Duncanson, Mary E.

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266 THE VIRGINIA TEACHER [Vol. 6. No. 9 can Food Journal, 37 W. 39th St., New York, New York. Helen Louise Johnson, Lecturer, Writer and Ad- viser in Home Ec., Women's University Club, 106 E. Fifty-Second St., New York, N. Y. Angeline Keenan, Nutritionist, National Dairy Council, Philadelphia Inter-State Dairy Coun- cil, 1211-1213 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penn. Mary E. Keown, Director, Education Dept. Amer- ican Washing Machine Manufacturers' Asso- ciation, 10 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 111. Margaret H. Kingsley, Asst. Household Refrig- eration Bureau, National Assn. of Ice Indus- tries, 51 Chambers Street, New York, N. Y. Mrs. Frances Kline, Extension Field Agent, Edu- cation Dept., Jell-0 Co., Inc., Le Roy, New York. Dorothy Knight, Director, Home Ec. Dept., Lib- by, McNeill and Libby, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 111. Ann T. Lamb, Nutrition Worker, National Dairy Council, 910 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois. , Jessie B. Lane, Head, Home Ec., Dept., Adiron- dack Power and Light Co., Schenectady, New York. Ina Lindman, Educational Director, Boston Wov- en Hose and Rubber Co., Boston, Mass. Isabel Ely Lord, Pres.-Treas., The Proxy Shop- pers, Inc., 7 East 39th St., New York, New York. Harriet Mason, Editor, Home Ec., The Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio. Sarah McLeod, Director Home Ec. Bureau, So- ciety for Savings Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Ida Rigney Migliario, Home Economics Ed- itor, Capper Pub., 8th and Jackson Streets, Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Nell B. Bichols, Writer, Cromwell Publi- cations, 381 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Mrs. Louise E. Northrup, Philadelphia Inter- State Dairy Council, 1211-13 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penn. Jean K. Rich, Educational Dept., Royal Baking Powder Co., 420 Fullerton Parkway, Chicago, Illinois. Marion S. Rose, Educational Dept., Royal Baking Powder Co., 100 E. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Bess M. Rowe, Field Editor, The Farmer's Wife, Webb Pub. Co., St. Paul, Minn. R. Leone Rutledge, Director Domestic Science Dept., R. B. Davis Company, Hoboken, New Jersey. Edith Salisburg, Life Insurance Underwriter, New York Life Insurance Company, 435 Woodward BIdg., Washington, D. C. Marie Seller, Home Ec. Editor, Pictorial Rev. Co., 222 West 39 St., New York, N. Y. Marjorie Six, Organizer and Nutrition Director, Pittsburg District Dairy Council, 451 Century Building, Pittsburg, Pa. Martha Stedman Smith, Nutrition Worker, Phil- adelphia Inter-State Dairy Council, 1211-13 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Edna Sparkman, Home Ec. Editor, Today's Housewife, 134 E. 70th St., New York, N. Y. Elsie Stark, Nutrition Director, Nat'l. Dairy Council, 1429 1-2 N. 5th St., Columbus, Ohio. Mabel J. Stegner, Research Work, J. Walter Thompson, 244 Madison Ave., New York. Irene Hume Taylor, Dr. Home Ec. Dept., Swift & Co., Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 111. Barbara Van Heulen, Forsythe-Van H. Real Es- tate Brokers, 69 W. Washington St., Chicago, Illinois. Ruth Watson, Dir. Educational Dept. Royal Baking Powder Co., 100 E. 42 St., New York, N. Y. Margaret Weimer, Home Service Dept., Wash- burn-Crosby Co., Minneapolis. Elizabeth Weirick, Textile Chemist, Sears, .Roc- buck & Co., Homan and Arthington Ave., Chicago, 111. Hannah L. Wessling, Dir. Home Ec. Dept., Northwestern Yeast Co., 1750 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, 111. Agnes White, Educational Division, Adv. Dept., Washburn-Crosby Co., Minneapolis, Minn. LOUISE KEELING FROM BOOK TO SCREEN) A MOVIE PRODUCTION BY FIRST GRADE Situation—After we had told and dra- matized a number of stories, the question came from the class, "What else can we do with a story?" The children decided they would like to make a "movie" from one of the stories. How they developed this idea is told below. I. What the Children Did A. They made a survey of stories to find the ones best suited for "movies." 1. In doing this they read the following stories: The Three Bears—Elson Extension Series, Primer. Scott Foresman Co., N. Y. The Gingerbread Boy and Wee Wee Woman—The Win- ston Readers, Primer. Jno. C. Win- ston Co., Phila. The Three Pigs— Everyday Classics, Primer. Macmil- lan Co., N. Y. 2. While the children were preparing their stories, I read or told to them: Little Black Sambo—Bannerman, Fred A. Stokes Co., N. Y.; Peter Rabbit—Potter, Fred Warner & Co., November, 1925] THE VIRGINIA TEACHER 267 N. Y.; The Little Engine That C o u 1 d—Elson Extension Series, Book I, Scott Foresman Co., N. Y.; c. The Boy and the Goat—The Winston Readers, Primer, Jno. C. Winston Co., Phila.; The Billy Goats Gruff— Everyday Classics, First Reader, Macmillan Co., N. Y. 3. As each story was read, I listed its title on the blackboard. D ■4. They dramatized each of the stories in order to note those best suited for a "movie."1 a. Class selected a manager who chose the characters. b. The class arranged the scenes and jj played the story. After this they dis- ^ cussed ways to improve the play and rehearsed it once more. B. They planned a "movie" for each of four stories, namely: Little Black Sambo, Peter Rabbit, Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Three Bears. 1. Class decided which of the stories dramatized were best for "movies." 2. They revised the division of scenes made when stories were dramatized, checking particularly on sequence of scenes. 3. They made appropriate pictures for each scene. a. They decided to use sheets of white paper 18x24 inches and color with crayons. b. They drew and colored pictures of each scene. The children improvised an easel by placing the sheet of paper flat on top of their tables. 