African American Lives:

DVD with Two Media Presentations and 24-page Guide:

Shirley A. Page has taught school in Philadelphia for 43 years. In "Aunt Shirley's Trunk" (26 minutes) she shares her trunk full of things she's saved and the stories that go with them. She provides a model for any individual or group to "pack up" their own memories.

"The Faith of Dr. Samuel Proctor" (25 minutes) is based on his book, The Substance of Things Hoped For: A Memoir of African American Faith. When Dr. Proctor was asked why he wrote his book, he responded, "I want to leave blacks with hope, courage, and inspiration. I want to leave others with a sense of understanding and appreciation for who we are and what we've done." We believe he succeeded.

CD with Guide in Binder:

Five sing-along songs : "This Little Light of Mine," "Trouble in Mind," "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," "Amazing Grace," and "We Shall Overcome." Then four stories to prompt memories and discussion.

African American Lives DVD/CD set: AA119 $70

African American Lives DVD and guide only: AA115 $50

African American Lives CD and guide only: AA295 $25

Aprons:

DVD with Media Presentation and Guide Page in Binder.

"Apronstrings." This collection of aprons and the stories that they (or their owners) might tell will prompt many more stories from your group, and maybe some aprons, too. The 14 minute DVD has subtitles.

Aprons DVD and guide only: AP115 $50

Automobiles:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

"You Oughta Have An Auto!" provides a chronology of the automobile in America. (20 minutes) It begins with the turn-of-the-century shout of Get a Horse! and continues to a modern rush hour traffic jam. The program closes with a look back at the very special cars in our family albums. The DVD is closed-captioned.

CD with Guide in Binder:

Sing-Along Songs and Stories on CD with Guide in Binder. Sing-along songs: "In My Merry Oldsmobile," "This Land Is Your Land," "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis," and "California, Here I Come." Stories for discussion: "Jalopies I Cursed and Loved" by John Steinbeck and "Goodbye, Old Paint" by Dereck Williamson.

Automobiles DVD/CD set: AU119 $70

Automobiles DVD and guide only: AU115 $50

Automobiles CD and guide only: AU295 $25

Birthdays:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

"Celebrate!" birthdays past, present and future, anticipated, memorable, forgettable and fun with poetry, music, international traditions, and plans for the next year. (10 minutes) The DVD is closed-captioned.

CD with Guide in Binder:

Sing-Along Songs and More. Sing-along songs: "When You're Smiling," "Get Up and Go," "Grandfather's Clock," "Turn Around," "When You and I Were Young, Maggie," and "The More We Get Together." Plus the history of birthdays and one more song to listen to.

Birthdays DVD/CD set: BD119 $70

Birthdays DVD and guide only: BD115 $50

Birthdays CD and guide only: BD295 $25

Christmas:

DVD with Media Presentation and Guide in Binder.

"Open for Christmas." This audiovisual extravaganza features holiday traditions, celebrations, and bright lights from all across America. It closes with a song composed just for the purpose. The 12 minute DVD has subtitles.

Christmas DVD and guide only: CM115 $50

County Fairs:

CD with Guide in Binder.

Sing-along songs: "Our State Fair," "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" (at the 1904 World's Fair) and "Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter Be?" (Johnny's so long at the fair). Then, merry-go-round music for the young at heart.

County Fairs CD and guide only: CF295 $25

The Depression:

CD with Guide in Binder.

A 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 popular radio shows from the 1930s.

The Depression CD and guide only: DP295 $25

Fall:

DVD with two Media Presentations on DVD with 8-page Guide in Binder.

In "Frost, You Say?" words and pictures illustrate the autumn morning activities of an independent farmer as he thinks about getting his place ready for winter. (8 minutes) "Fall Color" includes images of holidays, school starting, leaves falling, football, food, and clothes—in fall colors. (4 minutes) Both programs have subtitles.

