Teacher and Students at Wheatly Elementary School, September 16, 1957

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, O'Halloran, Thomas J., "Wheatly Elem. School," 16 September 1957

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#2 Occupation: Teacher
By 1950, many of the one-room schools had closed and students rode school busses to a larger school building in town. Most all elementary classrooms had only one grade level of students in a classroom. Classroom teachers taught math, reading, writing, grammar, history, science and geography. This photograph shows a teacher and her students at Wheatly Elementary School in 1957. 

Source-Dependent Questions

• What is the working environment for a teacher?
• What skills does this teacher need in order to be successful at her job?
• How did the occupation of teaching change from 1900 to 1950?

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O'Halloran, Thomas J., "Wheatly Elem. School," 16 September 1957. Courtesy of Library of Congress