One-Room Country Schools: History and Recollections from Wisconsin (Paperback)

~ Jerry Apps (Author)

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From 1791, when the first school was established in what is now Wisconsin, to the 1960s, when consolidation was finally complete, the one-room school’s history has been one of growth and change. In One-Room Country Schools, this history along with unique memories and shared recollections from the people who learned and taught in the one-room schools of Wisconsin tell the story of these institutions of learning.

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Distributed for the author 1996, The Guest Cottage, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Amherst Press (December 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942495535
• ISBN-13: 978-0942495539
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #884,144 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book on country schools is historical and informative., December 31, 1998

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For those who attended one-room country schools, this book, combining history and personal recollections, will bring back fond memories of a different era. Children were well-educated in these schools; many of them only completed eight grades, but they could read, write, spell, do math, think, and reason. They also developed social skills and were kind to one another. I would recommend this book to anyone who ever attended a one-room school or who is in the field of education.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nostalgic history of these yesteryear institutions, February 12, 2001

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

The first school in what was to become Wisconsin was established in 1791. The one-room school became a part of every Wisconsin community during the state's formative years. Now they are a nostalgic memory as the state's population outgrew their utility with the completion of consolidated school districts in the 1960s. In One-Room Country Schools: History And Recollections From Wisconsin, Jerry Apps presents a collection of unique memories and shard recollections from a wide diversity of people who learned and taught in the one-room schools of Wisconsin, thereby presenting an informative, entertaining, nostalgic history of these yesteryear institutions -- the one-room school.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Nostalgic remembrance, June 26, 2009

By	Mary L. Langfeldt "love to read" (Marshfield WI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My country school was not featured/mentioned in the book. No matter which country school one attended, the things that took place were the same, no matter the part of the country you were in. The chores students did, the lunches, the teachers, the special programs, the recesses with each season. I am proud to have been in that elite group of having attended a country school, Park School, Clark County, Wisconsin. I took the book along to our last school reunion for people to look at.