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Colonial schools were small and had only one room. There was a schoolmaster who taught everyone. People paid the teacher with corn. Boys went to school longer than girls. Girls only went to dame school at the beginning.
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In colonial times schools were very different. The seating arrangements were different. The punishments were different. The lessons were different. The building was different. Almost everything was different. Things were very interesting.
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This article describes education in the 13 American Colonies. ... If you were a school-age person in colonial America, you might have gone to a public or private school, just like you would today. But what you learned and how you learned it have changed through the years.
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www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colon...
www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesschool.htm
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An Outline of American History; This section of A Hypertext on American History is concerned with schooling and culture during the colonial period.
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www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson166.shtml
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William Penn received his early schooling at the Chigwell Free Grammar School. Theophilus Eaton and John Davenport were schoolmates in the Coventry Free Grammar School, whence Davenport went at the age of fourteen to Oxford. ... A melancholy interest attaches to the first colonial grammar school of which we have any record.
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At the age represented by our high schools, a colonial boy would be in college, or have finished his schooling altogether. Such youngsters could not be expected to form clubs and edit papers and engage in interscholastic athletics.
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Colonial America 1600-1775 Resources; Archiving Early America; Noah Webster and America's First Dictionary; Colonial America Homepage; Colonial Trades - Workers; Colonial Games & Toys; Colonial American History Resources; Colonial America; Colonial Period; What did the Colonists eat?; Rare Map Collection: Colonial America;
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Textbooks and school supplies were scarce in Colonial schools. The most popular textbook was "The New England Primer." It was published between 1690 and 1800. It was followed by the "McGuffey's Readers" which are widely used even today by home schooling families.
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www.ehow.com/about_4568533_school-colonial-times.html
www.ehow.com/about_4568533_school-colonial-times.html
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Of equal significance for the future were the foundations of American education and culture established in the colonial period. Harvard College was founded in 1636 in Massachusetts. Near the end of the century, the College of William and Mary was established in Virginia. ... other children were sent to England for schooling.
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