The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page SO The Educational Screen 3—Museums a— Established in many schools for permanent ex- hibit of some of the material col- lected during study. 4—Newspapers a—Newspaper offices visited, b—School newspaper published. (Additional Topics) 5—Theaters 6—Playgrounds 7—Clubs and Societies 8—Recreation 9—Hobbies IV—The "Trade" Community A— Studied and an- alyzed with 1—Local map showing (direct) trade centers of the community. 2—U.S. Map showing mail order centers. 3—U.S. Map showing shipping centers which buj' products raised or grown in the community, and routes traveled from farm to market. 4—Graphs showing de- velopment of trans- portation with per- centage of unim- proved and im- proved highways clearly shown. 5—Models of early auto- biles, trains, boats, trucks, airplanes. 6—Charts showing farm organizations, a n d the enrollment in each. a—Available speak- ers secured for class and Com- munity or P.T.A. Meetings. V — Community Occupations Group 1. (In some localities, it would be possible to visit a museum; in others, the experience must be gained vicariously) Group 2. (Films) Background for To- morrozv (Atlas Productions) Museum of Nahiral History. (Special number of school newspaper could be devoted to Community History) A—Types of farming studied 1—General 2—Dairy 3—Grain 4—Livestock 5—Truck B—Charts and graphs showing employ- ment of local resi- dents, employment of city workers on farms, and the num- of farm people em- ployed elsewhere. Group 1. (Lantern slides on which are maps showing these various phases of the "trade commu- nity" can be prepared and pro- jected for group study) Group 2. (Films) Development of Transportation (Erpi), A'ni' Orleans (Eastman), Wheels of an Empire (Films Inc.). (Glass Slides) Transporta- tion, ]'chicles. (Filmstrips are often made available by many of these organizations, and can be se- cured through the United States Department of Agri- culture) Group 1. (Lantern Slides) Showing complete story of an)' type of farming— From Seed to Loaf, The Proper Care of Cmvs. (Film) A Planter of Colonial Virginia (Erpi) Group 2. (Films) From Wheat to Bread, Market Gardening, Limestone and Marble, Sand and Clay, Furniture Making, Anthracite Coal, Bituminous Coat (all Eastman), Corn Farmer, Arts and Crafts of Mexico (all F>pi). Miracle of the Meadozvs (Vis. Ed. Sen'ice), Milk and Health (March of Time). C—Charts or graphs showing percentage of land owners en- gaged in farming and the percentage of farms being cul- tivated by tenants. VI — Political Community A— Pictured through maps and charts showing 1—Local taxation areas 2—Polling centers 3—I'ost Office and Rural Mail Routes 4—W.P.A. Projects B—Political Parties in the community an- alyzed through dis- cussion and research. C— Politics of news- papers and the effect on the community studied. D—Knowledge of cau- cuses, primaries, and elections thoroughly acquired as a basis for citizenship re- sponsibilities. (Stud- ied through local elections.) VII — The "Tourist" Community (Glass slides) Community Helpers, Importance of Agri- culture, Corn — America's Greatest Crop. Group 1. (At the time of any caucus or election, the fundamentals of such procedures may be carefully studied, worked out, and a duplicate event carried out at school the same day). Group 2. (Films) ll'orking Knowledge of the National Government (Knowledge Builders), Bill of Rights, Inside the F.B.I., Inside the White House (all Y M C A). A—Beauty and Recrea- tion Spots of the community: 1—Ball Parks 2—Tennis Courts 3—Swimming Pools 4—Club Grounds B—Historical Spots C— Conservation of Wild Life 1—Plant 2—Animal Group 1. (Films) Mountain Magic (Nat'l Film Board), Wash- ington, Shrine of American Pafn"o/i.rMi,(Baltimore&Ohio) Group 2. (Slides) Our Nation's Capital. (Films) Washington, the Cap- ital City (Eastman), Pilgrim Days (Teaching Film Custo- dians) VIII—The Cultural Community A—Study of the cul- tural aspects of the community revealed 1—Literature a—Which has grown out of the com- munity. b—That "fits" the com- munity. c—In community yarns" and anecdotes. d—In local newspaper articles which have literary value. e—In original stories, poems, and pag- eants prepared by children or pa- trons of the dis- trict to tell the community his- tory. f—In types of material read in the com- munity. Group 1. (A chance for careful re- search—material from books, periodicals, newspapers, li- braries. Group 2. (Films) Land of F.vangeline (Bell & Howell, Gutlohn), Hansel and Gretel (Nat'l Mo- tion Pictures, Vis. Ed. Serv- ice, Wholesome) Henry W. Longfellow, John G. IVhittier (Creative Ed. Society, Ideal Pictures).