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Identifier: belltelephonemag4344amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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pets used in the firstprogram, to avoid the possibility that thechildren might remember the dramaticstory or the puppet characters ratherthan the lessons being taught. And it wasfelt that filmstrips were needed which re-inforced the important points of the pro-gram and which enlarged upon thecontent of the film. Finally, it wassuggested that the teachers manualsshould contain resource material and lessdetail than the previous one so thatteachers could develop their own ap-proaches based on the material supplied. Objectives Following these meetings with edu-cators, people from the Commercial,Traffic, and Public Relations Depart-ments and occasionally Marketing De-partment and Number Services repre-sentatives determined what telephoneinformation should be included in theprogram, the educational approach andthe kinds of material to be used. Thepurpose and objectives of the programwere established: • To explain the place and importanceof communications in the past,present and future; 42
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Two 8-year-olds drew these pictures to show some of the things they learned about tele-phone courtesy: proper tone of voice, letting others use the phone and answering quickly. • To give basic information that wouldaid in teaching good habits of tele-phone communication; • To present basic facts on how thetelephone works and how calls gothrough, particularly as these applyto proper telephone usage; • To provide materials that meet edu-cators needs. During the actual research and devel-opment of the program itself this co-operative effort was continued in con-ferences with educators and the BellOperating Company people who admin-ister the program. Parts of the programwere also tested very successfully withstudents and discussed with elementaryteachers. And when the materials werenear completion, they received a final Second graders in Charlotte, N.C. answer questions about wall charts which reinforce filmand filmstrips on telephone courtesy, how the phone works, getting help in a

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