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2,000 ft. of Main Street was widened and resurfaced with mixed-in-place.
2,200 ft. of Secondary roads were regravelled.
Direction and warning signs repainted, 51 cement posts installed replacing wooden posts for fences.
24,700 ft. of hardened roads refinished with asphalt coating and re-sanded.
Expenditure of Chapter 81 Funds were as follows :
Brook Street
$69.00
Center Street
233.15
Church Street
101.00
Cranberry Street
253.05
East Head
5.00
Forest Street
327.40
Fuller Street
37.00
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Fosdick Road
147.80
Federal Road
209.33
Ward Street
10.00
West Street
208.30
Pleasant Street
58.00
Gates Street
125.00
High Street
382.75
Holmes Street
590.27
Hammond St.
186.00
Indian Street
367.40
Meadow Street
743.54
Mayflower Street
192.36
Main Street
3,803.70
Plympton Street
147.20
Plymouth Street
567.57
Purchase Street
333.00
Wenham Street
111.02
Pond Street
420.80
Pope's Pt.
511.08
Pine Street
109.20
Pine City
5.00
Rochester
240.82
So. Meadow Road
389.39
Shurtleff Street
75.90
Spruce Street
20.00
Seipet Street
327.68
Snappit Street
46.90
Tremont Street
1,613.82
Wareham Street
444.00
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CHAPTER 90
Appropriation :
Town
$998.45
County
$998.44
State
$998.44
1,900 ft. Center Street was widened and resurfaced with Mixed-in-place also shoulders rebuilt.
1,750 ft. Tremont Street was widened and resurfaced with Mixed-in-place also shoulders rebuilt.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES M. HAYNES, Highway Surveyor.
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF OLD HOME DAY ASSOCIATION
Receipts
Balance on hand 1944 Accounts
$169.59
Town Appropriation
175.00
Dinner Tickets
1,110.75
Ice Cream
103.85
Ball Game
30.46
$1,589.65
Expenditures
Cosmopolitan Band
$146.00
Farrars Ice Cream
75.00
Memorial Press, Tickets
9.50
Hall & Cole, Supplies
35.45
Albino Faiette, Supplies
45.00
Shurtleff Hardware Store, Supplies
5.30
M. F. Ellis & Co., Supplies
17.65
W. R. Carmichael, Supplies
22.80
Alina Kaski, Supplies
2.25
Woods Fish Market, Clams, Fish
261.30
Perez Shurtleff, Truck and Auto
26.00
Perez Shurtleff, Supplies
2.00
Ellis D. Atwood, Truck
5.55
Jesse A. Holmes & Son, Truck Paid by Town Approp. 20.00
Norman Holmes, Supplies Paid by Town Approp.
50.00
Norman Holmes, Auto, Paid by Town Approp. 10.00
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Harry E. Jordan, Supplies, Paid by
Town Approp. 17.14
Jesse A. Holmes & Son, Supplies
7.93
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Excise Charges
55.54
Homer F. Weston, Wood
15.00
Middleboro Laundry
.50
Roger V. Weston, Truck
3.30
Roger V. Weston, Baseballs
7.00
The Rogers Print, Programs
25.25
$865.46
Services
Heads of Tables and Waiters
$32.00
Ruth Maki
14.40
Rose Bond
16.20
Martha Thomas
11.40
Madeline Owens
13.80
Orrie Dempsey
6.00
Rose Harriman
3.00
Constance Holmes
3.60
Alice Shurtleff
13.60
Celia Weston
1.20
James Thomas
6.00
William Lindross
6.50
LeRoy Cobb
6.50
George Raymond
8.25
Charles Barengo
6.50
Joseph Robideau
13.13
Ellis S. Bumpus
6.37
Perez L. Shurtleff
37.39
Perez L. Shurtleff, Paid by Town
Approp.
7.86
F. H. Cole
27.50
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Theodore Goodreau
2.25
Bernard Owens
2.25
Francis Merritt
2.25
Jesse A. Holmes & Son, Paid by Town Approp.
45.00
Norman Holmes, Paid by Town Approp.
25.00
Homer F. Weston
22.00
Francis Agnone
7.50
Barbara Dempsey
4.80
Raymond Tubman
3.00
Roger V. Weston
21.38
$376.63
Total Expenses
$1,242.09
Receipts for Year
$1,589.65
Expenditures for Year
$1,242.09
Balance on Hand
$347.56
BERNARD E. SHAW,
Treasurer.
REPORT OF TOWN AUDITORS
We, the Auditors of Carver, have completed an audit of the records and books of the Town of Carver, and find them to be correct and in good order, as of December 31, 1945.
