An Old Fashioned School Day

An Old Fashioned School Day helps students explore the differences between their classroom and those of a century ago. With Winslow Homer’s painting of a one-room schoolhouse as the centerpiece, children use a variety of historical materials including a set of McGuffy’s schoolbooks and slates to enhance their knowledge of what schools were like a hundred years ago.  The local school histories of Boardman, Canfield and Poland townships are also included.

Students will:

• Use books and learning tools from a century ago

• Enhance language arts skills

• Experience the recreation of a 19^th century schoolroom

• Use information from primary sources

• Compile lists of similarities and differences

Age: middle/upper elementary student

Subjects: history, language arts, geography, math and research skills, reading and writing processes and applications

4Contents & Additional Teacher Information

Suitcase may be borrowed for up to two weeks

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