Take a delightful journey down memory lane with a one-room school student, Marilyn Hansen-Swanson, who shares her memories of being a student, then a teacher in rural Michigan during the mid 1900's, when one-room schools dotted the landscape. From riding to school in the back of a horse-drawn sleigh, to learning cursive using the Palmer method, to singing songs from the Golden Book of Songs, to celebrating holidays with handmade crafts and creativity, Marilyn offers a window into history when one teacher taught several grade levels in one room and explored more than just reading, writing and arithmetic. Once a regular part of our American educational system, one-room schools now exist only as a memory, yet a memory richly preserved in this warm, funny and valuable memoir. Also includes 19 pages of interviews with others who attended one-room shoolhouses.
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