1. Anna Coffey Mossman and Industrial Arts

2. HER LIFE  Born in 1877 in Newark, Indiana  Father, Adolphus Coffey, minister  Mother, Susan Francis Coffey  One sister  Hometown, Beech Creek

3. EARLY TEACHING CAREER Began in Pottawotomie Kansas at 18 Taught one year, moved to Wamego, Kansas Received $40.00 month 1902 took job in Las Vegas high school Took job in Macomb, Illinois

4. INDUSTRIAL ARTS  Child-centered classrooms  Active participation  Building projects  Group life  Interacting by sharing

5. HER PERSONALITY  Independent  Brave  Strict  Unconventional

6. Mossman and Bonser  Co-worker at Western Illinois State Normal School  Bonser…Manuel training as self expression  Mossman…Industrial arts as social education  Co-authored “Industrial Arts for Elementary  Schools” with Mossman  65 years of curriculum development in technology education

7. HER PHILOSOPHY  Believed integration between total school program  Later viewed industrial arts inseparable from other disciplines  Study of food, clothing, shelter  Democracy in classroom

8. MOSSMAN’S DEATH  Died in 1944  Accidental bullet wound  An historic applaud….past due!