American Schools of the Past – Object #8 – Arkansas Primary Source Sets

White Plains, Greene County, Georgia. Studying insects in a classroom at the school

<p>Photograph of six white children, three girls and three boys, with their female teacher. They are looking at boxes with insects inside. In the background is text on the chalkboard.</p>

Photo of a classroom interior showing students with boxes of insects.

Transcript

The text on the chalkboard reads, “How We Will Work
We will know what we are to do.
We will go to our group quietly.
We will work quietly.
We will work.
We will clean up after our work.”

Questions:

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

What do you think they are talking about? How do you know?

What do you see in the photograph?

Citations

Delano, Jack, photographer. White Plains, Greene County, Georgia. Studying insects in a classroom at the school. Georgia Greene County United States White Plains White Plains, 1941. Oct. Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.