American Schools of the Past – Object #6

Siloam, Greene County, Georgia. Classroom in the school

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<p>Photograph of a white boy standing in front of a chalkboard writing in a 1940 classroom, 5 white students, 3 boys and 2 girls, sitting in desks on the right side of the image.</p>

Photograph of boy standing in front of a chalkboard in a 1940 classroom.

Questions:

How do we know this picture was taken in the past?

What objects do you see in this classroom?

What’s missing from this photograph that you have in your classroom?

What activities are taking place in this photograph?

Does this look like your school? How is it the same? How is it different?

Citations

Delano, Jack, photographer. Siloam, Greene County, Georgia. Classroom in the school. Georgia Greene County Siloam Siloam. United States, 1941. Oct. Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.