Tales from Kentucky One-Room School Teachers

Tales from Kentucky One-Room School Teachers

by William Lynwood Montell
Tales from Kentucky One-Room School Teachers

Tales from Kentucky One-Room School Teachers

by William Lynwood Montell

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Overview

In an educational era defined by large school campuses and overcrowded classrooms, it is easy to overlook the era of one-room schools, when teachers filled every role, including janitor, and provided a familylike atmosphere in which children also learned from one another. In Tales from Kentucky One-Room School Teachers, William Lynwood Montell reclaims an important part of Kentucky's social, cultural, and educational heritage, assembling a fun and fascinating collection of schoolroom stories that chronicle a golden era in Kentucky.

The firsthand narratives and anecdotes in this collection cover topics such as teacher-student relationships, day-to-day activities, lunchtime foods, students' personal relationships, and, of course, the challenges of teaching in a one-room school. Montell includes tales about fund-raising pie suppers, pranks, outrageous student behavior (such as the quiet little boy whose first "sharing" involved profanity), and variety of other topics. Montell even includes some of his own memories from his days as a pupil in a one-room school. Tales from Kentucky One-Room School Teachers is a delightful glimpse of the history of education.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813168210
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 07/22/2016
Pages: 300
Sales rank: 1,123,709
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

William Lynwood Montell, professor emeritus of folk studies at Western Kentucky University, is the author or editor of twenty-five books, including Tales of Kentucky Ghosts and Tales of Kentucky Doctors. He lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Initial Teaching Years
2. Teaching Methods and Philosophy
3. Bad Boys and Girls
4. Vignettes of One-Room Schoolhouse Life
5. Disciplining Students
6. Daily Activities
7. Outhouses
8. Getting to and from School
9. Teacher and Community Relations
10. Students with Special Needs
11. Before and After Consolidation
12. Home Life of Students
Conclusion
Biographies of Storytellers
Index of Stories by County

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