Kingdom Come School materials, c.1973
Sub-Series (ap.afc.03.03)
- Extent
- 22 Film containers
- 30 Audio tapes
- 6 Video cassettes
- 7 Photo prints
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series III. Appalachian Educational Media Project Films, First Grant, 1973-1974 > Kingdom Come School materials, c.1973
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Kingdom Come School, a 1973 release. The film follows teacher Harding Ison and his twenty-two students during a typical day at the last one room schoolhouse in Letcher County, Kentucky. Students are shown cross-age tutoring, fixing lunch, working at the chalkboard, and receiving one-on-one instruction from the teacher. Interviews include Ison commenting on the value of one-room schools, and the county school superintendent offering his rationale for further school consolidation. Subjects include school consolidation, rural education and rural youth in the Appalachian region.
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