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June, 1941 Page 231 Democracy at Work Through Visual Education KATHLEEN L. LEE Director of Visual Instruction Dallas County Schools, Texas Tlie Dallas County Schools, as their part of the nation's defense program, began a unit that had for its primary purpose a closer understanding of all of the countries of the Western hemisphere. The children, studying international friendships, feel that we should stretch our hand to Canada and say, "Hello, Canada! We are glad that you are our neighbor", then joyously sing "There'll always be an England!" The unit narrowed to Texas' closest neighbor—and with their other hand to Mexico they say "Howdy! we want to better understand you for it is only through under- standing that good will and lasting friendship can be attained." Some 7500 students participated in this study and the unit was as varied in each of the 47 schools as were the children's interest, but in every school cus- toms, habits, occupations, geography, government and the history of Mexico were studied. A visit to any school would have told the visitors that the color and the charm of Mexico had left its spell upon the child- ren. They loved to paint, even the smallest of them, the gray burdened burro, the elaborate sombrero, the dull green maguey plant, the low-roofed hacienda, and gay colored fiesta. Murals depicting the mountainous countryside, the farm, the markets and the crafts of Mexico were eagerly done by the children. Visual aids eflectively working for the "good neighbor" policy along our southern borders. In a unit of work we employ the use of all visual sensory aids for it is through the wide use of visual materials that the project gains momentum. Photog- raphy has brought visual aids into the classroom and the value of flat pictures is highly recognized by our teachers. Dozens of pictures were mounted and placed on the library tables where the students might enjoy them at any free period. How many words or how many printed pages would be needed to give the im- pression of Xochimiico and the lovely gardens that one colored print conveys? And we must remember that words, whether written or oral, cannot give the accurate or permanent impression that photography does. Stereoscopes and stereographs were also on the read- ing tables. The stereograph is a third dimension picture and students gain much from the stereoptic view seen through the stereoscope, which gives the looker the same idea of depth and space that he gets from the use of two normal eyes looking at actual objects. We like life-like pictures and the strong impression of reality that one gets from the stereoptic pictures and the strong impression of reality that one gets from the stereoptic view puts the individual in a learning frame of mind. Then, too, the information on the back of the card is most beneficial. Wanda Hawkins and Charles Can- field are weaving a Mexican rug. Some of the young- sters know two hundred words in Spanish.