Everyday Family Life Celebrating and Having Fun Good Times and Bad Times Working School Community Migration

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School

• What was the neighborhood school like?

• How far away was the school? How did the children get there?

• What stories do you remember about things that happened on the way to or from school?

• What subjects were taught in school? What was your favorite? Why?

• Who was your favorite teacher? Why?

• What outside games and sports were played at school? What inside games were played at school?

• How many years did most people in the family attend school? Why?

More Family Folklife Questions:

• Everyday Family Life
• Celebrating and Having Fun
• Good Times and Bad Times
• Working
• School
• Community
• Migration

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From Toward a Better Balance: Curriculum Guide for Multicultural Education, Susan K. Donley (Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, 1988) ©1988 Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Used by permission.