Education Authority of Glasgow Special Services (clip 2)
School provision for disabled children in the 1920s
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Description
Some of the education authority special services are illustrated including the preparation of school meals, transporting disabled children to school and the work of Woodburn Hostel for blind children and Langside School for the deaf. This clip shows a child playing with a yo-yo and girls dancing.
Questions & Activities
Questions
- What kind of dance was this?
- What style of music were they dancing to?
- Did you recognise any toys or games?
- What do you think of the girls' costumes?
Activities
Social History: Research Kennyhill School. Does it still exist and what are the modern equivolents?
Expressive Arts: Compare and contrast dance styles then and now, and dance styles in school then and now. Recreate the dance in your class.
Media Studies: Compose or source some music that fits with the images.
Clip Details
| Record Id | 007-000-000-247-C |
|---|---|
| Resource Rights Holder | National Library of Scotland |
| Project Ref | 1610 |
| Date | 1925 |
| Genre | Documentary, Sponsored |
| School Subject | Expressive Arts, Social History, Health and Wellbeing |
| Subject Matter | Education |
| Where | Glasgow Langside |
| Attributes | Black and White, Silent |
| Clip Length | 1:18 |
| Film Length | 10:40 |
| References | http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA02031 |