While not homemaking related, this will be an item of interest for those who’ve enjoyed my book. Earlier this summer I realized that I was in the neighborhood of the Amish schoolhouse where I taught during my second year of teaching. I asked my husband if he could pull into the driveway so I could…
Category: School
A Practical Education: Teaching Sewing Skills to Boys and Girls; 1913
Written in 1913, by Teacher Mary L. Murphy: Practical education seems to be the cry of the people, especially in rural schools where only a small per cent of the children ever go beyond the eighth grade and of those who go through high school still fewer go beyond.With that thought in mind I aim…