Growing up Canadian. Play [WorldCat Entities]

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"Play"@en
"Work"
"School"

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""Canada's biggest playground, winter, leads the way as we look at a century of play for Canadian kids. In the beginning you made your own gear and toys, but some store-bought things were irresistible. What Canadian girl, in her time, wouldn't want an Eaton's Beauty doll or a Barbara Ann Scott doll? And what boy, swept up in a cowboy craze, wouldn't die to have a Gene Autry gun or a Lash LaRue whip?"--Container."@en
"Explores the myths and realities of Canadian childhood. Marks the contribution of childhood and youth experience in defining Canada as it grew into full nationhood in the 20th century."
"Exxplores the myths and realities of Canadian childhood through family life, schooling, work, play, health and the media."@en
"Looks at the work experiences of Canadian children and young people, who worked on farms, in the mines, on the fishing dories, as servants, housekeepers, in the garment industry and later in factories and offices."
""Early campaigns to fight poverty and disease and help children grow up healthy led to the introduction of the school nurse, nose blowing drills and lice inspections. From open-air schools to confusing sex education classes, Health was a part of the curriculum throughout the last century. This episode traces the rise of dental care, from early century programs in schools to dentists traveling to remote areas by boat or train. Canadians recall terrifying epidemics and lengthy periods of quarantine. Home remedies were frightening enough to keep children from complaining about being ill. Over the course of the century we see the impact of public health care on children's lives"--Container."@en
""From working six days a week in a factory to serving up sundaes at the Dairy Queen on weekends, Canadian children have done it all. In the first half of the century many families couldn't get by without financial help from their kids. The nation counted on its young when it came to wartime; from joining up to fight to tucking a love note in a scarf knit for an unknown soldier, witnesses recall their contributions. Recollections of work include cheapskate bosses, the decision to quit and the experience of getting fired. It was tough working in the coal mines and out in the fishing dories, but even babysitters join in the complaints about lousy conditions and low pay!"--Container."@en
"Canada's biggest playground, winter, leads the way as we look at a century of play for Canadian kids."@en
""Growing up has become marked in school years but at the beginning of the 20th century most children attended primary school only. This bygone era is wonderfully evoked by still photos and archival film showing what children studied and where, from the one-room schoolhouse to a railway car. School in the 1940s and '50s is brought to life through interviews with adults who remember the first day at kindergarten, feared and loved teachers and encounters with the strap. The '60s and '70s brought television into the classroom and the concept of the open school, which changed the actual building"--Container."@en
"Starts at the beginning of the 20th century illustrating with still photographs, movie clips and interviews with people of their experiences. Child labour, Home children from England, work on farms, in the mines and telegram delivery boys. Girls work as servants, housekeepers and in the garmet industry and later in factories and offices. Includes a brief mention of World War I and one interview with a participant recalling his leave in Paris."@en
"From working six days a week in a factory to serving up sundaes at the Dairy Queen on weekends, Canadian children have done it all. In the first half of the century many families couldn't get by without financial help from their kids. The nation counted on its young when it came to wartime; from joining up to fight to tucking a love note in a scarf knit for an unknown soldier, witnesses recall their contributions. Recollections of work include cheapskate bosses, the decision to quit and the experience of getting fired. It was tough working in the coal mines and out in the fishing dories, but even babysitters join in the complaints about lousy conditions and low pay!"@en
"Starts at the beginning of the 20th century illustrating with still photographs, movie clips and interviews with people of their experiences. Little or no school for the country children. Development of elementary schools and vocational schools. Law governing children's schooling. Some early lessons describe."@en
"These documentaries expore the myths and realities of Canadian childhood through family life, schooling, work, play, health and the media."@en
"Looks at the programs in schools to help children grow up healthy. Traces the rise of dental care. Canadians recall epidemics and lengthy periods of quarantine. Looks at the impact of public health care on children's lives."@en
"Using still photos and archival film, shows what school was like at the beginning of the 20th century, when most children attended primary school only. School in the 1940s and '50s is brought to life through interviews with adults. The '60s and '70s brought television into the classroom and the concept of the open school, which changed the actual building."