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A History of the Amateur Woodworking Movement
A Decade-by-Decade Narrative of Amateur Woodworking in America From 1900 to 2000
An Online Book -- Raymond McInnis -- Amateur Woodworker
Home Contents Appendices Authors Documents
Glossary Intro and Glossary Annexes
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Narrative Chapters
Chap 1 Chap 2 Chap 3 Chap 4 Chap 5 Chap 6 Chap 7 Chap 8 Chap 9 Chap 10 Chap 11 Chap 12
Headnote for Manuals Manuals by Decade
1900-before 1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950 1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000 2001-later
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Chapter 7 1951 - 1960 7: 8. Education Programs that Support the Growth of Amateur Woodworking
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7: 8. Education Programs that Support the Growth of Amateur Woodworking
In 1958, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics launched Sputnik, the world's first space satellite, and galvanized the US Congress into giving America a "shot-in-the-arm", to stimulate education and, particularly, technology education.
Sputnik, in short, is one of the pivotal moments in American history that changed this nation forever, in a multitude of different ways, some of which -- like cordless woodworking tools -- had a great impact upon amateur woodworking.
These changes had one (sad) impact: former "general shop" programs in high schools that had prevailed since the 1920s, and which introduced woodworking to boys as a natural component of their education, were greatly reduced. [Much more on this later.]
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