The start of schools

Year Published: 1958

Creator: KQED San Francisco Bash Kennett Kathleen Rawlings Richard Moore Robert Nissen Lillian Patterson

Format: 16mm

Description: This program begins before there were any schools in this country. Families taught their children at night after the chores were finished and in some cases a master craftsman taught young apprentices to read and write after work. The one room school house is recreated and the difficulties of supplies for classes are discussed. The Lillian Patterson dancers intersperse dances showing the play and games of early days. Songs include “Pretty Saro,” “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” “I Got Wings,” “Did You Ever See a Lassie,” “Little Sally Waters” and “As We Have done Before.”

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