Scope of Study: This study was made because the writer recognized the need for the use of more visual aids in the school shop safety program. The writer mailed ninety-four questionnaire cards; fifty-two were returned. The replies on the cards indicated the lack of the use of many of the visual aids which could add much to the shop safety program. The study also includes a brief history of education and industrial arts, the development of visual aids and the description and application of various visual aids to the shop safety program.

Conclusions and Recommendations: A visually aided program is more effective than a completely verbal one. Approximately eighty-five per cent of the total knowledge gained by students is acquired through the sense of sight. The shop instructor should enrich the safety program by the use of visual aids. The media should be chosen that will most effectively meet the safety problem. The application of the visual aid must be understood. Future application toward the solution of the shop safety problems will be increased if the students help prepare or present the visual aids.