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Stories of America (1976)Season 1
The interconnectedness of all things is a fundamental part of reading motivation projects. Although GPN's Reading Rainbow claims to have invented that idea, Stories of America with host Ann McGregor got there first. It was 1976, America's bicentennial year, and WVIZ-TV of Cleveland wanted something more out of a series aimed at delivering American history, They decided to combine history with reading. The result was Stories of America. Hosting was the familiar face of Ann McGregor, who had enlivened Picture Book Park and Tilson's Bookshop some two years earlier. Stories of America resembled more of a story reading than a history lesson, but it also introduced other elements that became standard Reading Rainbow procedure. There were occasional film sequences, dramatizations, and even an animation. All told, the 32-part Stories of America series ran some 14 years on WVIZ-TV. The station brought the shows back in 1998, and it would be the only WVIZ instructional telev
- Creator
- Ann McGregor
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- September 13, 1976
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Ann McGregor
Episodes
0/32 watched- Episode 1: Our Country's BirthdaySep 13, 1976
- Episode 2: Discover America15 min · Sep 20, 1976
- Episode 3: America is Named15 min · Sep 27, 1976
- Episode 4: PocahontasOct 4, 1976
- Episode 5: Children of the MayflowerOct 11, 1976
- Episode 6: John Billington and SquantoOct 18, 1976
- Episode 7: New AmsterdamOct 25, 1976
- Episode 8: Ben FranklinNov 1, 1976
- Episode 9: George WashingtonNov 8, 1976
- Episode 10: Daniel Boone15 min · Nov 15, 1976
- Episode 11: The Start of a War15 min · Nov 22, 1976
- Episode 12: Needles and Bread15 min · Nov 29, 1976
- Episode 13: Indian Summer15 min · Dec 6, 1976
- Episode 14: The Growers15 min · Dec 13, 1976
- Episode 15: Lewis and Clark15 min · Dec 20, 1976
- Episode 16: Davy Crockett15 min · Dec 27, 1976
- Episode 17: Robert Fulton15 min · Jan 3, 1977
- Episode 18: The Oregon Trail15 min · Jan 10, 1977
- Episode 19: Gretchen Goes West15 min · Jan 17, 1977
- Episode 20: The California Gold Rush15 min · Jan 24, 1977
- Episode 21: The Pony Express15 min · Jan 31, 1977
- Episode 22: Runaway Slave15 min · Feb 7, 1977
- Episode 23: The Underground Railroad15 min · Feb 14, 1977
- Episode 24: Martin and Abraham Lincoln15 min · Feb 21, 1977
- Episode 25: Clara Barton15 min · Feb 28, 1977
- Episode 26: The Transcontinental Railroad15 min · Mar 7, 1977
- Episode 27: Pecos Bill15 min · Mar 14, 1977
- Episode 28: Tom Edison15 min · Mar 21, 1977
- Episode 29: Annie Oakley15 min · Mar 28, 1977
- Episode 30: The First Cars15 min · Apr 4, 1977
- Episode 31: Little Yellow Fur15 min · Apr 11, 1977
- Episode 32: Father is President15 min · Apr 18, 1977
