Explore 20 photos of classrooms in the 1950s, capturing school life, students, and vintage learning environments.

In today’s classrooms, movement and different learning styles are increasingly understood as part of child development. But in the 1950s, the expectations were far stricter. Fidgeting or failing to ...

At first glance, Christine Oatman’s series of installations at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library appear to be idealistic and innocent re-creations of 1950s classroom settings. Wide-eyed, life-sized, ...

Explores teaching methods and student personalities in a 1950s classroom. Focuses on individual differences, teacher preparation, and classroom diversity. Hear Iranian foreign minister respond to US ...