At School - Colonial Days

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At School By: Kayla Gran, Shayla Little, Stacie Burchill, Skyleigh Dick, and Abigail Huff!

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Education In colonial times, education was important.  Some children went to school and some didn't.  Those that did go would learn to read, write, and do arithmetic.  Parents wanted their children to learn how to read so they could read the Bible.  They wanted their children to study their religion.

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Schools in colonial times were not like schools today. The schools had only one room and the children had to sit on hard benches. These were not comfortable.  One teacher would teach all of the children of every grade level.  There were no books for the kids to study from.  The children learned from hornbooks.  These were paddles with paper nailed to them, then covered with a thin shaving of cow horn to keep the paper from tearing.  The alphabet and a prayer were written on the paper.  Teachers taught the students how to write and good penmanship was important.  The teachers did not care if a kid could not spell because  there were no rules for spelling, but they did want everyone's handwriting to look good. More Education

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What were schools like? Colonial schools only had one room.

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FACTS

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There was a schoolmaster that taught everyone.

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People paid the teacher corn!

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Boys went to school longer than girls.

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Girls only went to dame school in the beginning

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Then it wasn't important for girls to have a good education

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Nice handwriting was considered important : Neat , nice, kind Spelling was not important: Importint Wrong

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The New England Primer was the only schoolbook

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If you didn’t behave the schoolmaster would punish you severely.

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Colonial school was very hard work!!!!!!!!

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The End

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Credits By: Kayla Gran, Shayla Little, Abby Huff,Skyleigh Dick,and Stacie Burchill Music: Kayla Gran Special thanks to : Everyone watching