Elementry school drill Flashcards
1
Q
What were the objectives of the elementary school drill?
A
- Fitness for army recruits
- Discipline
- To do for working class children what games was doing for public school boys.
2
Q
What was the content of the elementary school drill?
A
- 1870 military drill
- 1890 Swedish drill
- 1900 the board of education stated that games were a suitable alternative to the Swedish drill.
3
Q
What methods were used for the elementary school drill?
A
- Authoritarian
- Taught by army officers in 1870’s
- Taught by qualified teachers 1890.
