Episodes
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
Reflections on Jim's Comments, part 2 - 169
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
This is my reflection on part 2 of my interview with Jim Spradley.
If you haven't listened to Part 1, it is episode 166.
His focus during this segment of the interview is the importance of school.
He wanted to go to school. He talks about the desire to hear his teacher read the chapters from Black Beauty.
So the point of my reflection is to help you revisit what Jim said. I especially want to plant seeds for creating engaging activities for the classroom.
Check out my thoughts.
How could you use what Jim talks about to help your kids better understand what was going on in south Georgia in the 1920s and 1930s.
By the way, one of my favorite comments has to do with Jim explaining to his dad that he has a test and must go to school.
Thanks for listening.
Next week will be part 3 of my interview with Jim.
Take care.
Length- 8:46
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Jim Spradley - Child of Sharecroppers - Education, part 2 - 168
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
This is part 2 of my interview with Jim Spradley. He was born in 1923 in south Georgia.
He is in his 90's. Today we are talking about education and a desire to go to school.
Jim mentions books that made an impact on him when he was young. He liked the stories of the hero making it to the top by working hard.
He discusses his father allowing him to go to school but that when he got home from school he changed clothes to do his chores.
Jim shares thoughts about teachers celebrating kids who did something great! He comments that many of the older boys talked about getting old enough to quit school not school as a way out.
Enjoy this new segment of my interview of Jim Spradley.
Make sure that you listen past when we say goodbye. We talk a little longer.
Next week I will have a short episode as I reflect on Jim's comments in part two.
Length- 14:38
Friday Oct 13, 2017
Reflections on Jim's Comments - 167
Friday Oct 13, 2017
Friday Oct 13, 2017
In episode 165 I talked about the upcoming series of shows that would be focused on my interview with Mr. Jim Spradley. In the first segment of the interview (episode 166), Jim shares his thoughts about growing up in rural Dooly County (south Georgia). He was born in 1923.
Today, I am focused on reflecting on some of what Jim talked about.
Think about how you could use Jim's comments to help your classes understand what it was like living in south Georgia in the 1920s and 30s.
How could you use his comments to create an engaging activity?
Next week will be part two of Jim's interview.
Length: 7:52
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Jim Spradley - Child of Sharecroppers - Rural Georgia - 166
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Mr. Jim Spradley was born in 1923. He was the child of sharecroppers in Dooly County, Georgia.
This is the first part of my interview with Jim. At the time of this interview he was 91 years old. (By the way, one of his dogs was sitting with him on the couch, from time to time you can hear the dog at his side.)
This episode is focused on growing up in rural Georgia.
Our talk is an excellent source of information for generating discussions with students about life in rural Georgia on farms.
You will hear Jim- also known as Watson and Bud- recall going to school, buying supplies, working on the farm, and daily life.
Food for thought... How could you use Jim's recollections of his life to create an engaging activity for your classes?
He talks about overalls, sharecropper, mules, cotton, and much more. Could you use these words to help explain life on a farm in rural Georgia?
Listen to his story about not wearing shoes for the class picture. What did the boys try to get away with and why?
At the conclusion of this episode we even talk about needing to see a doctor.
By the way, at the beginning of the episode, you hear Jim mentioning an interaction with a WWI veteran who he ran into just before he shipped out to WWII. He was worried about what was going to happen and whether he would return and the gentleman wanted to tell him stories about WWI. He promised himself that he would never tell boring stories of how he won the war. I think that you will discover that these stories are far from boring.
Thanks for listening.
Enjoy!
Length - 27:17
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Primary vs Secondary Resources - 165
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Do you take time to explain the difference between primary and secondary sources of information to your classes?
Do you require the kids to learn to use primary sources not just secondary?
Today I will introduce you to the difference between primary and secondary sources. Then, in the coming weeks, I will share my interview with Mr. Jim Spradley.
At the time of my interview he was 91 years old. He has lived life. He is the children of sharecroppers in south Georgia. He was in the US Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After the war, he focued on starting a business to make a living. He was quite successful.
This is the first episode of a five part series. I hope that you will be inspired as well as think about how you could use this interview to help engage the kids in your classes.
Thanks for listening.
Length: 12:52