From collection General Photograph Collection
Hawthorne School United Nations Day
The Hawthorne School presents a learning day focused on their United Nations Program. Students present findings to visiting parents, classmates, and teachers, and give mock tours of miniaturized versions of the countries involved. A: Students Gregory Remingotn, Sandra Francisco, Mary Mabry, and Billy Reeves. B: Russia-Poland. C-D: Various dolls. E: Students Mike Curry, Rita Limastruth, and visiting parents. F: Middle-Europe. G: Carla Lemmon, Martha Merrill, Charles Cose, Robin Mercer. H: Flags and dolls of Europe. I: Bruce Arenson and Carla Lemmon present their findings to their class and visitors. Following the formation of the United Nations on October 24, 1945, classrooms across the west during the early stages of the Cold War sponsored United Nations Programs and learning days to raise awareness and deucation on world events.
