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Hello, my name is Jeff Bremick and I am a student in the History and Education program at Teachers College.
The primary reason I approached this coarse was due to the fact that I see great potential within the concept of a digital studio, both within the classroom and elseware. With the now ubequitious nature of education being a world of traveling from one distant conference to the next, the need for a digital meeting ground within which educators could come together and share their thoughts and ideas has become, in my opinion, paramount. Add to this the fact that this technology could be easily adapted to help insure a more unified public school system, one in which every student, regardless of where they happen to be located geographically, could learn of the amazing diversity of individuals that exist within this nation. The technology to accomplish this task already exists, all that is lacking is the will to pursue it.
My time at Teachers College has been as varied as the rest of my life. In addition to my studies at TC, the last two years I have spent in New York have been a revelation to me in a number of ways, and these realizations have led to entirely new avenues of research to pursue and develop. Given that I already had a background within the field of urban education, I have tailored much of my research towards the goal of solving some of the unique problems that face urban educators and their students. These include tailoring schools to their specific environments, embracing the diverity of urban student bodies and making safety a priority in order to decrease teacher turnover. This line of inquiry was largely the result of the spotlight that Teachers College placed upon these problems, a light which has encouraged me to reexamine my own upbringing in an urban school environment and to attempt to create solutions to many of the problems facing these types of schools.
It should be noted that regardless of my interest in present-day urban schooling, my primary studies follow my own calling as a historian. My primary project within the historical field at Teachers College involves a study into the education of children during the Atomic Age of the 1950's. To put it succinctaly, how did the government teach children in the 1950's about the atomic bomb? How does one go about explaining to a child that the world as they know it could be destroyed in an instant, at any time? Simply avoiding the discussion is not possible, as there were legitimate safety measures that these children and adoloecents had to know in order to maximize their chances for survival. It was these questions which drew me to this topic, and the search for their answers is what kept me engaged through months of research. The final result was the article "The ABC's of the Atomic Age: How the United States Government Taught Children About the Bomb." My time at Teachers College has included engaging discussions, intelligent commentary, interesting conferences and unique experiences galore. This insitution has in many ways changed my goals and my views on where I plan on going in the future. It is my hope that this digital studio can form the basis for conveying the unique atmosphere of Teachers College out into the pubilc domain, where it can continue to grow and change while being viewed by those outside of the academic community as well.
Following is a short collection of examples from the bibliograhpy of my article on the 1950's, which will allow those that wish to the opportunity to follow up on my research. Atomic Music
Atomic Bomb Blues (1946). Homer Harris (with Muddy Waters). Columbia Records. http://www.atomicplatters.com
Atomic Cocktail (1946). Slim Gaillard Quartette. Atomic Inc: Hollywood, CA. http://www.atomicplatters.com
Atomic Sermon (1953). Billy Hughes and his Rhythm Buckeroos. Space 1002. http://www.atomicplatters.com
Bert the Turtle(The Duck and Cover Song) (1953). Dick “Two Ton” Baker. http://www.atomicplatters.com
Hydrogen Bomb (1959). Al Rex. Roller Coaster Records. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.atomicplatters.com
Civil Defense Movies
A is for Atom (1953). The Prelinger Collection. Library of Congress Archives.
http://www.archive.org/details/isforAto1953.
About Fallout (1963). The Prelinger Collection. Library of Congress Archives. http://archive.org/details/AboutFal1963
Atomic Alert (Elementary Version – 1951). The Prelinger Collection. Library of Congress Archives. http://www.archive.org/details/AtomicAl1951.
Duck and Cover (1951). The Prelinger Collection. Library of Congress Archives. http://www.archive.org/details/DuckandC1951.
Our Cities Must Fight (1951). The Prelinger Collection. Library of Congress Archives. http://archive.org/details/OurCitie1951.
Radiological Defense (1965). The Prelinger Collection. Library of Congress Archives.http://www.archive.org/details/Radiolog1961.
Survival Under Atomic Attack (1951). The Prelinger Collection. Library of Congress Archives. http://www.archive.org/details/Survival1951.
Journals and Periodicals
Ikle, Fred Charles. The Social versus the Physical Effects from Nuclear Bombing. The Scientific Monthly, 1954
Lutz, Frank W. Anxiety, Achievement and Pupil Behavior in Children Attending Schools with Shelter Facilities. American Educational Research Journal, New York University, 1965
Newman, Clayton. Atomic ABC’s. Time Magazine (Aug 21, 1950)
Newman, Clayton. The Sheltered Life. Time Magazine (Oct. 20, 1961)
Ridgeway, James M. School Civil Defense Measures. The Elementary School Journal, University of Chicago Press, 1954
Shrigley, Robert L. Fifth Graders Explore the Atom. The Elementary School Journal: The University of Chicago Press, 1959
Public Service Announcements (Scripts)
Every Living Thing (1959). Joni James. http://atomicplatters.com
Excellent Chances (1953). Groucho Marx. http://atomicplatters.com
Help Ourselves (1959). Johnny Cash. http://atomicplatters.com
Secondary Sources:
The Atomic Café. Jayne Loader and Kevin Rafferty. New York: First Run Features. 1982, reissued 1993.
Boyer, Paul. By the Bombs Early Light. New York, NY: University of North Carolina Press. 1985.
Brown, JoAnn. A is for Atom, B is for Bomb. The Journal of American History, June 1988.
The Civil Defense Museum. http://www.civildefensemuseum.com
O’Brien, Christopher S. “And Everything Would be done to Protect Us”: The Cold War, the Bomb and America’s Children, 1945-1963. University of Kansas, 2002.
