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The Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-International-Childrens-Film-Fest.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/22/2002 The Chicago International Children’s Film Festival Transcript Another good reason to be in Chicago over the next two weeks, especially if your children are true film buffs, is the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival that will be running from October 24th to November 3rd. This […]
The Chicago Humanities Festival
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-Humanities-Festival-1.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/21/2002 The Chicago Humanities Festival Transcript One of the truly exciting celebrations of the work that is produced for and by children and young people will be taking place in Chicago over the next two weeks. It’s the Children’s Festival which runs in schools […]
Evel Knievel & Boyhood’s Dreams
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Evel-Knievel-and-Boyhoods-Dreams.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/17/2002 Evel Knievel & Boyhood’s Dreams Transcript Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. There are war heroes, guitar heroes, super heroes and every day heroes. But there is one hero from my childhood who defies categorization-and he called himself Evel Knievel. Knievel was […]
September 11th: Help on the Internet
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/September-11th-on-the-Internet.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 9/10/2002 September 11th: Help on the Internet Transcript With the anniversary of September 11, many children may be confused and scared because they can not fully understand this tragedy and what they might be able to do in response to it. When considering how […]
Orville Wright
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Orville-Wright-Child-Tinkerer.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/19/2002 Orville Wright Transcript Even as a young child, Orville was interested in tinkering and trying new things. On the morning of his fifth birthday, his father brought him a special present. It was a top, but the strangest-looking top Orville had ever seen. […]
Inventions: Tivoli Gardens
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Tivoli-Gardens-The-First-Theme-Park.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/15/2002 Tivoli Gardens Transcript Tivoli Gardens — the famous amusement park in Denmark, which took its name from a much older Tivoli Gardens in Italy — opened its gates in the late summer of 1843. It was the brainchild of an entertainment entrepreneur named […]
On the Way to Candyland
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/On-the-Way-to-Candyland.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/5/2002 679-08663996 © Masterfile Royalty-Free Model Release: Yes Property Release: No Young woman chewing gum, close up. On the Way to Candyland Transcript In 2000, the last year that we have any figures for, American children and young people under 18 devoured a little […]
Yankee Doodle
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Yankee-Doodle.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/3/2002 Yankee Doodle Transcript Yankee Doodle went to town, Riding on a pony. Stuck a feather in his hat and called it Macaroni. If you think about it, it is a little bit odd that the unofficial American anthem is a nonsensical nursery rhyme. […]
Childhoods of the Presidents: JFK
It's John F. Kennedy's birthday today, and Kevin Shortsleeve has some reflections on the youth of our 35th president.