MONTICELLO - Those who attend the Monticello Area Historical Society's newest museum display, "Slate Boards to Smart Boards," can take a trip down memory lane. The museum transformed the main display room into a school room, where books, desks, lunch boxes and sports equipment highlight the history of Green County schools and the evolution of teaching and learning.
In the back corner sits the old potbelly stove. Those whose desks sat near the stove always seemed to be too warm, while those who sat furthest away were too often chilly.
A portable blackboard and a wall-mounted white board, displayed side by side, show the advance in presenting daily lessons to students.
An array of school desks show the progression of student seating. Once mounted to the floor and even attached to one another, desks became lighter, airy and plastic - easier to move for group projects.
A hard-covered book was at one time a valuable item. The use of books in school remained unchanged for many decades in American schools, but the Internet changed all that. Computers and tablets now provide online access to reading materials, more commonly than books.
Typewriters became electrified and then computerized, televised and miniaturized. The QWERTY keyboard is the only familiar part remaining.
Slate Boards to Smart Boards will remain on display to the public through next year. The MAHS museum, 204 N. Main St., is open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through October with free admission.
In the back corner sits the old potbelly stove. Those whose desks sat near the stove always seemed to be too warm, while those who sat furthest away were too often chilly.
A portable blackboard and a wall-mounted white board, displayed side by side, show the advance in presenting daily lessons to students.
An array of school desks show the progression of student seating. Once mounted to the floor and even attached to one another, desks became lighter, airy and plastic - easier to move for group projects.
A hard-covered book was at one time a valuable item. The use of books in school remained unchanged for many decades in American schools, but the Internet changed all that. Computers and tablets now provide online access to reading materials, more commonly than books.
Typewriters became electrified and then computerized, televised and miniaturized. The QWERTY keyboard is the only familiar part remaining.
Slate Boards to Smart Boards will remain on display to the public through next year. The MAHS museum, 204 N. Main St., is open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through October with free admission.
