Wilson Dam School, The Pt. 2 of 2

The Wilson Dam School (1941) Pt. 2 of 2 Continued... Outdoor sports, boys play sandlot baseball, houses visible behind, girls watching jump up & down. Children play on swings. Spring, kids work on flower & vegetable plots; pick flowers, beans & vegetables. 11:18:14 Washing & preparing vegetables for school lunch. Kids wash hands. Lunch committee made up of kids serves food. Young children eat heartily & clean up after lunch. 11:19:54 Rest period for kindergarten to 6th grade; kids sleep on mats & cots. Kids sleeping on grass as teacher oversees. Rest period over, kids clear away bedding. 11:21:41 County health officer examines children, dental & medical check up. Boy weighed, gets injection or shot. School staff meeting sitting in rattan chairs w/ papers, talking. 11:22:52 Parents visit classroom. Teacher visiting home of pupil greeted by kids. Black maid passes pushing baby carriage. Teacher & mother talks on front porch. 11:24:00 Class making butter, kids take turn to churn. Kids visit dairy & watch bottling machine. Kids watching TVA carpenters build houses for defense workers. Kids on trip to Muscle Shoals airfield & look over Eastern Airlines DC-3 passenger aircraft. 11:25:35 Kids visit Wilson Dam & navigation locks. Kids on nature trail; group plant spine seedlings. Kids in library reading books. Montage learning by doing. The End Experimental Education; Federal Government Program; Propaganda; Elementary Education;