NAEB Newsletter (Dec 1941)

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NAEB NEWS LETTER Page 7 December I, 1941 Oregon, states, *' Do ‘you recall how we jsed to i ;-r ' duri no 1917 AND 1918 ? MUSIC WAS A MORALE BUILDER THEN, AND IT IS NO LESS OF A MORALE BUILDER TODAY." MUSIC FOFJ MORALE—.—T* iAT IS THE SLOGAN WHICH MAKES THIS PROGRAM A VITAL FACTOR IN REALISING THE KOAC School of the Air theme, "The -American 'hild i a kiag Demo¬ cracy* M Every day those of us in thf United St/ves come to heali zz more THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR SOUTH AMERICAN NE| HB' * HE AMERICAN CHILO SHOULD BECOME AS CON* ERRANT WITH *HE L Ti M AMERICAN CUL¬ TURE AS HE IS WITH THE Cl f TURfc QF OLD El .'POE, THIS IS VITAL IN ACHIEVING PAN' AmEFWWI UNDERSTAND! NG » ' SOL I DA ft T Y * iV.RS. Marie Ring Erickson, 'rofuSsor of Art m the Oregon Uollege of Education, has made .n extensive research to compile a list of VISUAL MATERIALS TO BE LAAQ IN THE CLASSROOM AS SUPPLEMENTAL V AIDS TO A WEEKLY P iOGR AM Oi* PAN AMERICAN ART* MRS. ERICKSON WILL PERSONALLY CONDUCT THE SERIES* With world affairs moving as rapidly as they ar/today, it is NOT D1FF10*- T for ADULTS TO Kl*.£P ABREAST Of* THE TIME, BUT IT IS A NEAR ,*VPOSS I 8$. Lf TY FOR CHILDREN TO REAL I F.E HOW WORLD SHAKING EVENTS WILL EFFECT THEM. THE ORDINARY NEW:; BROADCAST MOVES TOO sv , r uY, IS TOO FULL OF LARGE WORDS NOT YET INCLUDED IN ELEMEN¬ TS ■< VOCABULARIES, AND SHIFTS FVOM EurC^C 10 ASIA AND BACK!- America in such rapio succession, that it is far beyond the COMPREHENSION OF CHILDREN* Because a knowledge of current events is important in the under¬ standing OF DEMOCRACY, THE KQAC SCHOOL OF THE Al R PRESENTS A SUMMARY OF WEEKLY EVENTS IN A PICTORIAL STYLE THAT IS SIMPLE ENOUGH TO BE UNDERSTOOD BY STUDENTS IN THE INTERMEDIATE GRADES* That this type of broadcast is achieving the desired result is EVIDENCED BY a TYPICAL LETTER RECEIVED FROM THE TEACHER OF A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL NEAR ALBANY, MRS* U H. VaNDERPOOL*. “I FEEL THAT THE NEWS BROADCAST IS VERY OUT ST AND ING ", SAYS MRS. VANDERPOOL* 11 I T DOES MORE TO KEEP UP INTEREST IN CURRENT EVENTS IN OUR SCHOOL THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE*’ 1 ^ Other highlights of the KOAC School of the Air broadcasts include A PROGRAM ON CHILD READING, DIRECTED BY Ml SS MARCELLA HlLLGEN, CHILDREN 1 S LIBRARIAN IN THE CORVALL l S PUBL I C LIBRARY* ALONG WITH ATTRACTIVELY TOLD STORIES, MISS HlLLGEN GIVES PARENTS TIPS ON CHILD READING, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION PLACED ON BOOKS THAT EM¬ PHASIZE DEMOCRATIC LIVING* Miss Dora B„ Sheffsky, supervisor of the 6th grade in the Monmouth TRAINING SCHOOL, IS PRODUCING A GROUP OF INTERVIEW PROGRAMS AND SHORT DRAMATIZATIONS ON THE THEME OF SAFETY AND HEALTH, BOTH OF WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL TO DEMOCRACY.