MEMORIES of One-Room Schools
MEMORIES of One-Room Schools

Author: Lorraine Jorgensen-Zimney

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1491849673

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Hopefully MEMORIES of One-Room Schools will be enjoyed by anyone that ever attended these schools, knows of anyone that did or is interested in history. Some of the things included are a brief history of one-room schools and the special state program that was legislated to solve the teacher shortage. Some topics covered in the book are: -the different languages spoken-sporadic attendance-clothes worn-"hickory stick" discipline-getting to and from school-sleigh/bob sled rides-horses ridden to and from school-where the teacher stayed-water for the school-building and banking fires-schoolhouse pests-outhouses-lard or syrup lunch pails-snowbound at the school house-subject taught-spelling bees-YCL song-special days-school picnics-description of classroom and some of the recess and indoor games played by the students. But the highlight of the book is the humorous, interesting memories of former students, parents and friends. Baked potatoes and the game Anti-I-Over appear to be favorite memories.

The Empty Schoolhouse
The Empty Schoolhouse

Author: Luther Bryan Clegg

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781585442645

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Annotation One- and two-room schools represent a paradoxical time in Texas history when school played second fiddle to family duties but still served as the focus of community life. Luther Bryan Clegg's The Empty Schoolhouse provides a direct link to the past through interviews with students who attended these schools and teachers who taught in this area between Fort Worth and Odessa and the Hill Country and Amarillo. Former students share stories describing Friday afternoon "literary societies, " dead snakes in desk drawers, pranks, fires, travel to and from school, and discipline. Drawing on historical and sociological data as well as interviews, Clegg presents intriguing accounts of rural life, preserving the uniqueness of the "olden days."

Small Wonder
Small Wonder

Author: Jonathan Zimmerman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2009-07-14

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0300156278

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This engaging book examines the history of the one-room school and how successive generations of Americans have remembered--and just as often misremembered--this powerful national icon.

Memories of a Georgia Teacher
Memories of a Georgia Teacher

Author: Martha Mizell Puckett

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780820322599

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"While Puckett offers a valuable perspective on schooling in the twentieth-century rural South, she also captures the essence of daily life in the communities in which she taught. We read of how she sometimes boarded with the parents of her pupils; of how teachers, students, and parents joined together in observance of holidays; and of how schooling managed to continue through the busy growing seasons. Personal details of Puckett's life also emerge, from her relationship with her parents to her life at home with her husband and their eight children.".

Schools of Yesteryear
Schools of Yesteryear

Author: Patricia Beathard

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13: 1466970251

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At 9:00 in the morning, the day begins for children of the 1800’s as they walk to their one room school. Children ages eight through eighteen years of age enter the building as they are greeted by their teacher. All of the students will be learning their lessons in one room at the same time. The schoolhouses grades one through eight and all grade level subjects are taught by one teacher. The schoolhouse is often very cold, because there is only a potbelly stove to warm it. Long windows on two sides of the room provide the only light in the room. There is no cafeteria for a warm meal and no bathroom facilities in the building. Even with these minimum facilities, these children have fun as they learn through spelling bees and ciphering contests. This book includes sections on games that were played during recess, recipes of food eaten for lunch, directions on how to make items used in school at this time, and samples of lessons that were learned.

The Last Day of Kindergarten
The Last Day of Kindergarten

Author: Nancy Loewen

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780761458074

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As she prepares for her graduation ceremony, a first grader-to-be remembers her enjoyable year in kindergarten.

The American One-Room Schoolhouse
The American One-Room Schoolhouse

Author: Henry J. Kauffman

Publisher: Masthof Press & Bookstore

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1883294541

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Not only are the memories of attending a one-room school interesting, but the history of the beginning of one-room schools and the 19th-century idealism of our nation introduces one to how this part of our heritage impacted us as a nation today. Chapters feature the Amish one-room schoolhouse, the schoolteacher, school books, teaching apparatus, desks and chairs, and rules and regulations. (70pp. illus. Masthof Press, 2005 reprint of 1997 ed.)