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Martin, Anna Katherine (Flege), 1902-1976 (Sc 1841), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1841. Diary kept from 1 January 1923 to 14 August 1923 by Anna Katherine Flege, Grant County, Kentucky. She relates details of her life as a teacher in the one-room Round Top School. She also comments about the weather, her family and home life, and her participation in community social and religious activities.

Forest City: The City On The Hill, Teresa Pietsch

Graduate Research Papers

Studying the local community helps students learn more about the place they live. It helps them comprehend the past, perform in the present, and predict the future. Understanding its history and people builds a sense of pride and belonging. Currently, the local community is studied by the third grade at Forest City Elementary. Teaching and learning about the community requires careful selection and presentation of materials. Students learn through narratives, primary sources, cultural universals, and the interaction between new sources of information and prior experiences. Unfortunately, information about the community of Forest City is lacking. Material is not easily accessible …

Visual Perceptions: A Study Of How Children Can Learn Through Pictures, Melody L. Gustas

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to team teach a third grade unit on Bettendorf city history using the minimal resources that are available to teachers. The focus was to increase assessment scores of students who were exposed to current up-to-date photographs of their city. The hypothesis for this research was: If third grade students are taught using current up-to-date photographs of their city then they will be more likely to remember places and landmarks that they study.

The students were divided into two groups. Both groups received the same lessons on Bettendorf history in their classroom. One group then …

Mosaic: Exploring Patterns In Literature: Volume 2: Virtual Voyages, Institute For The Development Of Gifted Education, Ricks Center For Gifted Children, University Of Denver

Ricks Curriculum Units Series

Virtual Voyages is an integrated thematic unit developed to weave together the academic strands of geography and literature into a single curriculum that fosters appreciation, awareness, and understanding of cultures around the world. The individualized research format meets the needs of gifted students to work within a particular area of passion, to work at an individualized pace, and to work with depth and breadth on projects that especially engage their interests.

Is Teaching History Reasonable, Worthwhile, And Beneficial In The Elementary Grades?, Jill Johnson

Graduate Research Papers

The literature review paper provided reassures the reader that in fact it is beneficial and most importantly, vital to teach historical knowledge to students. Through extensive research, multiple studies confirmed the importance of history instruction in the elementary classroom accompanied with worthwhile, meaningful lessons that allow the students to truly analyze, explore, and internalize the material.

In attempt to provide a quality education for all American students, we must take the following steps: implementing and analyzing more research in regards to history instruction in the elementary classroom; ensure that all educators have an adequate wealth of background knowledge in the …

Using Literature And Language Arts To Teach The American Revolution To Fifth Grade Students, Tara L. Affholter

All Graduate Projects

Teachers who combine language arts with social studies are not only able to teach content, but can also integrate literary elements and comprehension as well, while using literature groups. Students who were taught using novels, with various writing tasks to complete, lectures, and projects made great gains in social studies content, reading writing and communication skills.

Simulations For Teaching Concepts On Washington State, Cynthia Louise Buettgenbach

All Graduate Projects

Simulation lessons and materials were developed to teach concepts on Washington State to a classroom of fourth grade students. The activities in which the students participated were the following:

1) planned trips to the five geographic regions of Washington State;

2) became part of an Indian tribe and held a meeting with other tribes at Sacajawea Park;

3) played a board game, traveling with Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean;

4) held mock state elections and one legislative session.

Students showed an increased interest in social studies through the simulations.

0326: Lorenza Edgar Shanholtzer Papers, 1895-1947, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

School teacher, Hampshire County, West Virginia. Primarily teachers' attendance records from several rural schools in Hampshire County, 1895-1930. Some correspondence, bank statements, ephemera, and printed material.

0294: Thelma Pittard And Anna Williams Scrapbook, 1936-1937, Marshall University

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is composed of a scrapbook by Thelma Pittard and Anna Williams on the topic of “Elementary School Publicity”. It is a scrapbook essay on methods of communication within schools featuring extensive ephemera, including publications, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, and charts, from Milton Elementary School. This scrapbook was prepared under the direction of Dr. Roy C. Woods.

0259: Dwayne J. Scarberry Papers, 1924-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains duplicates of a term paper writtern by Scarberry for a course at Milton High School on the topic of The Prichard School a private orphanage in Cabell County, West Virginia. Also included are scans of pamphlets and photographs used in his research.

0263: Miller School Parent-Teacher Association Records, 1966-1967, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The collection consists of one scrapbook containing Parent Teacher Association (PTA) notes, newspaper clippings about PTA events, PTA reports and event information, and photographs of school personnel, PTA members, teachers and classes, and events for the 1966-1967 school year.

0291: Thelma Morrison Matthews Papers, 1935, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

"A brief history of Salt Rock two-room elementary school" compiled by Mrs. Matthews, principal of Salt Rock school. Includes histories of the Salt Rock Community and of Walnut Grove and Palestine schools.

0175: Wayne County, Wv School Commissioner's Report, 1860, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is composed of two forms regarding the information of indigent children in order to cover their tuition and school books to attend school in Wayne County during 1860.

The Paper Repertoire Of The Students In One Elementary School, Ruby Rufty

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This collection project is concerned with traditional paper objects made by students in fifteen classes in one elementary school in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Chapter I describes the school and classroom environments and the procedures followed during the collection project. Chapter II differentiates between the play and ornamental items collected, describes the different items and their variants made by the students, and attempts to show what persons (relatives, teachers, other children) or other factors (mass media, the students' environment) affected the paper items made by students. Chapter III statistically evaluates the collected paper items according to the sex, race, and grade …

A History Of Education In Elkton, Gertrude Lucas

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In preparing "A History of Education" in Elkton, Kentucky, it seems that considerable progress has been made in the last century. In contacting, what we consider our pioneers today, we find much has been accomplished when we compare the old school with the present day school. During this period of research, most of our older citizens connected with the educational system of Elkton, have been called upon to contribute from the recollections, carefully preserved letters, scraps of manuscripts, printed fragments, memoranda, old histories and our present day educators. Also, citizens once a part of our educational system, now living in …

A Study Of The Public School System Of Monroe County, William Goad

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The specific aims of the study are:

1. To survey the schools in Monroe County - the one-room rural schools, the two-teacher schools and the consolidated schools.
2. To show the percentage of attendance and percentage of failure in different schools and the cost per pupil attending.
3. To show the relation between teachers qualifications and teachers pay.
4. To study the transportation system; figuring the cost per pupil per mile.
5. To make general recommendations based on data obtained.

Ua100/1/2 Rural Training School Pta Scrapbook, Rural Training School Pta

University Organizations

Scrapbook created by the Rural Training School Parent Teacher Association. Includes lists of children, PTA members, programs and clippings.

The Development Of Education In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Lula Dickey Vance

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In recent years several articles have been written concerning education in Bowling Green, Kentucky, but the writer has been unable to discover an article that has treated the development of education from the time Bowling Green was established until now. It is the motive of this study to trace the development of education from the time Bowling Green was established until the present time.

Information for this thesis has been obtained from various sources, but the greater part of it has been secured through personal interviews, unpublished manuscripts, scrapbooks and histories.

District 32, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 32, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 31, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 31, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 28, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 28, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 29, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 29, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 18, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 18, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 17, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 17, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 14, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 14, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 3, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 3, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 39, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 39, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 41, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 41, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 38, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 38, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.

District 40, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1930 School Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1930 school census for District 40, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Information includes child's name, parents' names, child's date of birth, child's age, and sex.