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Download full textSolar, Frank I. – Bruce Publishing Company, 1931
This textbook presents projects in making goods for domestic use. It deals with methods of squaring up stock, adjusting the plane, etc., as well as directions and illustrations that should be studied by the amateur before attempting to make these woodworking projects. This series does not include directions for the use of common woodworking tools,…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Handicrafts, Woodworking, Design
Parisio, Richard – Pathways to Outdoor Communication, 1995
John Burroughs was a poet-naturalist who spent most of his life during the late 1800s and early 1900s living in a rustic cabin that he built almost entirely from native materials. Burroughs suggested that becoming a good observer of nature was a function of the whole person and the power of concentrated attention, and not of the eyes alone. (LP)
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Furniture, Life Style, Naturalism
Whiteside, Karen, Ed. – Loblolly Magazine, 1986
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Act changed farm life dramatically. The miracle of electricity in rural East Texas is examined in "Electricity Comes to East Texas" (Brandi Anderson and others). Chronicled is a description of life without electricity and how everyday chores were done in its absence. Local citizens…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Folk Culture, Handicrafts, Lighting
Roberts, William E. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
There is available a large amount of valuable material upon the subject of manual arts in the junior high school. This material is, however, very largely general in character: or, if specific, deals with individual or isolated special features of the work. In treating of specific problems of the administration of manual arts in the schools, there…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Vocational Education, Urban Schools, Shop Curriculum
Kantola, Jouko; Nikkanen, Pentti; Kari, Jouko; Kananoja, Tapani – 1999
More than 100 years have passed since the death of Uno Cygnaeus (1810-1888), the father of Finnish folk schools and pioneer of educational arts and crafts. His accomplishments include design and organization of the folk school system, initiation of high class teacher training, and emphasis on the importance of women's education. Although his…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Development
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1900
Volume 2 of the Commissioner's report includes a chapter on education and crime, which considers the relationship between crime and education with statistics included. The Canadian education chapter discusses the public education system, universities, current issues, technical and industrial education, and a section on Ontario education. Chapter…
Descriptors: Crime, Education, Statistical Data, Public Education
