During the ’50s, unique practices in schools included drills for nuclear war, unapproved vaccinations, hands-on classes like Home Economics and Woodshop, visiting mental hospitals, bringing handguns to school in packs, observing beef slaughterhouses on field trips, teachers taking students for beer, wearing dog tags for emergencies, Bible readings excluding Jewish kids, engaging parents at school dances, making whiskey stills for projects, leaving school for lunch, cooking squirrels brought by students, allowing dogs in school buildings to enjoy breeze, and students working at cafes during lunch hours.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/older-adults-reveal-normal-school-things-from-1950s
