Figure 1.--Here are some students at the Volksschule Barnsen in 1936. Barsen is a small town in lower Saxony. They look to be all boys, but there may be two girls at the back. The children are shown here with their recorders, leaning to play an instrument. This is a simple instrument that is used to teach music to young children. The fact that it was simple and inexpensive mkes it ideal for early childhood music instruction and is still widely used. The children are with this teacher. This is not a class group. Volsschule had much larger classes.

Here are some students at the Volksschule Barnsen in 1936. Barsen is a small town in lower Saxony. They look to be all boys, but there may be two girls at the back. The children are shown here with their recorders, leaning to play an instrument. This is a simple instrument that is used to teach music to young children. The fact that it was simple and inexpensive mkes it ideal for early childhood music instruction and is still widely used. The children are with this teacher. This is not a class group. Volsschule had much larger classes. It is interesting that music was being taught. Music of course is very important in Germany, but we are not sure just to wht extent music was part of the curruiculum. Our understanding is that the curriculum was very academic with few departures from the curriculum. What we do not know here is if this was part of the standard curriculum or an after school activity. Nor do we know what the rest of the class was doing while these children were doing music. We do not know if these children were selected or chosen. They look to be about 9-10 years old. They wear short trousers and long stockings except one boy who wears knee socks.

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