Teachers
How many lessons were taught a day
What subjects were taught in schools in the 1800s?
Reading, writing, math, geography, and history.
Who was the person that started the public education reforming?
Horace Mann
How many classrooms and teachers were there in the schools and in the 1800s?
There was one classroom and one teacher.
What kind of kids were allowed to go to school?
Only the children of white men and women.
True or False: Teachers were trained and were paid a substantial amount of money.
False. These teachers were ill trained and received low pay.
Resource: American History Book
True/False Women and men were taught the same subjects.
False.
Who raised the idea that as kids grew up they would go through developers in intelligent and formalities
Jean Piaget
What were the average condition of most schools?
Most schools had bad conditions with most getting sick.
How old were the students in one classroom?
The students ages were mixed.
What did you need to do to be a teacher?
Just past a test the states sends you after finishing school even if new subject are made.
Who invented math?
Archimedes
What did Joseph Lancaster do?
He was the founder of the monitoring system of education.
What state required free public schools by the community?
Massachusetts.
Did boys and girls go to school during the same time?
No, sometimes boys were needed for harvesting in the fields; therefore, girls and younger children were usually in school during the summer session.
Cited work: https://curioushistorian.com/schools-in-the-1800s-insight-into-the-life-of-a-pioneer-school-teacher
Who was allowed to be teachers?
Unmarried women
What did teachers also teach girls?
Feminine activities such as needlework and dancing.
Who set up a school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut?
Thomas Gallaudet.
How long did lunch was a school’s lunch AND recess last?
It lasted an hour.
Other than African Americans, who else had a poor education system?
Pepole with disabilities.
True or false: Did teachers hit kids?
True. This wasn’t out lawned until the 1900s.
2x Point question:
True/False. Explain your answer. School days in the 1800s lasted for 180 days.
Warning not on the sheet!
False. The school days lasted a shorter term.
What school was founded by Samuel Gridley Howe?
The first school for the blind.
How big were the classrooms?
They were around 20-30 feet large
How were students punished?
Students were punished by a whipping with a cane or ruler, or publicly shamed by a dunce cap.