ROGER V. WESTON, WARREN L. CHANDLER, ARTHUR W. PETERSON, Board of Auditors.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Eunice A. Bailey, Chairman Term expires 1947
Harriet J. Snow, Secretary
Term expires 1946
John Carter
Term expires 1948
George R. Austin, Superintendent of Schools
10 Elm Street, Middleboro
STAFF
Center School-Henry M. Shaw, Principal
Marion L. Griffith
Hattie J. Griffith Ann Singleton Vienna P. Cole
E. Tillson Pratt School-Gladys E. Burgess, Principal Florence R. Kaski
Benjamin Ellis School-Florence L. Gordon, Principal Phyllis R. Powell
Music Supervisor-
Supervisor of Drawing and Manual Training-Stella F. Morrison, Plympton.
School Physician-Medora V. Eastwood, M. D.
School Nurse-Madeline A. Baker, R. N., Middleboro
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1945 Fall Term: Begins Wednesday, Sept. 5; Closes Dec. 21.
Holidays: Oct. 12, 19; Nov. 12, Nov. 21-23.
1946 Winter Term: Begins Wednesday, Jan. 2; Closes Feb. 15.
Vacation: Feb. 18-22.
1946 Spring Term: Begins Monday, Feb. 25; Closes June 7.
Vacation : April 15-19.
Holiday : May 30.
Closing Exercises, Thursday, June 6.
1946 Fall Term: Begins Wednesday, Sept. 4; Closes Dec. 20.
Holidays: Oct. 18, Nov. 11, Nov. 27-29.
1947 Winter Term: Begins Monday, Jan. 6.
Requirements for Admission to First Grade
1. A child who will reach his sixth birthday on or before December 31st may be admitted to the first grade in September, 1946, without examination.
2. A child whose sixth birthday occurs in the two months after December 31st may be admitted the preceding September if readiness for school can be demonstrated by means of appropriate tests.
Parents having a child whom they wish to be examined as provided for under this rule are required to make application to the Superintendent of Schools. A special form will be furnished for this purpose upon request.
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1945 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Carver :
The School Committee, consisting of Eunice Bailey, Chairman, Harriet Snow, Secretary, and John Carter, meet on the first Monday of each month with Superin- tendent George R. Austin in the School Committee room in the Town Hall.
That the citizens may more fully understand the work of the School Committee, I would like in this report to mention some of the major questions discussed and voted by the committee this year.
Mrs. Vienna Cole, of North Carver, was appointed to fill the vacancy in Grade V at the Centre School, and Miss Phyllis Powell, of Middleboro, was elected to the South Carver School Grades I and II.
The committee engaged in the Federal Milk Program enabling the children to buy milk at school for two cents per day, the remainder of the cost being paid by the Federal Government.
Considerable thought was given to the question of transportation. The bus routes were carefully studied from maps made by the teachers of the Centre School assisted by Mr. Austin and any advisable changes made. New Contracts were taken out with Roger Williams, Theo Thomas and Merton Griffith.
The School Committee appointed John Carter, who was later replaced by Eunice Bailey, to serve on the
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special committee of the last annual town meeting to study the needs of Carver in regard to the Centre School.
The ceilings in the North Carver School were insu- lated and the heating plant checked for efficiency of operation. Arnold Telfer was hired as janitor in this building.
The School Department appreciates the efficient work of teachers, school nurse, and supervisors, also the co- operation of Superintendent Austin in carrying out the policies of the committee in its fforts to maintain an efficient and progressive program of education for Carver.
