Colonial School
Students learned to read from this
Hornbook
True or false:
After attending Dame School, boys and girls would continue on to grammar school.
False.
Only boys would continue on to grammar school.
This is something children who misbehaved may have to wear:
dunce cap
hand bell and loud voice
Town Crier
printed newspapers, Bibles, invitations; arranged letters and numbers to be inked and transferred to paper
Printer
Young children attended ___ School
Dame
Colonial schools had students of all ages learning from the same teacher in one room.
True
Boys in Colonial America would often become an:
apprentice
wig block, curling iron, hackle, comb, weaving frame
Wigmaker
Made household items out of silver
Silversmith
This is a textbook used by some colonial students. It taught them the alphabet through religious rhymes.
New England Primer
True or false:
Colonial children who misbehaved were sent home for the day.
False.
This person teaches the apprenticed boys everything they know about the trade.
Master
needles, pins, cutting shears, measuring tape, thimble
Tailor
cut and measured leather to create shoes for the colonists
Cobbler
During the winter, students were required to bring ____ to school to help keep the school room warm.
wood
True or False:
An apprenticeship could last several years.
True
Different types of _____ began to develop, in Colonial America, as the needs of colonists changed.
Jobs
bellow, anvil, tongs, hammer, vise
Blacksmith
designed wooden furniture; measured and cut wood to fit together into a piece of furniture
This was used to help students count.
string of beads
True or False:
Often, boys would be apprenticed to their father.
False
What household task was a chicken used for?
cleaning the chimney
Cooper
Someone who learns a skill or trade from someone who is a master.
Apprentice