Even Break Through Head Start

Titles. Re co-operative project to provide disadvantaged kids w/ “compensatory experiences”. 11:18:30 Black children on slide & swings in playground. Officials involved in project. Cute shots little Black kids getting on school bus supervised by Black female teacher. 11:19:22 INT bus during journey to college campus - kids accompanied by mothers - kids off bus. 11:19:37 Kids file into classroom, each given cookies & juice by White female staff - VO “these snacks supplement small breakfasts”. Kids at tables. Mothers observe class activities - watch kids’ interaction w/ others. Hand puppets. 11:21:13 White female teacher plays ukulele, Black kids gathered at her feet singing. Kids play w/ turtles / terrapins on classroom floor; trainee teachers all White watch kids. Story hour in school library. Kids around table painting - teachers assisted by high school students. 11:22:56 Kids & parents on field trip to Home Pride Bakery; shown around bakery wearing white hats - watch cookies on conveyor belt - baker hands out cookies to eat. 11:23:32 Black girl evaluated by teacher - discussion recorded on tape recorder. Kids in school gym playing w/ basketballs. Child Study Center - White male teacher conducts “Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test” w/ little girl & boy. Drawings analysed. Staff meeting - records of individual children updated. 11:26:06 Campus School Principal & Vice-President of College meet w/ parents & kids on last day to discuss program - VO “The parents indicated their overwhelming approval”. CU newspaper article ‘21 Children Going to School To Bone Up for Kindergarten’. Kids onto school bus, waved off by teachers. End Credits. Educational Psychology; Race Relations; Poverty; 1964; Federal Great Society Programs; Project Head Start; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.