Colonial School Flashcards

1
Q

Name of a small stick put in a talkative boy’s mouth to keep him quiet.

A

whispering stick

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2
Q

What was more important, perfect penmanship or correct spelling?

A

perfect penmanship

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3
Q

Some rich boys were sent to college in England as young as what age?

A

11 years old

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4
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In this year the first public school in colonies open in Boston and Harvard College was founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

A

1635

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5
Q

By the time of the American Revolution were there any colleges in the colonies?

A

Yes, many colonies had colleges by then.

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6
Q

This founder of Pennsylvania said that children in his colony must learn the three R’s, “reading, ‘ritin’ (writing), and ‘rithmetic (arithmetic).

A

William Penn

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7
Q

In the earliest days of colonial America, where were children usually taught?

A

at home

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8
Q

Name for a “school” in which a woman in a village taught several young children in her home.

A

dame school

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9
Q

At school, students studied this book, which helped teach children the alphabet using a series of short rhymes

A

The New England Primer

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10
Q

After a few years of basic education, formal education ended for most children. What did BOYS then typically do?

A

Boys became apprentices to learn a trade. Boys of rich families attended colleges.

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After a few years of basic education, formal education ended for most children. What did GIRLS then typically do?

A

Girls learned household skills from their mothers. Girls of rich families went to finishing school to learn music, painting and a foreign language.

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12
Q

Massachusetts passed a law in 1647 that required towns with this many families to paid schoolteacher. This law was the start of the public school system in America.

A

Fifty (50) or more families.

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13
Q

Because paper was scarce and expensive, students did not have textbooks and instead used this tool to learn.

A

A hornbook, which was a flat board with a handle and covered with a thin piece of cattle horn that lessons on paper could be read through.

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