Remembering the Depression
 
Complete Kit:   DP103 $300

Voices from the Depression nears its conclusion with these words:

"And Franklin D. Roosevelt would be back again in 1940. But not before the Depression made a hero out of every sufferer who made it through. Your history needs to be shared. At the least, younger people will feel proud to be your children. At the most, your insights can provide a survival handbook for tomorrow."

"This kit is unique because it fosters a sense of importance for the plight of the individual living in the Depression, it encourages the viewer to be a living historian, and it does not compromise on quality of depth by trying for a simplistic presentation. I have shown the program to the young and the old and combinations thereof. It always meets with enthusiasm and a visible deepening of historical understanding..."

Dr. Ronald Manheimer, Director
Center for Creative Retirement
UNCAsheville

Remembering the Depression complete kit comprises:

Media Presentation on VHS Video. "Voices from the Depression" describe in story and folk song how people made it through hard times. The is divided into five sections, each followed by a question and an invitation to share experiences. (29 minutes)

Cassette tapes. The taped narration for the 140-slide show is on two separate cassettes. Tape #1, Side 1 has the narration with inaudible signals for automatic advance on side 1, and on side 2, sing-along performance of So Long, It's Been Good to Know You. Tape #2, Side 2 has the narration with audible signals to change the slides, plus a half-hour program called Remembering Depression Radio, with excerpts from six shows.

• Tape #1 DP409 $12
• Tape #2 DP410 $12

CD with Guide in Binder. The sing-along performance of "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You"  plus a half-hour program called Remembering Depression Radio, with excerpts from six shows. 

25 Booklets. Words from the Depression with the lyrics to the songs in the media presentation: "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?"; "Beans, Bacon and Gravy"; "Seven-Cent Cotton"; "Union Woman"; "Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again"; and "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You" and a commentary on the times by Will Rogers.

Skit. Apple Seller meets Pencil Pusher on a city sidewalk in The Merger. 3 scripts in large print.

Art Print.  "American Gothic" by Grant Wood, a color print.

25 Handouts. A large-print list of New Deal "Alphabet Agencies" to decode and remember.

Activity. Ten copies of a column from Colliers National Weekly where five shapes were offered for readers to use in designing a silhouette, called a Colliergraph. Set of black tagboard shapes, plus a guide page for cutting out your own shapes, and five white pencils for tracing.

Things to Touch. A small reproduction flour sack made up in a pretty print that could be put to other uses when the flour was gone, and a plastic apple, tin cup and pencils to use for skit props and for discussion.

Manual. The usual helpful hints and suggested resources, plus an outline for a series of five programs on the slide/tape sections. (115 pages)

Kit bag. Holds everything together in a convenient carrying case of navy blue and yellow vinyl. Includes window pocket and luggage tag labels.

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