Help!! Which McGuffey Readers should I get for our 1913 country school reenactment? The Mott books or the John Wiley books? Looks like I can get the Mott sets...
Have any of you on the list ever been involved in getting an old school book reprinted? How does one get permission from some of these old companies which...
I know that the Washburn-Norlands living history site had reproductions of Salem Town's first, second, and third readers done, and sold them in their gift shop...
... From: Sharon Cook To: oneroom@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [oneroom] Books I would highly recommend Iowa's...
Two other books that I failed to include in my earlier email: Going to School in 1876 by John J. Loeper, 1984 ,pub. by ATHENEUM, Macmillan Pub. Co., 866 Third...
I'm finishing up my proposal for the national conference and one of the things I'd like to address is myths of one-room schools. I've been thinking about my...
I'm sending this to everyone I know. Most of you have probably heard that there is a new worm that is set to be released at midnight EST on infected...
Someone on another list I belong to, mentioned a restored one room school house. I emailed her for more information and she sent me the message below and gave...
If you have a one-room school museum, do you let visitors or school groups write? Do you have slates and slate pencils? Slates and chalk? Fountain pens? Dip...
Hello Everyone,I'm Phil from southwest lower Michigan,across Lake Michigan from Chicago. My interest in One-room schools stems from growing up near one. Spring...
Reminder!! Sixth Annual Country School Conference Proposals Due February 1, 2006 The Country School Association of America is hosting its 6th annual ...
Another article worth sharing. I didn't have to register to access it. Sarah S. Uthoff Winthrop author believes education hasn't outgrown one-room schoolhouses...
Does anyone know of a good company to order reproduction school supplies from (specifically reproduction wood stylus pens)? I am looking for functional repros...
One-Room Schools Holding on in Rural America NPR Thu, 22 Dec 2005 7:21 AM PST One-room schools still exist in America. They are a legacy of a less mobile, more...
Re: Christmas Programs: Reading Dharvan's message sounded exactly like the programs we had in both the scool I went to in the thirtys and the one I taught in...
'Tis the Season. My one-room school newscrawler has pulled up several one-room school museums that put on a country school Christmas program. Does anybody do...
I also posted the questions about heating to the ALHFAM listserv. While not definite, it sounds like a circulating heater is a stove that involves a protective...
As I took the message to be spam, (I don't think the sender could have been the I in the message or it wouldn't have made any sense and they didn't have an ID...
Thank-you to everyone who has posted about stoves so far and please keep them coming. It seems like a lot of people are using a stove of some type, rather than...
I've been asked about something and I would like to hear collective wisdom on them. 1) What type of stove do you have in your one-room school and is it active?...
When I was teaching at the last one room school, McAuley, we had an Arbor Day celebration. We were told this day was promoted by Sterling Morton (founder of...
Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I could find an 1887 or earlier 1880s map of the united states, or a map of New York state from the same time...
I am hoping to host an Arbor Day celebration this spring for local children. I have found limited information on the activities that traditionally took place,...
In the Pioneer Sholes School near St Charles, IL, we have put a modern gas furnace in the basement, with small floor vents on the main floor. At an auction, we...
I was the teacher at McAuley School Ditrict 27, the last fully accredited one room school district in Illinois. It closed in 1989 for lack of students. I...
As of this week, we are up to 52 members. Some of you have been with us since last March, but we've never done introductions. So I'm putting out a call please...
