The Legacy of Joseph Kuhn

Peggy Christensen

Summer Fellowship 2008

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Lesson Seven: Ruth Kuhn Youngerman attended Avenue School in the early 1920s. In this lesson students will study two photographs, read an article from another 1920s Avenue School student, and listen to some of Mrs. Youngerman’s memories recorded on July 19, 2008.

Duration: This lesson will take one class period.

Analysis of Local Primary Sources:

• Photograph of children reading at Avenue School
• Photograph of children sitting at their desks
• Article by Warren K. Deem titled Whatever Happened To All Those Third Graders?
• Sound bites from the July 19, 2008 interview with Ruth Youngerman Kuhn:
  "The school year started...."
  "In each classroom..."
  "What did students do...."
  

Ties to National Primary Source: There is no tie to a national source in this lesson.

List of Materials and Resources

• Worksheet 5
• Photograph of children reading at Avenue School from the Avenue School Vertical File at the Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library, 210 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois.
• Photograph of children sitting at their desks from the Avenue School Vertical File at the Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library, 210 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois.
• Article by Warren K. Deem titled Whatever Happened To All Those Third Graders? from the Avenue School Vertical File at the Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library, 210 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois.
• Sound bites from the July 19, 2008 interview with Ruth Youngerman Kuhn.

Procedure:

• Distribute worksheet 5.
• Project first one than the other picture while the students fill in their worksheets.
• Hand Warren K. Deem’s article.
• Play the sound bites from Mrs. Youngerman