4. They fastened the pictures together. a. They pasted the pictures flat with edges overlapping about one inch. To the first picture, another sheet with the name of the story printed on it was pasted. iDramatizing each of the stories took a good deal of time, but it seemed worth while because it threw the plot of each story into high relief and because it was the children's idea of how to do it. b. They fastened the pictures to a frame so that they could be rolled.2. They planned the program. 1. Class selected one child to tell the story of each picture as reel was turned. 2. After class had suggested ways to improve, the child retold the story. They gave the "movie." 1. The manager announced name of "movie." 2. Two children turned the reel as the appointed child told the story of each picture. Values Derived from Making the Movie Skills Strengthened. 1. In silent reading the children gained in power to analyze a story into thought units. This was done both in choosing the scenes and in decid- ing what were the points to be em- phasized in each picture. 2. In fine arts they learned how to use crayons smoothly and how to select pleasing colors for objects and cos- tumes. They also had practice in placing objects in a picture accord- ing to their size, importance, and dis- tance. 3. In industrial arts they learned to print carefully. They learned to make the capital letters one space high and small letters one-half space, and to leave the distance between words twice as much as that between let- ters. B. Attitudes Encouraged. 1. Cooperation—one child put paste on 2To make the frame take three 36-inch pieces of Ijlxl^-inch boards. Two of the 36-inch uprights of l^xlj4-inch are fastened into a base board 2x2-inch, with a third 36-inch of l^xl^-inch across the top. With a nail fasten two round rods (broomsticks will do) about three inches from either end, to the top and bottom of frame so that the rods will turn. Then attach the ends of the roll to the round rods with thumb tacks. 268 THE VIRGINIA TEACHER [Vol. 6. No. 9 edge of a sheet while a second child placed edge of next sheet over that of the first one. 2. Judgment—class thought a certain scene could be improved and made definite suggestions; children acted this scene again, meeting the sugges- tions. 3. Leadership—one child arranged the scenes with the help of the cast. Mary E. Duncanson ATTRACTIVE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN In all Christian nations December is a month when the hands and hearts of grown- ups are attempting to add to the happiness and development of children. Since six years ago when Children's Book Week was instituted, November is also coming to be- long to children. Both at Christmas time and during Children's Book Week, teach- ers, parents, and librarians are thinking of books as gifts to children, and are encourag- ing the reading of the best books. American parents give freely to their chil- dren whatever money can buy. Small won- der that the writing and publishing of chil- dren's books has grown so rapidly in the past few decades. But for every really fine book printed a vast number of worthless juveniles are for sale. The reading tastes of children must be developed so they will enjoy the rich field of literature which was not available to youngsters a century ago. Powerful influences of another character have grown up in our time along with the wealth of opportunity in better schools, more libraries, and books. The comic sup- plement and jazz-movies reach multitudes of children in whose homes books are not bought or read in the family circle, who at- tend one-room or small graded schools where libraries do not exist or are poorly selected. To encourage a child to have a library of his own wherein he will delight to browse and learn to use his leisure wisely, to assist parents in the selection of good books for their children is the happy opportunity of teachers and librarians. In the too many places where there is no library the teacher is the only one to give this service. The books mentioned in this article may help teachers in selections for school li- braries, as guides for supplementary read- ing and gifts. These or any other books, x-egardless of publisher, may be bought from either of the following library jobbers: A. C. McClurg & Company, 333 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois, or G. P. Putnam's Sons, 26 West 45th Street, New York City. Your own library has some of these books. Write to the secretary of your State library commission for a loan library. Ex- cellent lists of books and helpful publicity material for book promotion can be obtained from the American Library Association, 86 East Randolph Street, Chicago; the Bureau of Education (Home Education Division), Washington, D. C; and the National As- sociation of Book Publishers, 25 West 33d Street, New York City. Some of the pub- licity material from the above sources will suggest to teachers how editors of local pa- pers can be interested in promoting better reading and library growth, and how local bookstores can be interested in having a high grade of juvenile reading for sale. The following titles for the eight grades are a few of many selected by children's li- brarians : SEsop's Fables and Anderson's Fairy Tales— so well known that comment is not needed. Boutet de Monvel's Joan of Arc—one of the most beautiful picture books ever pub- lished in this country. Brookes Golden Goose Book, clearly printed, with artistic cover and drawings, full of action and humor. Caldecott s Picture Books—very clever and amusing picture stories of nursery rhymes in colors. 

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