Hands On: A Year in an Eastern Kentucky Classroom materials, c.1992
Sub-Series (ap.afc.07.11)
- Extent
- 77 Video cassettes
- 6 Photo prints
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VII. Appalshop Films 1991-1999 > Hands On: A Year in an Eastern Kentucky Classroom materials, c.1992
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Hands On: A Year In An Eastern Kentucky Classroom, a 1992 release. The documentary chronicles the activities of teacher Linda Oxendine Brown and her 24 second graders during the 1989-90 school year in rural Knox County, Kentucky. The film shows children functioning in a democratically-run learning environment: producing a weekly radio program; writing, editing and publishing a collection of short stories and non-fiction; planting tomatoes; and visiting a classmate's farm. The program also includes Oxendin-Brown's visits to her students' homes and consultations with their parents. Subjects include child development, rural youth, and education in the Appalachian region.
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