Tag: Kathleen Thompson
America’s Children
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Dance-Dance-Revolution.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 5/15/2003 Dance, Dance, Revolution Transcript Despite all our knowledge about vitamins, foods, and exercise, so many of us are not eating or exercising the right way. Because of our poor habits, childhood obesity and other health problems are on the rise. Luckily, though, some […]
Children of the Depression — in Photographs
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Children-of-the-Depression-in-Photos.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/27/2002 Children of the Depression Transcript The facts are still staggering, as Kathleen Thompson and Hilary Mac Austin remind us in their new book, Children of the Depression. In 1933, they write, “34 million men women and children were entirely without income. That was […]