The quality of the schools were very different as well as bad compared to our schools quality now.
100
When were boys and girls allowed to come together?
During school assembly's
100
How many different nationalities were represented in a school?
25 different nationalities
100
Why would parents not let some students go to school?
For religious beliefs
100
What did schools not have? Name all of them.
Playgrounds,sports or play facilities, gymnasiums, and toilets.
200
Where was the toilets located?
Outside in the yard, they also had no privacy
200
What would happen if you would mis spell a word?
The student would have to write the correct spelled word in their notebook 10 or more times
200
What happened if students could not speak English?
They were put into lower grade classes
200
After school what did immigrant children feel about their parents?
They felt ashamed by their parents and their immigrant ways
200
What was 1 resource we used?
We Are Americans Voices of the Immigrants by: Dorthy and Thomas Hoobler
300
Did the children have any physical activities?
No. There were no sports or play facilities.
300
What did students have to learn and remember?
They had to learn long lists of names and dates
300
What are 3 activities boys had to learn?
Shoe making, printing, carpentry, sign painting, book binding, basketry, chair caning, and janitorial work
300
How old did parents try to keep their kids in school?
Till 14
300
What were 3 things you learned from this about education?
School rules, curriculum, activities for boys and girls, quality and hygiene, at home problems lasting impacts.
400
What was unheard luxury
Gymnasiums
400
Could boys and girls learn together?
No they learned separately
400
What were 3 activities girls had to learn?
Cooking, sewing, embroidery, dressmaking, millinery, stenography, and typewriting
400
What did Immigrant children start to do with their beliefs and heritage?
They started to completely abandon them
400
What are all the activities boys and girls learned?
Shoemaking,printing,carpentry,sign painting, book binding,basketry, chair caning, and janitorial work,cooking,sewing,embroidery,dressmaking,millinery,stenography, and typewriting
500
What does our schools have now that they didn't have then?
We have sports, tracks, bathroom stalls/bathrooms, 2 gyms,and playgrounds.
500
What did students have to learn and memorize by heart?
School lessons
500
What are 5 American curriculum that was taught to the children?
American heroes, American folklore, American manners, American customs, American fashion/fads/slang, American government, and American songs
500
What are 3 at home problems?
Painful conflicts occurred, kids started to abandon their beliefs and heritage, kids started to feel ashamed by their parents, and parents would not let their children go to school for their religious beliefs
500
What was the lasting impact?
The flood of immigrants in the late 1800's and early 1900's effected education by creating new curriculum, better hygiene, and it lightened the importance of children graduating from high school.