Describe a typical English school in 1830
Evaluate the qualifications of those determining curriculum in early schools.
Excerpt one primary source that describes activities in a typical English school.
How should Parliament regulate Britain's schools?
How might an educated English youth have affected working conditions in early factories and mines in England?
ReplyDeleteDefend or justify the decision to make school mandatory for children. How might this affect factory owners? How might this affect the families?
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ReplyDeleteIn your opinion, were schools during this time beneficial? Did they aid kids in their future and create a better society? Did it change from then to now?
ReplyDeleteDescribe a typical English school: The teaching in common schools in England were different between boys and girls in 1830. Girls and boys were taught in the same school; however, most girls didn’t attend this school and were home schooled to be trained for motherhood. While boys had the advantage of learning to garden and shoe-making, the girls handled the chores such as preparing breakfast, knitting, sewing, and other housework. Boys were also taught how to prepare machinery in preparation for working in factories. Both were usually taught reading, writing, and grammar. The staff of these schools consisted of a schoolmaster, much like a principal in modern schools, two teachers who taught spinning and knitting for the girls, and one teacher who taught shoemaking for the boys. All in all, boys and girls were commonly taught the basic duties that are required for the survival of their future as mothers and fathers.
ReplyDeleteWhy did Parliament ignore the illiteracy in Britain for so long?
ReplyDeleteMost schools before 1807 were established by groups who supported mass education. They were faced with vicious hostility at the idea of educating children from poor families. People though if the poor were educated in simple things such as reading, writing and arithmetic they would acquire a distaste for everyday work. Sure, there were some smart boys from poor families given university scholarships, but teaching every poor child was never thought of until now. But, by the start of the 19th century education was organized and the quality of education rose as did the literacy rate.
#4: How should Parliament regulate Britain’s schools?
ReplyDeleteParliament should regulate the education children are receiving by opening more public schools so the children that could not afford private school could still receive an education. They should make the schools affordable and ready for those in need. Parliament should also set a common curriculum for all the schools Nationwide. They would also have some method of training the teachers and expecting the children to have difficulty understanding the concepts . And since the children not already enrolled in private schools are working in the factories, school would have to be mandatory for so many hours a week and for so many days.
Question #2
ReplyDeleteDuring the early stages of school, the government did not take leadership in helping promote education to the population. The amount of wealth determined the value of education for each person. For example, the upper class were able to send their kids to private schools which would prepare them for the great English public school. Churches were an involvement in the education system; they tried to incorporate religion into the teachings of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
#3: Excerpt one primary source that describes activities in a typical English school
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Records of the Society for Bettering the Conditions of the Poor (III. 300-312): “the children were taught reading and writing, geography and religion. Thirty of the older girls were employed in knitting, sewing, spinning and housework, and 36 younger girls were employed in knitting only. The older boys were taught shoemaking, and the younger boys prepared machinery for carding wool. The older girls assisted in preparing breakfast, which was provided in the school at a small weekly charge. They were also taught laundry work. The staff consisted of one schoolmaster, two teachers of spinning and knitting, and one teacher for shoemaking.” (Hadow 1926:3-4). Most of the subjects the children were taught are not things we learn in school today. The children learned household chores, skills for work and the future with very little grammar, reading and arithmetic.
Geth’s Question: If the less unfortunate like factory workers were giving the proper opportunity to attend a public school without restriction and judgements, defend the reasons why they would chose not to go.
ReplyDeleteIf they were given the opportunity to go to school, work and the initiative to go to school would be required. Kids who worked in factories only know of the world of work for survival. There are no one to give them encouragement and role models to give them a help. In most families during the Industrial Revolution, the parents depend on the extra income coming in from the kids in order to have the necessities such as food and clothing. Without the extra income, they would struggle to get through the days which is why most would rather go to work then receive an education.
Did girls receive the priveldge to go school and get an education?
ReplyDeleteOh ya and explain complications for girls if they did.
Deleteyes and there were not any complications for girls going to school.
DeleteCan you answer with more explanation and not be so simplistic?
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