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Author Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-

Title Tales from Kentucky one-room school teachers / William Lynwood Montell
Published Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (293 pages)
Contents Initial teaching years -- Teaching methods and philosophy -- Bad boys and girls -- Vignettes of one-room schoolhouse life -- Disciplining students -- Daily activities -- Outhouses -- Getting to and from school -- Teacher and community relations -- Students with special needs -- Before and after consolidation -- Home life of students
Summary "This book provides descriptive accounts of what the one-room school era was like for teachers, students, and the wider community, encompassing school infrastructure, school events both typical and unusual, teacher-student relationships, and other factors relative to the culture of an educational system that began in pioneer times and ended during the 1950s to the 1970s, primarily in the 1960s"--Page 1
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Education -- Kentucky -- History
Teaching -- Kentucky
Teachers -- Kentucky -- History
Tales -- Kentucky
Rural schools -- Kentucky -- History
EDUCATION -- Elementary.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Education
Manners and customs
Rural schools
Tales
Teachers
Teaching
SUBJECT Kentucky -- Social life and customs
Subject Kentucky
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813129808
081312980X
9780813139500
0813139503