Respctfully submitted,
EUNICE A. BAILEY, HARRIET J. SNOW, JOHN CARTER,
School Committee.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945
Appropriation E. Tillson Pratt Fund
$41,097.00
Expended $39,046.43
Balance Appropriation $2,050.57
Balance Funds
48.78
$48.78
Benjamin Ellis Fund
381.12
381.12
Totals
$41,526.90
$39,046.43
$2,050.57
$429.90
Expenditures :
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee :
Salaries
$147.40 39.17
Superintendent of Schools
Superintendent :
Small Towns $773.33
Salary
1,353.38
Travel
180.00
Expenses
62.22
Chapter 70, Part I
Clerical Assistance
234.72
Teachers $1,760.00
School Census
25.00
Attendance Officer
4.68
$2,046.57
Reimbursements 72
Expenses
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors $592.00
Teachers and Substitutes
12,327.50
Textbooks
540.29
Supplies
582.20
$14,041.99
State Wards
Tuition
$820.68
Transportation
368.71
OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries $1,749.00
Fuel 1,496.60
Cleaning, Lights, Tel., Jan. Supplies
and Miscellaneous 816.67
$4,062.27
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY Repairs and Miscellaneous $540.62
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Transportation-High School $5,300.25
Transportation-Elementary 5,890.71
Insurance 200.00
High School
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Transportation $4,715.43
Wards, City of Boston
Tuition
$209.52
Transportation
70.23
Health 400.00
Tuition-High Schools
5,504.36
Tuition-Elementary
99.50
Miscel. Aux. Agencies
101.45
Vocational Education
$17,496.27
Tuition
$346.50
Transportation 99.00
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Tuition
$580.00
Transportation
138.20
$718.20
Total
OUTLAYS
ments $9,163.40
Equipment
$140.51
$140.51
Americanization Classes
0.00
0.00
Total Expenditures
$39,046.43
Reimburse-
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the Members of the Carver School Committee :
I hereby submit my fifth annual report as Superin- tendent of Schools for the Town of Carver, a part of the Massachusetts School Superintendency Union No. 44, which includes the Towns of Carver, Lakeville and Rochester.
In reviewing the work of the schools for the calendar year just closed, I find it necessary to call attention to some of the more intangible efforts which are carried on daily in the classrooms. These developments are meas- ureable only in terms of results and without attention being called to them would pass unnoticed. There has been nothing which has been spectacular or unusual upon which to make a report; this, on the whole, is good ior it is most often found that those things most enduring are least obvious. Progress has been made in relating the work of the Art Department to the regular classroom work. There has been good correlation for several years but it has noticeably increased this year. Units of Art work have been skillfully worked out by the Supervisor and teachers so that the pupils have a more effective means of learning than they would have had without. Our facilities leave much to be desired but we make the most of what we do have, suitable accommodations would implement and further improve this work more than anything else. I call your attention to the report from the Supervisor of Art and Manual Training for further details.
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For a period of several years we have tried to give attention to the needs of the slow-learning pupil and at the same time not deprive the average and superior pupil of his fair chance. For a number of years a class has been conducted at the Center School under the direction of the Principal, Mr. Shaw, which has been devoted to those pupils needing special help in one or more phases of learning; this class has been designated by the title, 'intermediate', and given the grade number of five, six or seven, as seemed appropriate at the time. We have had the pleasure of seeing a number of children placed with this group become able to rejoin their original group and every child placed therein has profited considerably. The credit for this progressive development should go to the principal and those teachers who work daily at carrying out the plan. The same policy of individual at- tention is given in the two primary schools and teachers there are increasingly giving more thought to the needs of the individual rather than the class as a whole. It is a far more intelligent approach to the problems of learn- ing and one which yields greater results.
Another unheralded policy which we continue to stress is the importance of learning to read in the first three grades of school. For several years past extra attention has been directed in this endeavor to the exclusion of other phases of primary work. During this year just closed we have been able to add a variey of textbooks for primary reading, replacing the policy heretofore used where all pupils were required to learn from the same material, without due regard fo the degee of difficulty or the native ability of the child. Added attention has been given to definite instruction in the field of phonetics, thus enabling the child to acquire the means or tools of reading for independent use and avoiding reliance upon imitation as a method of learning to read. I am pleased
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to report we believe this policy pays dividends in results and other work which is more or less overlooked in these grades can be readily caught up in the early intermediate grades.
Referring to the Annual Report for 1944 you will notice I devoted some space to a discussion of more suit- able admission requirements for admission to the first grade of school. Following your authrization, voted at the June 4th meeting, I accepted applications from four parents who desired to have their children examined for entrance to school at an age younger than that set locally for admission to school. Due to reluctance on the part of two of the children to be examined, only the remaining two were examined; both were admitted and in both cases, the decision to admit them to school seems to be justified in terms of what we know now about them. I recommend this policy be continued as a means of study- ing doubtful cases and for those children who are other- wise fully ready to begin school but cannot satisfy an arbitrary calendar age requirement. For the first time this year, the policy was set for examining all children beginning the first grade for the purpose of determining readiness for school. The results were highly encourag- ing and useful in organizing groups for instruction and we shall want to continue this helpful practice.
Under arrangement with the Commodity Division in Massachusetts, a part of the United States Departement of Agriculture, we have been able to partake of the Fed- eral Milk Program at a cost of 2c daily to each child participating. While we have experienced some seem- ingly unnecessary difficulties in obtaining milk on time each day, the program has, on the whole, been bene- ficial. The additional cost of the half-pint of milk is met by the federal government. If we had suitable accom-
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modations for a school lunch program, we could main- tain a daily school lunch program and receive 9c daily per child served from the federal government as a sub- sidy to meet the local cost. Perhaps in the future school facilities can be arranged so as to care for this feature.
