My podcast pays homage to the late Jan Berenstein, who passed away at the end of February 2012. Jan co-authored and co-illustrated the Berenstein Bears series, which is a childhood favorite of mine. In this podcast, I highlight Jan and her work, and I discuss my favorite book in the series using dialogue clips and music from the animated TV show as well as a short interview with my Mom about using the books to teach her kids.
I was thinking this could be used in a high school English/Media class to discuss childhood books, films or TV shows. Not only would the project allow students to reflect on their childhood literary influences, but it would also challenge them to efficiently summarize using various types of media sources.
Warning: this podcast is REALLY cheesy. Also, I had to import it into Quicktime Video because the Audacity file was too big—so the sound quality was a little compromised.