Morton One Room School Historical Museum

If you've just inquired about a school class visit -


 
You will soon receive a Teacher Registration Form that will ask you for some very basic
information that we will use to create a record for your school class and schedule your visit.
Once we receive the completed form, we will register your class on the Morton Events calendar
and then contact you by phone or email to determine if you might have any specific requests
or questions about your class visit.
 
You can request that the classwork conducted during your visit be somewat tailored to your
specific class. You can chose from a number of different classroon topics in the Science,
Geography, and History portion of the program and the Spelling and Math will be
selected to be appropriate for your students.
 
We will work with you to insure that your visit is enjoyable for you and your students.
 

Here are a few suggestions that might make your visit even more interesting:

 
 

 

    1. Research, read, and discuss as much as possible about one-room schools,
    late 1800s and early 1900s rural community life, and the history of Morton School.
    America's Country Schools by Andrew Gulliford is an excellent reference book.

    2. We hope that you encourage your students to dress according to the times.
    The following are some suggestions:
    Boys: Loose fitting shirts, bib overalls,socks worn outside pants to resemble knickers,
    sturdy shoes or boots
    Girls: dresses worn below the knee with or without pinafores, long black or white
    stockings, large ribbon or bow in hair

    Often children wore clothes one or two sizes too big because country school children
    (as well as many others during this period) received hand me downs.
    In winter - long johns were a good way to stay warm!
    Please consider dressing time (era) appropriate yourself!
     
    3. Plan your lunches.
    Discuss the foods that would have been available then. Try to be historically accurate.
    Remember, there was little or no means of refrigeration.

    Some suggestions:
    meat sandwiches
    jelly, syrup or molasses sandwiches
    (not peanut butter - a scarce commodity) homemade bread
    hard boiled egg
    cookies, cake, or pie
    ginger ale, root beer
     cheese
    fruits
    raw vegetables
    beef jerky
    pickles
    milk
    grape juice

    Children often carried their lunches to school in tin buckets or pails. You may
    want your students to make their lunch pails out of empty coffee cans. Two holes
    can be punched in each can to allow for the wire handle to go through.
       
       
       

Books of Interest

 
     

 

    At the Morton Museum:
    A One-Room School - Bobbie Kalman
    Early Schools - Bobbie Kalman
    Schoolyard Games - Bobbie Kalman
    Games from Long Ago - Bobbie Kalman
    Early Settler Children - Bobbie Kalman
    Children's Clothing of the 1800s - David Schimpky & Bobbie Kalman
    Pioneer Life from A to Z - Bobbie Kalman
    The Grist Mill - Bobbie Kalman
    One-Room School - Raymond Bail
    In the Barn - Bobbie Kalman
    Rural Schools of Crawford County, Ohio 1820 to 1950 - Sylvia Noblet, et.al.
    School Days, School Days ,Good Old Golden Rule Days in Richland Co.
    (Good Reference)
     


    At the Shelby Library:
    A One-Room School - Bobbie Kalman
    Long Ago and Today - A School Album - Peter and Connie Roop
    One Room Schools - Laurence Pringle
    One-Room School - Raymond Bail
    Going to School in Pioneer Times - Kerry A. Graves
    America's Country Schools - Andrew Guilliford (Good Reference)
    School Days, School Days, Good Old Golden Rule Days in Richland Co.
    (Good Reference)
     

    At the Crestline Library:
    One Room Schools - Laurence Pringle
    One-Room School - Raymond Bail
    Going to School in Colonial America - Shelly Swanson Saterman
    Rural Schools of Crawford County, Ohio 1820 to 1950 - Sylvia Noblet, et.al.
     

    Other Good Books to look for:
    Legacy of One Room School - Myrna J. Grove
    The One Room School at Squabble Hollow - Rosemarie Hausherr
    The Amish School - Sara E. Fisher
    The Little Red Schoolhouse - Eric Sloane

 

     
 
 
 

If you have any questions of any nature, please contact us.
 
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