Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools

"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools" by Ontario. Department of Education, is an instructional book created for teachers in rural schools, probably from the beginning of the 1900s. The book stresses teaching household skills to young people, specifically girls, to get them ready to care for a home, focusing on useful abilities such as cooking, sewing, and running a house. It presents an organized way to teach, giving a plan that mixes classes about eating well, cleanliness, and managing a home. The book's purpose is to make household science teaching better in Ontario's rural schools, where few such classes are offered. The writers push for using what's taught, promoting lessons that fit different community needs. The introduction provides a simple explanation of the classes, with the idea that students should get important skills to maintain future homes. This introduction starts a series of in-depth instructions that cover everything from how to run a kitchen and prepare food to sewing ways and taking care of family members, all to improve how people live and work together in rural areas.