Northern Illinois University-School of Education Collection

Title

Northern Illinois University-School of Education Collection

Subject

Classrooms
Students
Teachers
Teaching
Education
Illinois. Northern Illinois University, De Kalb. College of Education
Northern Illinois University
Teachers colleges
Student teaching
Laboratory school
Schools
Education--curricula

Description

The Northern Illinois University School of Education received its charter in 1895 as the Northern Illinois State Normal School with classes beginning in September 1899. The first class of 16 students completed their studies in 1900. In 1921, the school changed its name to Northern Illinois State Teachers College before eventually becoming Northern Illinois University in 1957. The university established the College of Education in 1959.

The photographs in this collection include images of student teaching in laboratory school classrooms from approximately 1905-1910. Academic subjects featured in the photographs include mathematics, chemistry, physical education, English, history, and art. The images are labeled using their original photo captions.

Collection Items

Application of Work in Areas
Students study measurement in the classroom by sawing wood to create instruction materials.

Work on Illinois
Students watch two students and a teacher make a drawing of the state of Illinois as part of a classroom lesson on the state.

Katrina in Good Humor
A man holds up a coyote named Katrina in front of an animal enclosure.

Basket Making in the Fifth Grade
Students practice basket making in the classroom.

A Pet Dog for a Model
Students practice drawing figures using a Greyhound dog as a model in the classroom.

Drawing a Rabbit
Students practice drawing using a rabbit as a model in the classroom.

Beginning Algebra
Students practice beginning algebra at their desks and on the chalkboards.

Bean Bags on Head
Students practice balancing with their arms held out and bean bags on their heads.

Floor Work
Students perform floor exercises while standing next to their desks.

Gymnasium
Female students perform exercises on the school's gymnasium floor while holding weighted wooden pins over their shoulders.This photo appeared of page 153 in "This is Illinois; A Pictorial History" by Jay Monaghan published in 1949.

London Bridge
Sixteen students act out the popular nursery rhyme and singing game, "London Bridge Is Falling Down."

Studying a Flower
Students sit around their teacher and learn about the different characteristics of a flowering plant.

Physical Laboratory
Students perform experiments in the school's science laboratory.

Boys at Work in the Manual Training Shop
Male students learn carpentry skills at a variety of work stations.

Christmas Carol- The Cratchit Family
Students act out scenes from the 1843 story "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Hiawatha and Iago
Three students act out a scene based on Native American legends about Hiawatha and Iago in a classroom decorated with trees, makeshift tent, and campfire.

William Tell
Students act out a scene based on the legend depicting William Tell shooting an apple off his son's head with an arrow.
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