CD with Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Piano Music. Four sing-along songs: "Button Up Your Overcoat," "Lullaby of the Leaves," "Shine On Harvest Moon," and "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come." Fall Piano Music for easy listening on four tracks: "Autumn Leaves," "Autumn Nocturne," "Indian Summer," and "Autumn in New York."

Fall DVD/CD set: FA119 $70

Fall DVD and guide only: FA115 $50

Fall CD and guide only: FA295 $25

Farm Days:

DVD with Media Presentation and 8-page Guide in Binder.

"Morning Chores and Other Times Remembered by Hadley Read." Put to music and illustrated with images. (12 minutes) The times remembered are threshing, being part of a family, going to town on Saturday night, and enjoying a winter wash day night; all as a young boy growing up on an Iowa farm during the Depression. Closed-captioned DVD.

CD with Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Fiddle Music. Sing-along songs: "Skip to My Lou", "The Farmer is the Man", "The Old Oaken Bucket", and "Little Brown Jug". Then, ten minutes of toe-tapping barn dance tunes from Wisconsin's state champion fiddle player.

Farm Days DVD/CD set: FD119 $70

Farm Days DVD and guide only: FD115 $50

Farm Days CD and guide only: FD295 $25

The Fashion:

DVD with Media Presentation and 8-page Guide in Binder.

"In Agony & Ecstasy" offers reflections on fashion as fashion offers reflections on our lives. (15 minutes) The DVD has subtitles.

CD with Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Stories. Seven sing-along songs: "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet," "Where Did You Get That Hat?," "Alice Blue Gown," "Second Hand Rose, Itsy Bitsy . . . Bikini," "To Look Sharp," and "Brylcreem, A Little Dab'll Do Ya." Five stories for discussion, three in prose and two in song.

The Fashion DVD/CD set: FS119 $70

The Fashion DVD and guide only: FS115 $50

The Fashion CD and guide only: FS295 $25

The Fifties:

DVD with two Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

In “The Fifties, Family-Style” the decade is explored through news photos and family photos. The segments are drawn together through narration and the sounds of the fifties that go along with the images. (22 minutes) There is a separate television news feature, "Meet the Inventor of Paint by Number." (7 minutes) Both programs are closed captioned.

CDwith Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Reminiscence. Five singers and a piano invite your group to sing along with five songs: “It’s Howdy Doody Time,” “Rock Around the Clock,” “Good Night, Irene,” “Happy Trails to You,” and anti-test bomb lyrics to the tune of “She’ll be Comin’ ’Round the Mountain When She Comes.” Then a reminiscence is titled, "What Life Was Like in the Frantic Fifties."

The Fifties DVD/CD set: FI119 $70

The Fifties DVD and guide only: FI115 $50

The Fifties CD and guide only: FI295 $25

Friends:

DVD with Media Presentation and Guide Page in Binder.

"An Album of Friends" offers an introduction to a discussion of all kinds of friends: old friends, newly-discovered friends, casual friends, understanding friends, and friends on call. The images are accompanied by music and poetry. The six minute DVD has subtitles.

Friends DVD and guide only: AL115 $50

Fun and Games:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

"The Games of Life" explores the fun of a lifetime, encourages a vote for a favorite game, and suggests that its never too late to have fun. The 16 minute DVD has subtitles.

CDwith Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Stories. Five sing-along songs: "Were Here for Fun," "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover," "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles," "Happy Hours at Home," and "The Hokey Pokey" (What's more fun than that?) Then, two great stories for discussion, "Tales of a Gambling Grandmother" and "The Shooter."

Fun and Games DVD/CD set: FG119 $70

Fun and Games DVD and guide only: FG115 $50

Fun and Games CD and guide only: FG295 $25

Home:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

The media offers a blueprint for helping the people in your group build the homes of their dreams in their imaginations. Using their memories of places they have lived, visited, or seen on TV or in the movies, they can design just the right home for the way they want to live today. The topics of everyday living and home and family lie offer much opportunity for thoughtful discussion. The 14-minute DVD has subtitles.

