We Discover Fractions (Main title missing)
Coronet Instructional Films
Young boy, Jimmy & father making cabinet in basement workshop - look at plans. VO explains fractions as Jimmy’s father does so to him, starting w/ halves as they mark up pieces of wood. Sawing boards. Jimmy writes fractions on cabinet parts w/ crayon. Animated diagrams also used to explain fractions. Father cuts apple into segments. Fractions over apple & apple pie.
13:14:28 Jimmy’s friend Jeannie helping older sister make birthday cake in kitchen. CU recipe - milk poured into measuring cup. VO explains numerators & denominators - “Say it!”
13:16:50 Another little boy Freddy in classroom dividing up 12 pencils into three to give to Jimmy & Jeannie. VO “We can divide any whole thing into equal parts, or fractions...” Jimmy & father w/ completed cabinet. Jeannie & sister smile at finished cake. Freddy sharpens pencils & gives little bundle of them to Jeannie & Jimmy when they arrive in class; Freddy writes about fractions in his notebook.
Mathematics - Problems; Elementary School; Students; Woodworking; 1940s; 1948; Family;
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We Discover Fractions (Main title missing) Coronet Instructional Films Young boy, Jimmy & father making cabinet in basement workshop - look at plans. VO explains fractions as Jimmy’s father does so to him, starting w/ halves as they mark up pieces of wood. Sawing boards. Jimmy writes fractions on cabinet parts w/ crayon. Animated diagrams also used to explain fractions. Father cuts apple into segments. Fractions over apple & apple pie. 13:14:28 Jimmy’s friend Jeannie helping older sister make birthday cake in kitchen. CU recipe - milk poured into measuring cup. VO explains numerators & denominators - “Say it!” 13:16:50 Another little boy Freddy in classroom dividing up 12 pencils into three to give to Jimmy & Jeannie. VO “We can divide any whole thing into equal parts, or fractions...” Jimmy & father w/ completed cabinet. Jeannie & sister smile at finished cake. Freddy sharpens pencils & gives little bundle of them to Jeannie & Jimmy when they arrive in class; Freddy writes about fractions in his notebook. Mathematics - Problems; Elementary School; Students; Woodworking; 1940s; 1948; Family;