Certain changes of staff should be recorded for the year. Following Miss Leonard's resignation, as reported in the last annual report, upon my recommendation and your vote, Miss Merrill was transferred to the Benjamin Ellis School. After two months the vacancy thus created at the Center School was filled by your election of Mrs. Vienna P. Cole. Mrs. Cole comes to us with approxi- mately fourteen years' experience spread over the states of South Dakota, Minnesota and Rhode Island. It is always good fortune for a town to be able to obtain a teacher with experience. Miss Loraine Merrill, referred to earlier, resigned as of June, 1945, to return to school to complete work for her degree in education. Miss Phyl- lis Powell accepted the appointment to grades one and two at the Benjamin Ellis School; she is a graduate of the Teachers' College at Bridgewater and has had one year of experience at Norton, Mass. Mrs. Doris E. Brown, R. N., submitted her resignation as school nurse; Mrs. Madeline A. Baker, R. N., was elected to this vacancy. Mrs. Baker had already filled in for Mrs. Brown during the latter's leave of absence in a most satisfactory man- ner. It is a pleasure to find she is able to continue with us.
It is our aim to enlarge and expand our work in health during the coming months. There are certain phases of health instruction which can be most satisfactorily or- ganized and presented by the School Nurse. A great deal of benefit can be derived for the individual child through a more satisfactory pre-school check-up such as might be conducted through local organization in cooperation
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with workers from the State Department of Health. In- vestment, on a Union basis, in the necessary equipment to apply the Massachusetts Vision Tests, as recently de- veloped, would be of material assistance in attempting to solve some of the problems which confront the teachers daily. Were the facilities present such that the work could be adequately laid out and accomplished, we need to devote more time to problems of posture. The report of the School Nurse for this year and in some of the pre- ceeding years indicate that posture of pupils is a prob- lem of first importance. ,
The annual graduation exercises were held June 8, 1945. The program was built upon the pageant entitled, "Carver and Our Country's History", written by Mr. Shaw and staged under his direction with the assistance of the other teachers at the school. The following pupils received certificates of graduation; the letter following the name indicates the choice made by the pupil.
Ellis S. Bumpus-c Lucille A. Correio-a
Paul R. Correio-a
Richard J. Perry-a Leonard A. Pierce-a
Lorraine A. Dunham-a
John L. Santos-a
Norman F. Dunham-d
Raymond E. Silva-a
Barbara J. Goodreau-a
Eva M. Smith-a
Clark A. Griffith-a
Helen J. Wainio-a Dorothy M. Young-a
Ann L. LeCain-a
Gordon E. LeCain-b
a-Plymouth Junior High b-New Bedford Voc. School c-Left School d-Bristol County Agric. School
Statistics which have recently come to my attention regarding school costs are extremely interesting and seem to be worthwhile including here in the record. The
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information which I quote here is from facts furnished to Superintendents of Schools through the cooperation of the Massachusetts Teachers' Federation, Dr. Herbert Blair, Director of Research, the Department of Corpor- ations and Taxation and the State Department of Edu- cation and from copies of the annual state returns filed by the local superintendents. For the purposes of classi- fication, the towns and cities in Massachusetts are di- vided into four groups; Carver is one of the 118 towns known as group IV, or towns of less than 5,000 popula- tion and not maintaining High Schools. In preparing the figures the cost for General control (which we know as expenditures for Supervision and Law Enforcement) are not included ; but if, in the case of Carver, they were to be included, it would raise each figure only approxi- mately $7.00.
Average Cost Per Pupil
High School $245.24
Elementary $124.48
The comparison for the above figures is significant to us. The average cost for high school pupils of $245.24 includes tuition and transportation. The 75 percentile for the 118 towns in this class is $245.24, which means that we pay as much as or more than 88 of these towns for the education of each pupil enrolled in High School. The costs pertaining to these pupils are largely beyond our control but it is sufficiently important to warrant adequate consideration of costs in trying to determine the wisdom of adding the 9th grade to our local school system, if and when better school accommodations are available at the Center. In elementary costs, the 50 per- centile figure in cost per pupil for these towns is $120.53.
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In comparison, Carver's cost, $124.48, is very close to the mid point or average cost for the 118 towns. This, . on the whole, represents a relatively low cost for Carver for when Carver's valuation is considered, we find only 20 towns of this group where valuation per capita is greater than Carver's. While there is no justification in trying to increase school offerings merely because valu- ation indicates ability to pay, there is on the other hand reasonable indication that Carver can maintain a more adequate program of education for its boys and girls than is the practice at present.
