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Schools much like Elementary schools.
What is a grammar school
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20 or 30 dollars a month.
How much money did Iowa’s early teachers get paid?
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Iowa built there own school.
What happend in 1830?
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They had to take a test to see if they could graduate.
What happend to the 8th graders every spring?
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Provided one section out of each township of thirty-six sections to support a school in that township.
What was the Land Ordinance Act of 1785?
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People who strongly believed in education who came to New England in 1630.(They had strong beliefs that everybody should read the bible)
Who were the Puritans?
200
They could get paid by getting to stay at the childs house, or get paid by chicken or butter.
What were some ways teachers were paid besides money?
200
Drake (Des Monies) Simpson (Indianola) DMACC (Des Monies) Iowa State University (Ames) University of Iowa (Iowa City) William Pen (Oscalosa) Wartburg (Waverly) Luther college (Decorah) Scott community college (Bettendorf) Grinell University (Grinell)
Name colleges in Iowa and there location.
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A school ran by churches, and was a private high school.
What is an academy?
200
They held its first classes in Iowa City 1855. It was trained to be taught by phyisicians., lawyers, and other proffesional people.(University of IA)
Tell me about the first university in Iowa.
300
They created property taxes
What did Iowans do when they discovered that they needed more money for schools?
300
Because they boys had to stay home and help with the farm during the spring.
Why did more kids attend school during the winter time?
300
Because it lead them to a better school.
Why has school consolidation been an important change?
300
Public schools
What were the first colleges and universities called?
300
Tipton opened the first high school in the state.
What happend in 1856?
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2 or 3 months
How long were teachers hired for?
400
Iowa passed a law saying kid between the ages of 7-16 had to go to school.
What happend in 1902?
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Its schools improved.
What happend as Iowas population grew?
400
McGuffy’s Readers
What was the most popular reading books in the 1900’s?
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There parents bought them.
How did students get there textbooks?
500
A tax on a home business or farm land.
What is a property tax
500
1900
When did school boards start providing there own textbooks?
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They were simple log cabins, which had benches along two walls,most students werent dividend by grades, girls and boys were seperated by benches. Also was a one room school house when all the ages are put in one room.
What was an early Iowa school like?
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