Project Gutenberg 2009-04-05 Public domain in the USA. 70 McGaw, Virginia 09020770 Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools" by Virginia McGaw is an instructional guide focused on teaching construction techniques for schools written in the early 20th century. This volume aims to assist rural teachers by providing straightforward models and projects spanning various crafts such as cord construction, paper construction, wood construction, basketry, and school gardening. The book is designed to enhance children's appreciation for handiwork by engaging them in practical, constructive activities. The opening of the text presents a preface in which McGaw expresses her desire to help rural teachers and provide them with simple construction models that can be made with minimal preparation or materials. She outlines the organization of the book into five distinct parts, each emphasizing a different type of construction project, providing clear, step-by-step instructions alongside illustrations. The introduction emphasizes the importance of teaching children how to value their materials and the effort that goes into making projects, ensuring that educators understand the significance of appropriate guidance during the learning process. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Education Creative activities and seat work LB Text Browsing: Teaching & Education 207170 207066 2024-10-12T09:55:54.894897 2023-09-12T12:26:40.999600 text/html text/html 198474 2009-04-05T11:07:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2060283 2009-04-05T11:07:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2490379 2024-10-12T09:56:11.258738 application/epub+zip 2490635 2024-10-12T09:56:02.796778 application/epub+zip 138033 2024-10-12T09:55:57.689815 application/epub+zip 3822713 2024-10-12T09:56:15.208711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3792104 2024-10-12T09:56:07.174790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288162 2022-09-13T09:30:23.848262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150762 150639 2024-10-12T09:55:53.589833 2023-09-12T12:26:40.219611 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 150523 2009-04-05T11:07:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 52231 2009-04-05T11:07:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 150515 2009-04-05T11:07:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52193 2009-04-05T11:07:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20737 2024-10-12T09:56:15.373723 application/rdf+xml 17647 2024-10-12T09:55:58.647807 image/jpeg 3727 2024-10-12T09:55:58.176819 image/jpeg 2153650 2024-10-12T09:55:55.112840 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog