Foods and home making

ARCHIVES SUMMER SCHOOL FOB TEACHER m fii 5<'« ©X UB1IB TOO0S1!W&!$ aiBIRWIMK Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 with funding from University of Alberta Libraries https://archive.org/details/foodshomemakingOOgree Courtesy American < la s Association A Cheerful Kitchen and Tasty Food FOODS AND HOME MAKING BY CARLOTTA C. GREER HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS JOHN HAY HIGH SCHOOL, CLEVELAND NEW EDITION ALLYN AND BACON BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO DALLAS COPYRIGHT, 1937, 1938, AND 1939 BY ALLYN AND BACON PEN LIBRARY OF THE UNIVER: OF ALBERTA i PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SCHOOL TO THE TEACHER y m teachers - On c , It has been taken for granted that youth would learn without instruction many of the commonplaces of living. Experience and observation have shown that many pupils fail to do well the things they must do every day. Training them to do better the important things they are now doing or are going to do is effective education. Research about the activities of boys and girls shows that going to the store is one of the most frequent. Young persons should be armed with information so that they may get good value for the money they spend. Detailed directions for buying not only fruits, vegetables, meats, and other foods but also dishes, glassware, utensils, table linen, and silver are contained in this text. Moreover, some fundamental principles of buying as well as the ethics of buying are discussed. A glance at the index shows how many items are listed under the topic buying. Other home activities shown by recent investigation to be performed most frequently by pupils are setting the table , washing dishes , and helping to cook meals. These subjects are all included in this book. Even the commonplaces of dishwashing have been vitalized by arranging pertinent material in the form of a contest. Interest is stimulated further by showing the relation of dishwashing to health. Not only should pupils be taught how better to do important things, but additional interests and activities should be revealed and made desirable to them. In Foods and Home Making are in- cluded many suggestions and devices to stimulate pupils to par- ticipate in home activities and to do their share in making their IV To the Teacher homes attractive and happy. Definiteness in directions for work , carefully planned home work , and arrangements for getting school credit for home work make the activities suggested in the text readily attractive to the pupils. Since health education has been generally accepted as a necessary preparation for everyday living, many terse rules for maintaining health have been formulated. In every set of health rules, the selection of wholesome food is emphasized. Selection of food from the standpoint of health is constantly urged in this text. Moreover, in the chapter Keeping Well other health practices besides food selection are included. Chapters on child care also form a part of this unit. In modern educational circles it is thought that methods which merely inform pupils but do not stimulate to activity are ineffective. Throughout the text, workable devices are suggested whereby pupils may put into practice the activities about which they learn.