Month 10 - Libraries of Hope

Libraries of Hope / Well-Educated Heart

Month Ten

AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY

Music:
World War I

It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary with WWI images
Pack All Your Troubles with footage
Over There with lyrics
James Cagney as George M. Cohan who wrote Over There
Til We Meet Again with lyrics

World War II

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy sung by Andrews sisters
The White Cliffs of Dover
We'll Meet Again with WW2 images

Depression

Try a Little Tenderness original recording in 1930s

Musicals

*Annie (1982)
*The Music Man (1962)
*Newsies (1992)
Carousel (1956)
Singing in the Rain (fun clip from movie)
West Side Story (1961)
*Babes in Toyland (1961) Disney

Movies:
Home and Family

*Pollyanna (1960) Disney
*Summer Magic (1963) Disney
*Follow Me, Boys (1966) Fred MacMurray helps youth in small town as their Scoutmaster
Dreamer (2005) Story of a girl and her horse, inspired by a true story.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Classic best movie ever!
*Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) The classic version.
I Remember Mama (1948) Norwegian immigrant family in 1910 San Francisco
Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House (1948) Cary Grant

World War I

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Sargeant York (1941) Gary Cooper
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 1979

Depression

World War II

MacArthur (1977)
Patton (1970)
PT 109 (1963) John F. Kennedy story
The Longest Day (1962) D-Day
Bataan (1943) Japanese conquest of Philippines
Battle of Britain (1969) 1940 vs. Nazis
Mrs. Miniver (1942) British family struggle to survive.
Holocaust (1978) TV mini-series
Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 3 vets after WWII
I Was a Male War Bride (1949) Cary Grant comedy
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Cary Grant comedy

Titanic

Titanic (1953)
A Night to Remember (1958)

Evolution

Inherit the Wind (1960) 1925 Scopes trial

Space Program

October Sky (1999) True story of Homer Hickham
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Right Stuff (1983) Mercury astronaunts, r-rated

RUSSIA

Russia outline map
Pinterest Crafts and Food
Russian children's games
More Russian children's games
Russian alphabet
Russian alphabet song
Basic Russian phrases
Colors in Russian

Plays:

Music:

Movies: (*for the whole family)

*Anastasia (1997) animated musical
*Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Musical about Jewish peasants in pre-revolutionary Russia
Anastasia (1956) Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner
Nicholas and Alexandria (1971) Czar Nicholas I
War and Peace (1956) Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda
Ivan the Terrible (1943)
The Scarlet Empress (1934) The story of Catherine the Great

GERMANY

Germany outline map
Pinterest Crafts and Food
German children's games
More German games
German words for kids to know
Old MacDonald in German and English
Five Little Monkeys in German and English
ABC's in German
Colors in German

Plays:

Music:

German national anthem
German folk music
Accordian music and scenes of the Alps (1 hour+)
German accordian duet (2 min.)
Beer Barrel Polka
Bernstein conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
Short movement from Pastoral with nature scenes
Different movement from Pastoral, more nature
First movement to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach's Siciliano played by Galway
Bach's Organ Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Bach's Little Fugue in G Minor
Humperdinck's Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
Brother, Come and Dance With Me Hansel and Gretel
Wagner's Bridal March from Lohengrin
Movie theme from The Great Escape

Movies:

The Great Escape (1963) WWII Nazi POW camp
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 1948 court tries 4 Nazis for war crimes.
The Book Thief (2013)
The Monuments Men (2014) Rescue of art in WWII
Schindler's List (1993) r-rated

EASTERN EUROPE, POLAND, HUNGARY, AUSTRIA, ETC.

Movies:

*Sound of Music (1965) Austria
I Am David (2003) Bulgarian Communist concentration camp.
The Courageous Heart of Irene Sendler (2009) True story of Polish underground.
*Miracle of the White Stallions (1963) Stallion rescue of WWII Austria. Disney movie.
The Great Waltz (1938) Austria Story of Johann Strauss II

Music:

Austrian National Anthem
(Austria) Maria and Capt. von Trapp dance the Laendler
Scenes from Austria and folk music
(Austria) Strauss' Emperor's Waltz
(Austria) Mozart's 12 variations on Twinkle, Twinkle
Mozart 4 Kids
Strauss' Blue Danue Waltz with ballet waltzers
(Czech) Dvorak's Slavonic Dance No. 3 with Prague scenes
(Czech) Dvorak's Slavonic Dances, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman
Dvorak's Humoresque Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma
Brahm's Hungarian Rhapsody