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in the 1800s a man named Horace Mann a graduate of of brown university campaigned for more better school houses and longer school systems and higher pay for teachers. in the nation there was about 100 schools.they didn't have text book or lockers they didn't have anything we have today that we do in class.black slaves from the south were forbidden to get an education. women education was frowned upon only a couple could attend the schools. he is called the father of American public education .

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Back in the 1800s the school was not in the best shape. schools was not like schools today they did not have half of the stuff that we have today. kids did not have text books they also did not have lockers or anything like that.

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they wrote on a slate and memerized their home work. kids did not go to school all the time they had to help on the farms or at home.

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They took tests commonly and at the end of the day they would take tests the technology was the abacus and the stereoscope

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Furniture......was arranged weird in the schools

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Kids in 8th grade they had to take an exam to get out of 8th grade

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When recess was over, teachers stood outside the door and rang hand bells. The school lunch was a metal bucket with jam or meat sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, and dill pickles.

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they used to whip people with canes when they didn't listen.

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schools were too far away so kids brought their own lunch

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For lunch everyone brought lunch for

School and ate in a class room

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Boys sat on one side of the room and girls sat on the other side of the room

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i have pens, ink, and paper. It was believed that the appearance of the script was more important than the accuracy of it. They used quills and ink to write

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For homework, it was fastened with a leather strap. They didn't have much homework due to all their responsibilities at home or on the farm

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you had to take an oral exam at the end of every class

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People would make whittled goose quills to write on paper

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Teachers would ring bells before school and after recess, but if the students didn't hear the bells, they would be punished.

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teachers would hit the students with paddles

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For discipline first they used wooden canes, but then in the 1850s they used a leather strap and a hickory switch. Lastly they started using a paddle in the 1890s

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For a form of punishment, most teachers used to use paddles and canes with whips.

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Write a brief summary of the school reform card you had. Be brief.