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Combining interviews with Cullum and his former students with stunning archival footage filmed by director Robert Downey, Sr.
Cullum regularly taught his elementary school children literary masterpieces, exposed them to great works of art, and engaged them in the events of world history. Inspiring and joyous, A Touch of Greatness weaves footage from rare television broadcasts with lively, provocative comments from former students as they speak about how these experiences resonate in their lives today.
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In an era when Dick, Jane, and discipline ruled America's schools, Albert Cullum allowed Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Shaw to reign in his fifth grade public school classroom. Up the Academy Audible Download Audio Books. Karla Burke marked it as to-read Mar 30, His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death. Through the use of poetry, drama and imaginative play, Cullum championed an unorthodox educational philosophy that spoke directly to his students' needs. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.
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When I had to read Shakespeare's plays in high school, I always thought that they would be so much more interesting if we had just acted them out.
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