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One Room, Many Stories: Schoolhouse Memories

Special | 40m 44s

Stories of teaching and learning in one-room schoolhouses in the Upper Peninsula. (2002)

One-room schoolhouses once peppered the countryside; now they are near extinction and only a few still operate in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In this 2002 WNMU-TV production, hear stories from those who taught and learned in one-room schoolhouses in the U.P. Based on the book, "The Diary of an Isle Royale School Teacher" by Dorothy Peterman Simonson.

11/27/2002

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WNMU Documentaries

One Room, Many Stories: Schoolhouse Memories

Special | 40m 44s

One-room schoolhouses once peppered the countryside; now they are near extinction and only a few still operate in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In this 2002 WNMU-TV production, hear stories from those who taught and learned in one-room schoolhouses in the U.P. Based on the book, "The Diary of an Isle Royale School Teacher" by Dorothy Peterman Simonson.

11/27/2002

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