The Lincoln School Descriptive Booklet offers a clear window into an experimental, modern curriculum.
This edition outlines the school’s purpose, organization, and how its approach connects reading, writing, science, art, and civic life with real-world activities. Readers will see how the curriculum blends standard subjects with hands-on learning and student responsibility.
The booklet describes a purpose-built, evolving program that aims to develop practical abilities and social cooperation. It explains how tests, observations, and cooperative projects guide teaching, while special features like student councils, clubs, and publications involve pupils as active members of a learning community. It also details the school’s gradual expansion and its emphasis on self-control, initiative, and collaboration within a democratic school environment.
- How the school structures elementary, junior high, and senior high divisions and promotes individual promotion based on need.
- Hands-on learning in the elementary years, with activities that connect reading, writing, and numbers to real-life contexts.
- A multi-year science and industrial arts program built around exploration, experimentation, and practical projects.
- Student leadership and participation through councils, scout groups, bank, employment bureau, and publications.
Ideal for readers seeking an example of progressive education in action and for those evaluating early 20th‑century approaches to modern schooling.