School curriculum
What were the main subjects for kids 5-8?
WHAT IS reading, spelling, grammar, heavy religious, ect
Christianity was the main...
WHAT IS RELIGION
Where were early classrooms found?
WHAT IS Often in someones living room or house
What was a McGuffey reader?
WHAT IS A textbook that had poems, stories, science, grammar, moral lessons, ect
True or False...
When kids would get in trouble the teacher was really nice to them and would help them.
WHAT IS FALSE! The teachers heavily relied on strict, often violent discipline.
True or False...
Girls mainly went to dame schools learned sewing, weaving, cooking and how to run a house hold.
WHAT IS TRUE!
After they stopped focusing on history what were the main focus?
WHAT IS They were accounting, ship navigation, math and land surveying
Who could have run a dame school?
WHAT IS A widow or house wife
Paper was a lot of money...
What was used instead?
WHAT IS A hornbook. That had the alphabet and the lords prayer on it.
What would "bad kids" wear?
WHAT IS Kids would sit in the corner wearing a dunce cap to embarrass them
Wealthy girls might study...
WHAT IS basic literature, poetry, music, or dancing.
As businesses grew what did people want from there kids
WHAT IS They wanted practical skills
How many kids could be in a one room school house and what were they ages?
WHAT IS It could be from 10 - 60 kid ages from 6-16
They had no books and very little paper so how did the memorize the stuff they were learning?
WHAT IS They would chant it over and over again
When would kids start leveling school to get jobs?
WHAT IS 10-12
Formal schooling was rare for..
WHAT IS GIRLS!
At the beginning schools only taught....
WHAT IS religion
True or False....
School rooms were supper big
WHAT IS FALSE!
Where did the paper come from that made it so much money?
WHAT IS It was imported from Europe
True or False...
Students could be hit or beaten if they were really bad.
WHAT IS TRUE
Did enslaved and indigenous children go to school?
WHAT IS Not in most cases
Why did they want kids to have these skills?
WHAT IS So kids can have good jobs
How was the room heated?
WHAT IS Either a fire place or a stove!
What was a hornbook?
WHAT IS It was a paddle shaped piece of wood with a small piece of paper kids could look at with the alphabet and prayers on it
Why did kids have to memorize everything?
WHAT IS Because paper was very limited and costed a lot of money