The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

February, 1931 39 Visualizing Pre-Historic Life A Source List of Materials Dorothy Loa McFadden CONFRONTED with a new course of Social Studies which included a whole second grade year in Pre-historic Life, we were appalled to find how little teaching material there apparently was on this subject. We wanted large colored wall pictures, models and objects, suitable books with good illustrations, ideas for activity work, as well as slides and motion pictures, — -anything which would help us to vitalize this course for the children. Like most other modern public schools, we were ably assisted by a visual education director, who found and supplied us with appropriate films and slides. The rest of our visual aids, however, — which we felt to be equally necessary and important, — the school itself had to seek out and acquire. Whereas there were various excellent surveys and lists of projection materials for the use of schools, we soon found that in the field of the smaller and less expensive visual materials we had to do our own research. We listed many publishers and dealers in such supplies, to be sure, and occasional suggestions from magazines, books or courses in visual instruction. To choose and buy intelligently, however, we felt that we should first make comprehensive lists on all our subjects of study, from which to make our selections for each one. Concentrating on the subject which most needed enrichment at the time, namely Pre-historic Life, we spent the next four months at the work. This consisted of consulting various libraries and museums, hunting through some fifty-odd catalogues, (which included many in foreign languages, for we found the European field rich in material,) and sending and receiving innumerable letters. The results of this labor are given in the lists below. We hope it will be understood, however, that we do not consider them complete by any means, nor do they pretend to be a selection of the best materials on this subject. They are merely suggested for the discriminating consideration and selection of other schools, which wish to visualize their courses in Prehistoric Life, but have not been able to find the right materials. Note : Foreign materials will come in dutj' free to schools, but prices listed do not include postage. Wall Pictures Note: After each title will be found size, whether colored, series and number, and publisher. American : "Ancient British Lite", 40"x36", colored, Arnold's History AHP-1, Denoyer Geppert Co., 5235 Ravenswood Ave., Chicago. "Cave Dwellers", 35"x21", colored, Bell's 1328, No. 9, A. J. Nystrom and Co., 3333 Elston Ave., Chicago. "Cave Dwellers of Old Stone Age", 3S"x26", colored, Lehmann's III, 3, Denoyer Geppert or Nystrom, agents, or F. E. Wachsmuth, Kreuzstrasse 3, Leipzig, CI, Germany. "Children of Early Britain", 36"x27", colored, Philip's Children of History, PCI, Denoyer Geppert. "Crafts and Trades in the Bronze Age", 35"x26", colored, Lehmann's IH, S, Denoyer Geppert or Nystrom, or F. E. Wachsmuth. "Early British History", ll"x9", black & white, eighty-one pictures, (eleven of them pre-historic), portfolio and text. Black's Small History Pictures, 1332, Nystrom. "Early British Settlement", (Lake Dwellers), 38"x27", colored, Black's Wall Pictures 1330, No. 1, Nystrom. "From Earliest Times to the Present", 36"xS9", colored chart, Lehmann's 56190, Div. HI, No. 1-2, Nystrom. "Lake Dwellers", 35"x26", colored, LH214, Denoyer Geppert Co. or Lchmann S6185, Div. HI, No. 14, Nystrom. "Neanderthal (Mousterian) Man", postcards, set of ten, photogravure, Field Museum, Chicago. "Natural History", magazine, several 1930 numbers, American Museum of Natural History, 77th Street & Central Park West, New York City. "Pre-Historic Animals", 7"x9", black and white photographs from carefully made clay models, Sinclair Refining Co., New York. Free to schools. "Pre-Historic Cut-Outs", outlines to be colored can be made into large posters, see list of Activity Work. "Pre-Historic Remains", 25"x20", black & white photo, Philip's PG21, Denoyer Geppert. "Pre-Historic Times", 3S"x26", colored, Lehmann Russian History, LH334, Denoyer Geppert. "Restoration of Ancient Landscapes, Plants and Animals", postcards, set of fourteen, photogravure. Field Museum. "Vertebrate Palaeontology", unrllustrated catalogue of photographs and lantern slides for sale, American Museum of Natural History. Foreign : "Four Pre-Historic Scenes", 25"x36" each, one color, 1, Home of the Reindeer; 2, Bear Caverns ; 3, Mammoth ; 4, Pile Village ; Philip and Tacey, Ltd., 69 High St., Fulham, London, SW6, England, 3/6d, each. "Phoenicians Trading with Ancient Britons", 25"x30", red, black and gold, "Royal Exchange No. 811", Fine Arts Publishing Co., 3 Burlington Gardens, Old Bond St., London Wl, England. Education Edition to schools only, 7/6d. "Stonehenge", 16"x20", from photo, Aerial Series, No. 1, Philip and Tacey, 4/6d.