elizabethan society

Question 1

who were schools provided by

Answer 1

-wealthy benefactors
-churches
-volunteers

Question 2

what subjects did schools include

Answer 2

-life skills
-basic numeracy
-literacy

Question 3

only …% society could read and write

Answer 3

15%

Question 4

what educational feature derived through protestantism?

Answer 4

-started believing people should atleast be able to read bible
-humanists believed edu had value in itself and not to just prepare for life

Question 5

importance of education

Answer 5

-books started becoming cheaper bcs of printing press
-nature of work started to become trade, so needed to know how to count

-el time: more schools opened

Question 6

education up to 10 yrs:
rich, parish, petty, middle

Answer 6

RICH
-had priv tutor
-7 yrs, boys sent to other noble families to learn battle skills, land management

MIDDLE
-PARISH schools, prov. by churches
-provided children of land owning farmers basic lit skills to manage business studies
-bible studies

-PETTY schools
-run by own home, private.
-basic lit skills
-charged small fee

Question 7

schools for 10-14 yrs

Answer 7

GRAMMAR SCHOOL
-for wealthy and scholarships for some poor
-mostly attended by land owners and gentry
-bible, languages, debating, philosophy
-POOR: reading, writing and maths

Question 8

schools for 14+

Answer 8

cleverest of rich went to uni: cambridge/oxford

-would study: logic, geometry, philosophy, persuasive speech, music, latin, astronomy
until a doctorate

Question 9

education for girls

Answer 9

-WELL OFF families sent girls to dame schools
-run by middle class women
-taught needle craft, reading, no writing, basic numeracy
-VERY RICH girls could attend brother’s tuition
-RICHEST given own tutor
-liz v educated

Question 10

how much did lit rates increase during elizabeth’s reign

Answer 10

-15% at beginning
-30% of men at end, 10% of women

Question 11

During the Elizabethan era .. new Grammar Schools opened in England.

Answer 11

During the Elizabethan era 72 new Grammar Schools opened in England.

Question 12

what was leisure like for the nobility

Answer 12

• hunting was popular, using horses or birds of prey (hawking)
• fishing
• real tennis (women not allowed)
• bowls (woman not allowed)
• fencing (woman not allowed)

Question 13

what was leisure like for poor

Answer 13

• football (many monarchs banned it because of violence and high death toll
  -wrestling in public (people paid to bet on outcomes)

Question 14

what was leisure like for poor and rich

Answer 14

blood sports
-baiting (dogs trained to attack bears, people bet on outcomes
-cockfighting
-reading (mostly literate wealthy) and theater
-non-religious plays popular
-liz sponsored theatre companies

Question 15

theaters in Elizabethan times

Answer 15

• the Red Lion 1567
• the Rose 1587

Question 16

music in Elizabethan times

Answer 16

loots and harpsichords, many people could play an instrument, played in social events and official functions
- any special holidays music was played in churches

Question 17

dancing in Elizabethan times

Answer 17

dancing was popular among the youth as they could dance with the boy or girl of their choice