Please accept my appreciation for your courtesy and thorough consideration of school problems in Carver. It is a privilege to be associated with a school committee which is genuinely committed to sincere application of its efforts to the questions of public education.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE R. AUSTIN,
Superintendent.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ART AND MANUAL TRAINING
Mr. George R. Austin
Superintendent of Schools, Union 44
Middleboro, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Austin :
In compliance with your request, I submit my report as Supervisor of Art and Manual Training in the schools of Carver, Massachusetts.
A syllabus of Art prepared by me and used for the
past four years, aims to enrich life and promote the en- joyment of leisure through an appreciation of beauty in Nature, in Fine Arts, and in Industrial productions.
A resume of accomplishment is embodied in this report.
CONSTRUCTION, COLOR AND DESIGN
This phase of work, in observance of Special Days, has been a source of interest to all pupils. A variety of gifts were made and decorated with appropriate designs and colors.
Complimentary and monochromatic harmony have been used to enhance tiles made from geometric forms and ideas suggested by colonial patchwork quilts.
Designs were created for definite purposes, serving as decorations for booklets, box covers, programs, holiday folders and match scratchers.
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Theory and harmony of color were discussed and ap- plied on color wheels.
PICTURE APPRECIATION
Bi-monthly, pupils in the seventh grade, mount famous prints which are attractively exhibited in the hallway of the Center School. These pictures are studied and pupils thereby acquire information regarding artists and galleries where each picture is exhibited.
Masterpeces are worthwhile pictures which have stood the test of the ages, and therefore, it seems essential that all pupils become acquainted with fine pictures.
POSTERS
Poster design is a useful and important phase of art education, presenting ideas in a forceful, interesting, artistic manner. Many posters were completed this year. From selected materials, ideas have been created, lay- outs, planned, color introduced, and types of standard lettering complimented the pattern idea. Various sub- jects including War, Victory, Easter, Great Men,, Thanks- giving, Christmas, Foreign Lands, Feudal Times, Indian Tribes, Community and Gardens have been rendered.
Each year, "THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVEN- TION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS", conducts a Hu- mane Poster contest open to pupils in schools of Massa- chusetts, and offers a gold pin as first prize, a silver pin for second prize, and a subscription to its magazine, OUR DUMB ANIMALS, for honorable mention.
The purpose of the contest is to kindle and foster the virtue of kindness. When the claim of an animal which
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cannot plead its own cause, which is dependent upon one stronger,, more intelligent than itself, is pressed home upon the child, that sense of justice is awakened. It is hoped that many more pupils will compete in future con- tests.
RED CROSS SERVICES
Pupils in Carver have been active in Junior Red Cross work. Calls came from Camp Edwards and Camp Myles Standish for holiday favors and novelties. Response was spontaneous.
Hundreds of decorated napkins, tray mats, place cards, scrapbooks, tumbler coasters, games, and magazines were sent to the patients. Many articles have been purchased and attractively decorated. Money for the purchase of the following materials was donated by the local Red Cross Chapter ; one dozen large blotters, thirty ash trays, ninety-five dust cloths, and twelve dozen pencils.
In addition to this ornamented handcraft, the pupils collected quantities of comic books, coat hangers, ash trays, playing cards, and games.
Letters of appreciation have been received from Field and Recreation Directors of both camps.
MANUAL TRAINING
Four hours weekly are devoted to seventh and eighth grades to teach the skill of using tools and making pro- jects. This year metalry has been combined with wood- work. Boys in the eighth grade hammered discs of alum- inum and pewter into plates, using molds and mallets. They were also interested in making lamps which resem-
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bled the old farm pump; these may be wired for electric- ity; and one pupil completed the entire project for Christmas. With the handle of the pump, lights are turned off and on, making a very useful article. Seventh grade boys made necktie holders with a back- ground designed in pierced brass or aluminum.
In addition, numerous projects such as bookcases, frames for maps, and minor repairs about the school- house have been accomplished.
CO-OPERATIVE INFLUENCE OF MURALS IN ART
Murals depict a complete story of an idea, and present unlimited opportunity for integration with practically all subjects of the school curriculum.
They offer art knowledge gained through experiences with various mediums, and create interest in expression, through a study of rhythm, balance, interpretation and color. This brings enjoyment, interest, and learning to an entire class.
Considerable research is required of supervisor and pupils to gain accurate perceptions of desired illustra- tive work; therefore, pictures, maps, period costumes, typical homes, and modes of travel must all be diligently studied.
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