CD with Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Story. Six sing-along songs : "Keep the Horseshoe Over the Door (for good luck!)," "Home on the Range," "This House Is Your House," "Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat," "Little Boxes," and "Sing Your Way Home." Then, four stories to listen to and discuss: "Little Snoop," "Langston Terrace," "Monday Mornings," and "Going Home."

Home DVD/CD set: HM119 $70

Home DVD and guide only: HM115 $50

Home CD and guide only: HM295 $25

The Home Front:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

The "Stars on the Home Front" during World War II did war work, saved fuel and rubber, read newspapers and listened to the radio while they waited for (and worried about) their loved ones overseas.(15 minutes) The DVD has subtitles.

CDwith Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Radio. Four sing-along songs: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me, You're in the Army Now, For Me and My Gal, and It's Been A Long, Long Time. Plus a 1944 "Your Hit Parade" radio show that surveyed the top songs based on phonograph and sheet music sales.

The Home Front DVD/CD set: HF119 $70

The Home Front DVD and guide only: HF115 $50

The Home Front CD and guide only: HF295 $25

Jewish Memories:

DVD with Media Presentation and Guide Page in Binder.

Thirty minutes of reminiscences and music are accompanied by a treasure trove of images. The guide includes at least one discussion question for every image. Produced in Canada by Susan Berrin. The 30-minute DVD has subtitles.

Jewish Memories DVD and guide only: JM115 $50

Music:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

"Keeping Time." (20 minutes) Music provides the rhythm for our lives, for our memories, and for our moods. And for the future, if we pass on our musical traditions. The DVD has subtitles.

CDwith Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and More. Five sing-along songs: "I'd like to Teach the World to Sing," "The Band Played On," "I Whistle a Happy Tune," "A Place in the Choir," and from the DVD "Music in My Mother's House." Then, in a 20-minute program called "The Music of the Earth," Prof. Emeritus Francis Hole uses his violin and his imagination to present the music of the soil, the wind, and the trees.

Music DVD/CD set: MU119 $70

Music DVD and guide only: MU115 $50

Music CD and guide only: MU295 $25

1924:

CD with Guide in Binder.

Sing-along songs: "Ain't We Got Fun?"; "In My Merry Oldsmobile"; "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue"; and "Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge." Then the Charleston for setting a mood or dancing.

1924 CD and guide only: TF295 $25

Pets:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

The program is in seven sections: Our Family Pets, How we got our pets, Pets and children are good for each other, Pets are not for children only, Pets are good medicine, Lives of pet owners are not completely carefree, and Everyone's own pet is best. The DVD has subtitles.

CDwith Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Stories. The sing-along session has gone to the dogs with (How Much Is) "That Doggie in the Window?"; "Old Dog Tray"; "Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?"; "BINGO; I Have A Little Dog"; and "Yuk! Cats!" The final tracks offer equal time for cats, with three Cat Tales (actually, a poem, a story, and an essay) to prompt memories and discussion.

Pets DVD/CD set: PT119 $70

Pets DVD and guide only: PT115 $50

Pets CD and guide only: PT295 $25

School Days:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

"The Great Slate Escape" explores the memories of the narrator's grandmother, who started school in a one-room schoolhouse, went to a city high school and college, remembers Chautauquas, and continues to learn. (14 minutes) "School ABC's" images update the school days in "The Great Slate Escape." Update even more with a discussion of school topics that begin with each letter of the alphabet. (7 minutes) Both programs have subtitles.

CDwith Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along and Stories. Five sing-along songs: "America"; "Auld Lang Syne"; "The Quilting Party"; "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"; "Now the Day is Over"; and "School Days". Wonderful reminiscences from three generations of school children, and a story, too.

