Teaching in Rural Schools (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Hands-On Teaching in Rural Schools offers practical, project-based guidance for crafts, toolwork, and farm-focused learning.

This practical guide helps teachers bring hands-on projects into the classroom with simple, step-by-step ideas. It emphasizes working drawings, reading working drawings, and correlating craft with academic learning to build both skills and understanding.

Inside, you’ll find a range of project ideas that blend craft, construction, and farming life—from building a tool chest and a rabbit trap to a hen-house or a weather vane. The book also covers how to manage space, equipment, and time, and how to integrate finishing, cement work, and leather work into a regular school schedule. It stresses the value of reports, credits, and school fairs to recognize effort and learning.

• How to plan regular, hands-on sessions for upper elementary students
• Steps for interpreting and using scaled working drawings
• Projects that teach design, measurement, and problem-solving
• Strategies for finishing, decorating, and maintaining handmade items

Ideal for educators of rural schools seeking a structured approach to practical learning that complements traditional subjects.

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