Tag: History
Thanksgiving and History
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Thanksgiving-some-holiday-history.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 11/23/2006 Thanksgiving and History Transcript As we celebrate Thanksgiving, it’s difficult to imagine what that first celebration was like for the Allertons, Hopkinses, and other families who broke bread together on that autumn day nearly four hundred years ago. How do we even know […]
The American Story
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-American-Story.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/11/2006 The American Story Transcript You wouldn’t know it today, to judge by all the tourists and traffic, but St. Augustine, Florida, just a short morning’s drive from Gainesville, where we produce these programs, lays claim to the title, First City in America. First […]
Ben Franklin’s Kids
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ben-Franklins-Kids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/19/2005 Ben Franklin’s Kids Transcript It was Ben Franklin’s birthday a few days ago, just the right time to pass along this information that we received from Seymour Block, who listens to these programs and is a neighbor and friend. Seymour is also an […]
A Dream of Freedom
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Dream-of-Freedom.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/17/2005 A Dream of Freedom Transcript It’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and his life and death are central to a new book for young people by Diane McWhorter called A Dream of Freedom, The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968. This […]
On This Spot
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Susan-Goodmans-On-This-Spot-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/11/2004 On This Spot Transcript As a graduate student, I studied with the poet, Charles Olson, who, among many other things — like coining the word, post-modern — held steadfastly to the idea that a poet had to locate him or herself in a […]
Frontier Children
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Frontier-Children-on-the-Westward-Trail.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/23/2004 Frontier Children Transcript In the second half of the 19th century, the prevailing view of the ideal Victorian child was someone who could enjoy a life of carefree happiness before coming of age and taking on adult responsibilities, but for thousands of children […]
Inventor’s Day: Benjamin Franklin’s Almanac
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Intventors-Day-Benjamin-Franklins-Almanac-Book-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/10/2004 Inventor’s Day: Benjamin Franklin’s Almanac Transcript Ben Franklin was an American original — a self-taught popular writer, a political and social philosopher, a skilled politician and statesman, an entrepreneur, and, of course, an inventor. It’s Inventor’s Day tomorrow, and there are few other […]
Nat Love, African American Cowboy
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Nat-Love-African-American-Cowboy.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/5/2004 Nat Love, African American Cowboy Transcript In the mid 19th century, the western frontier drew many adventure seekers, some of them quite young teenagers. Nat Love was born in a Tennessee slave cabin in 1856. It took a long time for news of […]
History and Thanksgiving
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/History-and-Thanksgiving-.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 11/27/2003 History and Thanksgiving Transcript As we celebrate Thanksgiving it’s difficult to imagine what that first celebration was like for the Allertons, Hopkinses, and other families who broke bread together on that autumn day nearly four hundred years ago. How do we even know […]
Johnny Tremain
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Patriots-Day-Johnny-Tremain.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/22/2002 Johnny Tremain Transcript As a source of literary inspiration, the American Revolution has inspired surprisingly few fictional tales that have stood the test of time. Unlike the Civil War, or World War II, action stories and adventure films have rarely successfully explored the […]