School Days DVD/CD set: SD119 $70

School Days DVD and guide only: SD115 $50

School Days CD and guide only: SD295 $25

The Sixties:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

Enjoy "Tuning Into the Sixties" with 42 minutes of images and narration in five segments. You can choose any of four shows by clicking on the TV Guide cover featuring JFK, War, Science, or Justice. Or choose the fifth option: click on Surfing and get a taste of sports, kids, fashion, music, food, movies, alternative programming, and, of course, some sponsors of that decade. You can always expect English captions for those who are deaf or hearing-impaired, but now, for the first time, you can also choose Spanish subtitles.

CD with Guide in Binder.

The CD features a sing-along led by Pete Seeger in 1965: "Turn, Turn, Turn," "If I Had A Hammer," "Guantanamera," and "This Land Is Your Land." Then select from 15 tracks with excerpts from speeches and TV from the decade. Includes a copy of a participant booklet, "Sixties Folk." The lyrics for the sing-along songs are here, but not the music scores for these familiar tunes. That gave us space for more large-format photographs, Top 40 Hits, and Best-Selling Authors.

The Sixties DVD/CD set: SX119 $70

The Sixties DVD and guide only: SX115 $50

The Sixties CD and guide only: SX295 $25

Spring:

DVD with Media Presentation and 12-page Guide in Binder.

The kit materials are based on what people have said or remembered about spring. Nearly the entire narration for the media presentation is made up of quotations. It begins, "Don't you find yourself thinking spring thoughts long before there is any real let-up of winter's harshness?" Colorful "Spring Thoughts" pop up from then on to accompany current and historical photos. Some are in spring colors, others in black-and white. The 15 minute DVD has subtitles.

CDwith Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Stories on CD. Sing-along songs: "Spring Carol"; "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along"; "I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time"; "When It's Springtime in the Rockies" (includes a new verse from Bi-Folkal); "Sweet Violets"; and "The Ash Grove." Then, four stories for discussion: "Discarded Oilcloths Told Tales," "First Kiss," "Mysteries of Spring," and "Chocolate City Man."

Spring DVD/CD set: SP119 $70

Spring DVD and guide only: SP115 $50

Spring CD and guide only: SP295 $25

Summertime:

DVD with Media Presentation and 8-page Guide in Binder.

"Summer Is" the slam of a screen door, the slap of a fly swatter, the clink of ice cubes in a glass and all of the other sights and sounds in this montage. (10 minutes) The sunny DVD has subtitles.

CDwith Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and Stories. Five sing-along songs: "In the Good Old Summertime," "Daisy Bell," "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer," "The Sidewalks of New York," and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." Three really great stories: "Let the Screen Door Slam," "Fourth of July" and "The Summer I Learned to See."

Summertime DVD/CD set: ST119 $70

Summertime DVD and guide only: ST115 $50

Summertime CD and guide only: ST295 $25

Train Rides:

CD with Guide in Binder.

Four sing-along songs: "Wabash Cannonball," "Casey Jones," "I've Been Working on the Railroad," and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe." Then, six Railroad Ballads.

Train Rides CD and guide only: TR295 $25

Valentine's Day:

DVD with Media Presentation and Guide Page in Binder.

The message here is that sharing affectionate greetings is too fun and too important to only do it one day a year! The 10-minute DVD has subtitles.

Valentine's Day DVD and guide only: VT115 $50

Work Life:

DVD with Media Presentation and 8-page Guide in Binder.

"Many Hands" begins with the call to work, compares work days present and past, and considers the reasons why we work. Work history from that first job to retirement and beyond. (20 minutes) The DVD is has subtitles.

CD with Guide in Binder.

Sing-Along Songs and More. Sing-along songs: "Sixteen Tons," "The Housewife's Lament," "Aragon Mill," and "Hush, Little Baby." Then discussion-starting accounts of three turn-of-the-century workdays.

Work Life DVD/CD set: WL119 $70

Work Life DVD and guide only: WL115 $50

Work Life CD and guide only: WL295 $25