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One-Room School Hardcover - 1999
by Raymond Bial; Raymond Bial (Photographer)
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Plum Grove, Prairie Rose, Possum Hollow, Good Intent, and Apple Pie-for 250 years one-room schools with names like these existed across America. Blessed with remoteness, small size, and simplicity, most of them offered not only a safe place to learn, but also a family-like setting and an education rooted in community. Ray Bial's camera eloquently captures the wistful-looking little buildings of logs, sod, wood, or stone, and his narrative, spiced with quotes from the teachers and students who spent so much time there, brings to life both the charm and hardships of our rural schools. As readers imagine a school without buses and computers, hot lunch programs and gymnasiums, they will also marvel at these students' determination to learn in a single room, poorly-heated and simply furnished with puncheon benches and slate pencils.
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- Title One-Room School
- Author Raymond Bial; Raymond Bial (Photographer)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition, F
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-09-27
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780395905142 / 0395905141
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.81 x 10.59 x 0.44 in (22.38 x 26.90 x 1.12 cm)
- Ages 10 to 12 years
- Grade levels 5 - 7
- Library of Congress subjects Schools - History, Rural schools - United States - History -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98043241
- Dewey Decimal Code 370.917
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Bial's photo-essays depicting the mostly rural American scene are always a visual and informative delight, and this one is no exception. In smoothly written prose, Bial recounts the history of the American one-room schoolhouse from the early 1700s to the 1950s. He discusses the reasons such schools flourished, typical methods of instruction and activities for students, and expectations for teachers. Clear, beautifully composed photos on every page transport readers back to bygone days. They range from shots of the exteriors of brick-and-frame structures and pictures of desks, coal buckets, textbooks, and dunce caps to artistic images that take careful advantage of natural lighting. Most are full-color depictions taken at sites near Bial's home in central Illinois. Several well-chosen black-and-white period photos showing children are also included. A good choice for units on pioneer life, with the bonus of browser appeal. Sources for further reading are appended.
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