https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0 Made with ♥ en-us 2019-08-30 18:52:14 UTC 2025-12-10 06:16:48 UTC hello@padlet.com ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/378769324 2019-08-30 18:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/378769324 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380026118 In the southern colonies most families spread out along the rivers, a few neighbors might get together to hire a teacher for their children.]]> 2019-09-04 16:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380026118 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380027971 In the middle colonies,religious differences among Quakers, Catholics baptists and other religious groups slowed the growth of public education.]]> 2019-09-04 16:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380027971 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380029998 2019-09-04 16:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380029998 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380030532 Children in the colonies recieved little formal education. Neither the middle nor the southern colonies had public schools.]]> 2019-09-04 17:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380030532 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380031773 Only in the New England were towns required to provide public schools]]> 2019-09-04 17:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380031773 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380032739 Parents were asked to contribute whatever they could to the village school]]> 2019-09-04 17:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380032739 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380033418 Most colonies believed that boys needed more education than girls]]> 2019-09-04 17:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380033418 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380034365 2019-09-04 17:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380034365 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380038143 2019-09-04 17:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380038143 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380042101 Schools were one-room buildings with a chimney and fireplace in the center.There were no maps or boards to write on.]]> 2019-09-04 17:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380042101 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380043192 Pencils and papers were scarce. Students shouted out spelling words and wrote sums in ink on pieces of bark.]]> 2019-09-04 17:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380043192 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380044360 To encourage education, Massachusetts passed a law in 1647 that required every town with 50 families or more to hire an instructor to teach their children to read and write.]]> 2019-09-04 17:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380044360 ib32074 https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380045871 Children gather with their teacher in a colonial school. These children were among a minority of children who received formal education.Most children did not go to school beyond the elementary level]]> 2019-09-04 17:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ib32074/2z9z6k3w7uz0/wish/380045871