{"id":2070,"date":"2019-04-18T05:06:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T05:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gcornish.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/mhs123_spring2019\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2019-04-18T05:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T05:08:19","slug":"the-wonder-of-sesame-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcornish.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/mhs123_spring2019\/assignments\/the-wonder-of-sesame-street\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wonder of Sesame Street"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The wonder of Sesame Street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Television and media has grown into\na major influence through out pop culture. With the power tv has, stations such\nas pbs, Public Broadcasting Service, grew to become a prominent provider of\neducational programing. Shows like \u201cSesame Street\u201d help to expose kids to\ncertain situations providing them with problem solving skills and a stronger\nsense of social interaction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sesame Street began by Joan Ganz Cooney and the Carnegie Corporation\u2019s vice president Lloyd Morrisett. Their goal was to provide educational programs to kids ultimately preparing them for preschool and further social situations.<\/a> In 1968 the show was funded with an $8 million grant. Provided by Carnegie, the Ford Foundation, and the US govt. Through Cooney\u2019s study, \u201cTelevision in Preschool Education\u201d, Sesame Street evolved hoping to better prepare young children to the classroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writers of Sesame Street created the goal of appealing to kids at the same time as appealing to adults, \u201cBut the rule was you should never go over the heads of the kids. Anything that appealed to adults had to either appeal to the kids too or be something that they didn\u2019t need to know.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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