Children from St. Benedict's Mission School knit for the Red Cross during World War I, 1916. Photo courtesy Becker County Historical Society |
Remembering the Little Red Schoolhouse
This project includes 17 memoirs of the
one-room school experience; 13 photographs of old school
buildings, interiors, and students; antique school texts;
archival teaching materials and state examinations for the
teaching certificate; and an actual teacher's bell and
old-fashioned lunch pail. An introductory essay puts the
materials in a historical and geographical context, which is
the rural farm country of Becker County in the first half of
the 20th century. Together these materials preserve a
now-vanished educational experience of a simpler time.
Originally submitted by: Collin C. Peterson, Representative (7th District).
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