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Visual Education
A Visualized Lesson on the Common House Fly
Outlining a health talk which, with the aid of a few simple properties, successfully dramatized for a group of children the facts that motivate the slogan, "Swat the Fly." And let us not forget that one fly killed in April is as a million
killed in July.
H. E. Kleinschmidt The American Social Hygiene Association, New York City
RECENTLY the writer was invited to give a series of five health talks to a group of children ranging in age from seven to twelve years. A search for aid in properly utilizing this opportunity was not very fruitful, perhaps because of his inexperience in this particular field. But the encouraging results achieved after a little individual effort prompt him to present herewith brief outlines of two of the talks, in the hope that others may be stimulated to work out a better technique.
The "bag of tricks" used to illustrate the talks was easily supplied by commandeering certain trifles of the household, or they were derived at small cost from the five-and-ten-cent store. It was somewhat of a revelation to note with what fascination the children viewed these simple objects when made to serve as the nucleus of a story or a chat.
I Reprinted l>y Bpecial permission of tlie League of Red Cross Societies, from The World'i Health, published in Paris.
Cast, Settings and "Props"
The "properties," carefully concealed from the audience but within easy reach of the speaker, consisted of the following:
Glass of milk.
Piece of buttered bread.
Baby doll or perambulator.
Toy dog, badly damaged.
Miniature garbage can filled.
Alan doll lying on a bed.
Miniature screen door.
Piece of mosquito netting.
Fly swatter.
Large model of a house fly.
The body of the fly was modeled out of plasticene (putty will serve) and measured about four inches long. Wings were constructed of two layers of waxed paper, between which lengths of thin wire or hairpins (simulating veins) had been pasted. Legs were made of pipe cleaners stained black and bent to shape. Dashes of black, red and yellow paint completed the model, which was then suspended from a long pole by a black thread.
Introducing the Plot
First the glass of milk is brought forth and the youngest person in
the audience is invited to identify it. The virtues of milk as a food and body-builder are extolled, but — milk must be kept clean, fresh and wholesome, for spoiled milk may cause sickness and even death.
The slice of bread is placed alongside the milk. It represents solid food in general, which must also be kept from all contamination. Next the baby doll in the perambulator or crib is exhibited to the admiring gaze of the girls especially. Clean, sweet babies are happy babies. What would not a parent give or sacrifice to keep the baby healthy ! How carefully it is guarded and protected ! These three objects then are arranged in a group to the speaker's left on a table.
The dilapidated dog is held up. Yes, it is a dog, but (sniff-sniff) he's dead — very dead indeed. Once he was a family pet, frisky and full of play, but, alas ! he was killed by an auto. Sadly he was mourned by the children and then thrown into a distant vacant lot, where he is now rotting away, partly hidden by