Chapters: EARLY STARTS (the first attempts at organized education) // NINETEENTH CENTURY IDEALISM (the effort to design and build the perfect school) // THE AMISH ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE // THE TEACHER // SCHOOL BOOK // TEACHING APPARATUS // DESKS AND CHAIRS // RULES AND REGULATIONS
Introduction -- Preface -- Amish History of Southern Lancaster County, 1940-1992 -- An Amish Settlement of 1940 by Gideon L. Fisher -- Nickel Mines Settlement in 1940 -- Iva District -- Bart Township History -- Historic Mines Originally Produced Copper for Colonies -- The First Amish Family in Kirkwood -- Tragedies -- Migrations -- Weather -- School History -- War Time -- Fires -- Stores -- Miscellaneous -- Districts -- Ministers' Conference