Education and leisure

Question 1

Why was education important in Elizabethan England /Who attended school?

Answer 1

Because it prepared you for the life you were expected to lead
protestants believed you had to be literate so you could understand the bible
.Mainly boys went to school and a very few girls

Question 2

Why could some people not be educated?

Answer 2

Because of their social hierarchy and in rural areas where farming was a way of life

Question 3

Who were humanist and what did they believe?

Answer 3

humanist were thinks and writes

they believed learning was important in its own right not just for practical reasons

Question 4

What were the nobility girls taught?

Answer 4

Latin history, government and theology

music dancing needle work horse riding and archery

Question 5

What were the nobility boys taught?

Answer 5

Latin history, government and theology

horse riding archery, swimming,wrestling and fencing

Question 6

Where were the nobility taught/when did they start they education?

Answer 6

They were home schooled

started their learning at the age of 7

Question 7

What are the difference/similarities from nobility men and women when they got older?

Answer 7

they were sent to another noble household to finish their education
eldest son would inherit the farther title and learn how to become a noble men
Girls who went to another noble family would make useful social contacts and perfect those skills expected from them

Question 8

Who attended grammar school?

Answer 8

Boys who largely came from the gentry,professionals or wealthy business owners

Question 9

What did the middle class girls do?

Answer 9

They were home schooled by their mothers preparing them for married life and running a household
they didn’t attend grammar school but they could attend a dame school

Question 10

How much did you have to pay for grammar school?

Answer 10

Fees varied on how much property the boys family owned
HOWEVER if you were a low class and showed promise you could attend and the fees were paid by people who left money for the school to provide for education to those who couldn't afford it.

Question 11

How long did the school day last for/How many holidays did they get?

Answer 11

6am-5pm

Christmas and Easter off

Question 12

What did the school day consist of?

Answer 12

prayers
recitation of previous lessons by heart
Latin &Greek
history, philosophy, poetry and literature
grammar 
classical text

Question 13

How did they monitor bad behaviour?

Answer 13

2 boys were chosen to monitor behaviour inside and outside school grounds as well as the streets
any behaviour reported was were questioned on Monday at 9am and punished.

Question 14

What were the punishments?

Answer 14

Exclusion from school
Being kept in at break
corporal punishment
being on report

Question 15

What curriculum did boys of merchants and craftsmen learn?

Answer 15

English
writing
Arithmetic
Geography

Question 16

What did skilled craftsmen and yeomen do?

Answer 16

Grammar school were available
much of their education came from apprentices
education depended if the parents could afford it and if they could run the family business without them
HOWEVER some children left school at an early age to work or to become an apprentice

Question 17

What were petty schools?

Answer 17

Schools that were set up and run by teachers in their home whose parent could afford it
curriculum; reading,writing and basic arithmetic
punishment was harsh and common
after attending petty school they would go grammar school

Question 18

What were dame schools?

Answer 18

School for girl taught by local educated women

basic education

Question 19

Did the labouring poor children go school?

Answer 19

No they did not get an education as they had to help the family
they would learn everything from their parents and would go and get jobs that didn’t require literacy of numeracy

Question 20

How big of an impact did school have on Elizabethans?

Answer 20

30% men and 10% women in Elizabeth reign and women were more literate
compared to 1603 20% men and 10% women
men had a bigger impact then women because women were expected to marry not work outside the home

Question 21

What did the university offer?

Answer 21

There was only 2 university oxford and Cambridge

they curriculum was geometry, philosophy Logic and rhetoric, medicine and law and divinity

Question 22

What is the difference in sport played for nobility and gentry men/women?

Answer 22

hunting on horse backs-both
hawking-both
fishing-both
fencing-men
real tennis-men

Question 23

What sports did the working people play?

Answer 23

foot ball
extremely violent-common for people to die
aim of the game was to get the ball into the other sides goal
no rules

Question 24

What were spectators sports?

Answer 24

Watching sporting competitions (wrestling and tennis) depends on your class
watching animals fight to death was also entertainment for ALL classes and people could gamble on the outcomes

Question 25

What was baiting?

Answer 25

a bear would be chained to a post and dogs unleashed against it
bear teeth would be broken short so they wouldn’t bite the dogs instead they used their claws
bears were expensive so they were taken care of

Question 26

Who watched bear baiting?

Answer 26

ALL classes watched bear baiting it was so popular they special arenas were built in London to house the bears

Question 27

What was cock fighting?

Answer 27

cockerels were made to wear metal spurs to attach each other and all classes enjoyed this and gambled

Question 28

What religion went against cock fighting and why?

Answer 28

Puritans

fights were usually held on Sundays which they considered to be holy days

Question 29

Why was literature popular in the Elizabethan times?

Answer 29

Account of voyages of discovery
translations of Latin-Greek classics
many well educated people wrote poetry

Question 30

How did the theatre start?

Answer 30

theatre developed because of Protestantism

mystery plays were most common form of theatre these plays bought the bible and saint stories to life for an audience.

Question 31

What did some protestants believe about mystery plays?

Answer 31

The centuries olds plays were another way for the catholic church to control the interpretation of the bible

Question 32

Why did Elizabeth put a stop to religious plays?

Answer 32

Saints were an important part of the Catholic religion and the plays kept their memories in the public imagination
she believed this would case religious violence so she stopped them and turned the theatre to a non religious play

Question 33

What theatre did the nobility and monarch make?

Answer 33

The queen’s men-1583-monach

Leicester men-Earl of Leicester

Question 34

What is a purpose built theatre?

Answer 34

They were tiered theatres with seating prices accessibility for people from all ranks of society.

Question 35

When was the first purpose built theatre made?

Answer 35

Red Lion in White chapel-1567

Rose-1587

Question 36

What is the difference of seating between a lower and upper class?

Answer 36

Lowe class paid a penny to sit in the pit in front of the stage
Upper class-expensive seats would be directly above the stage but that was not the best view it was for the audience to see who sat there

Question 37

What did the upper and lower class play in terms of musical instruments?

Answer 37

upper class-lutes,Spinets and harpsichord

Lower class-bagpipes and fiddles

Question 38

How did the lower class listen to music?

Answer 38

Listen to music at fairs

,markets,public occasion

Question 39

How would the upper class incorporate music to their lives?

Answer 39

Employ their own musicians to play during family meals and feast
only men would be paid for musician just like the theatre