?" (Elektra)
http://www.tmbg.com/froMain.html
- -- "Sunday Gardena Blvd."/Money Mark
from the CD, "Mark's Keyboard Repair" (MoWax/A&M
Records)
http://www.moneymark.com
- -- "Chocochip"/Money Mark
from the CD, "Change Is Coming" (Emperor Norton Records)
http://www.moneymark.com
Distribution dates:
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be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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