Historical information

A text book designed as an aid to teachers in Victorian Primary Schools in the 1940's. It teachers the value of art and handwork as a necessary part of general education.

Significance

This text book shows the importance and the growing recognition of various hand crafts as part of general education in Victorian schools in the 1940's and also that handcrafts are an integral part of the curriculum, leading towards an improvement in artistic appreciation by raising handwork from the level of manual exercises to that of creative applied art.

Physical description

A hard covered text book, faded blue cover.

Inscriptions & markings

Front cover: Handwork for Schools, W.R. Dean and H. Jolly, and at the bottom of cover 'Oxford University Press, Leighton House, Melbourne,
London: Humphrey Milford.' On the first page, handwritten in red, is a signature 'N. Rodgers' and the title is repeated. The price is marked as 6/6 ( Six shillings, six pence)