Education And Leisure Flashcards by Patrick Kane

What was different about education now and then?

There was no national school system

Education was about pratical skills

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How many people would go to school?

A small % mostly boyes

Very few girls as there job was to be a housewife

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What is social mobility?

Being able to change your position in society

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What were humanists?

Thinkers and writers in the 16th Century

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What did humanists believe?

Learning was important and was a right and that we shoudl study the work of ancient philosphers and mathmaticions

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How did Protostantism encourage education?

They thought people should be able to read the bible in their own language

This encouraged many epopel to become literative

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What else encouraged education?

Business was becoming more popular and not as much farming

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What may a child of nobility learn?

Languages
Latin, Greek, History, Philosophy, Governemt and Theology

Girls may also learn - how to act as an upper class women, needelwork, horse riding

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What skills were learnt by girls?

Where?

Girls may also learn - how to act as an upper class women, needelwork, horse riding, archery

At home by a tutor or at another noble houshold

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What skills were learnt by boys?

Where?

Horse riding, archery, fencing, swimming, wrestling and other sports (only fit for men)

At home or at another noble houshold

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What would the eldest son inherit from the farther?

His title

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Why were boys and girls sent to other noble families to finish thir education?

Eldest sons could learn how to become the next noble man (once the farther died)

Girls could make useful contacts and perfect the skills expected from a noble women

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How many grammar schoold were founded in the 1560’s?

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How many grammar schoold were developed in the1570s?

30 more

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What were grammar schools?

Private schools set up for boys considered smart

Not for girls

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Who were girls normally educated from?

Their mom

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How much did it cost to go to a grammar school?

It varied normally depending on how much propety the boy’s family owned

Some smart lower coass boys could attend for nothings

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How did poor propoe go to grammar schools?

If they were considered smart then there place may be funded by donations to the school

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Describe a school term/ day?

Hard most schoold started at 6/7am and lasted almost 10 hour

Holidays were only at easter and christmas

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What philosiphers may you study?

Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Seneca

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What was thought to be essencial in schools?

Debating

Memorising huge chunks if texts eg the bible

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How was behavior managed in Elizebethen schools?

The tracher would enforce them

Outside schoold 2 boys were made monitors who had to report misbehavior to the teacher

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What would hapoen if a child was reported to the school?

Theu would be questioned and punished on Monday 9,am

Or of the misbehavior was more serious he would be punished more serverly

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What were punishments in Elizebethen schools?

Loosing of break time
Expelled
Corporal punnihmenr (including canning)
Being "on report" behavior monitered closly by teacher
Exclusion from school

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What would some grammar schools do for sons of Merchants and Craftmen?

Run alternate cirriculums of more useful skills such as English, Writing, Maths, Geography

How were yeomen's sons often educated?

Through apprenticeships

Why may many people not go to school?

Too expensive Many families needed there sons home to help with farming ect School was not compulsive therefore it was on wether or not the dad thought a education was necesary You were needed to work to bring an incime into the family An education wasn't needed for women

What was a petty school? Describe them?

Schools set up in teachers hoems for sutdents who couldn't affort to semd them to schools Only for boys Punishments often really harsh beatings for poor behavior or not doing well in class

What may you learn on a petty school?

Reading, writing in English, Basic Aritmatic

Who said that by x year everyone town of England had a grammar school?

William Harrison 1577

Whatwas a girls petty school called?

Dame school

Who were dame schools normally run by?

An educated women

What were women expected to be? Therefore what was education like?

A good housewife ect Cook, treat simple injuries,bake, preserve food ect

What would labourers and poor children learn?

From their parents from working with them Or from working in an external source There was often no school for them

What was the litracy rate in 1603?

30% men 10% women

What was the litracy rate in the 1530s?

20% men 10% women

What did the change in litract rates show?

Men's education become better but womens didn't 20% - 30% for men 10%-10% for women

Why may boys have become more educated and not girls?

Girls were suppost to marry a man and not work Whilst a little eductaion may help a man find a good job

What were the 2 universities in Engkand called?

Oxford | Cambridge

When would you start university?

14 or 15

What would a university's ciricukum include?

Geormatry, Music, Astromony, Philosophy, Logic, Rhetoric, Medicine, Law, Divinity

What was Rhetoric?

The art of public speaking and persuasion

When was Jesus college founded?

1571

Which college was founded in 1571?

Jesus college

When and who founded Emmanuel college?

1584 | Sir Walter Mildway (a member of the privy counsil)

How could you become a laywer in London?

Being traned in the Inns of Court

What sports were played by the nobility and gentry?

(men and women) Hunting on horseback, with hounds Hawking Fishing (Just men) Fencing Real tennis

What was reall tenis?

Played indoors A mix between squash and mordern tenis A balk could bounce on the walls as long as it wasn't above a certian hight

Why sports may all class people play? What was done to imcrease the fun?

Wrestling Swimming Novility couldn' play these sports with the lower classes They would bet on the outcome

What sports may craftmen, farmers and lanourers play?

Football

What was football like in the 1500s?

Extreamly violent No rules against picking the ball up, tripping other players, sizer of the pitch, number of players There was somethines fatalities playing football

What sort of spectator sports were there?

Baiting | Cock-fighting

What was baiting?

A bear was tied to a post and dogs were sent to attack it. Many dogs would die?

What would happen to the bear in baiting?

Care was taken to keep it alive because they were expensive

What was a cheap alternative to bear baiting?

Bull baiting This was a reall fight to the death between the bull and dogs as bulls were neither rare or expensive so they could be killed

What was cockfighting?

2 birds (cockerels) were chained to each other. They would then fight till 1 killed the other

What werethe birds in cock fighting called?

Cockerels, they were really agressive

Who disproved of bear baiting and cock-fighting?

Puritans, they thought animals were being mistreated These fights were normally held on Sundays which was suppost to be a holy day

What may people have done in their free time?

Write/read literature Watch theatre Music and dancing

What did many high class people do for fun (litrature)?

Read historical paper Read papers anout voyages Read peotry Write poetry

What type of plays were popular at the start of Elizebeths reign?

Mystery plays

What were mystery plays?

Palys that brought to life the storys of saints and the bible

What was a secular play? Why did they start?

A non religious play Elizebeth banned Mystery plays because she thought they may start violcnce

Why were secular plays more exciting?

The ending was not already known

What was a play about non religios things called?

Secular play

What company did the Earl of Leicester found?

Leicester's Men (thearter)

What company did the Queen found?

The Queen's Men (thearter)

Where were plays initialy played?

In courtyards of inns

What are some examples of thearters?

The Red Lion (in Whitechapel) The Rose thearter The globe thearter

When was the Rose thearter built?

1587

Who wasn't alloud to act?

Women

Who would play women in plays? Why?

Boys Likley to have higher voices whilst women wern't allwed to act

How mich would it cost to stand in "the pit"?

1 penny

What was the "pit"?

An area in a thearter at the base of the stage

Where was the most expensive place to sit in a thearter?

Directly above the stage

Give soem examples of Elizebethen instruments?

Expensive - for noble families: Lites Spinets Cheaper - for for poorer people: Bagpipes Fiddles

How would a wealthy family enjoy music?

Having mucisions play whilst they were eating

How would lower class people enjoy music?

Listening in fairs or markets You could buy a books of popular songs

Who could be a musician?

Only men

How did music and thearter work together?

As more secualr players were produced new music was made to accompany them. Ot also lead to new instruments being developed

What could both men and women do? Who wouldn't they do this with?

Dance - although not between different classes?