American Colonies by madison moore https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r Madison M. Art S. Taylor P. en-us 2016-10-11 17:42:50 UTC 2025-07-15 16:43:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Teachers during American Colony Society : mmoore0701 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/129922443 Males where mostly preferred for teaching during this time, but during summer months women took over. Teachers that taught in colonial schools had very little pay with minimal qualifications. Respect increased with the more education you had. Secondary schools ultimately had the highest amount of respect. In many colonial schools  teachers were shadowed do to clergy and their elite power over schools. Other than teaching  duties could be anywhere from sweeping, ringing of the church bells,and teaching bible lessons.]]> 2016-10-11 18:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/129922443 Colonial schools  tpatterson0621 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/129926012 In the New England colonies, town schools were created throughout to teach children the basics of reading and writing so they could learn scriptures. In school, the teacher would correct the students constantly. The school routine was harsh, discipline was strict, and infractions of rules were severe. 

]]> 2016-10-11 18:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/129926012 The American settlers take on education: artjs2005 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/129929186 As the colonialists of our country embarked to separate themselves from British rule, they developed practices that paralleled those they cherished in Britain. The Puritans established a two-track educational system, revolving around the obligations of religion; there was no separation between secular and religious instruction like we have today. 
 ]]> 2016-10-11 18:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/129929186 The initial level of the "two-track" system served primarily to equip the student body with basic needs. It is here that they learned to read and write. Students from the upper classes of society had the opportunity to continue onto the second level of their education process. Here, the students were presented with college preparatory courses that focused on the Latin and Greek classics.  artjs2005 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/129935294 2016-10-11 18:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/129935294 Parochial Schools  tpatterson0621 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130598619 Religious groups such as Anglicans, Lutherans, Quakers, Jews, and Catholics established their own schools down in the southern colonies. Plantation owners believed that the purpose of education was to promote religion and prepare children for college. ]]> 2016-10-13 20:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130598619 Dame Schools tpatterson0621 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130599804 Classes were usually held in the kitchen. Students only learned a slight bit of reading, writing, and arithmetic. This lasted about a few weeks to one year. Females might also be taught how to sew and basic homemaking skills. The students will start off by learning the alphabet in the horn book. The horn book was a thin transparent sheet made from a cows horn.  ]]> 2016-10-13 20:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130599804 Reading and writing Schools tpatterson0621 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130601282 Boys received an education that went beyond what parents can teach at home. Reading lessons were based on the bible. The primer, which was first printed in the 1960's, introduced children to the letters of the alphabet. ]]> 2016-10-13 20:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130601282 Latin Grammar schools  tpatterson0621 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130602040 The Latin Grammar school is compared to the secondary schools in today's society. Boys enrolled at the age of seven. They were preparing for Harvard college. Latin schools were seven-year schools, but they switched into four year school. School was in session for six days a week, thought the entire year. School usually started from six to eleven in the morning and one from four or five in the afternoon. ]]> 2016-10-13 20:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130602040 Schools for African Americans and Native Americans  tpatterson0621 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130603679 One of the first African American and Native American was started by Elias Neau in New York City in 1704.Neau spoke out against slavery and the lack of education for children of the slaves. He eventually asked the church of England to provide teachers where they taught African and Native americans how to read. ]]> 2016-10-13 20:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/130603679 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131107003 2016-10-17 12:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131107003 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131109242 2016-10-17 12:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131109242 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131119816 2016-10-17 13:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131119816 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131120261 2016-10-17 13:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131120261 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131121387 2016-10-17 13:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131121387 Laws of the Time period: artjs2005 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131540527 The colonial school system originated around 1620, however there were no laws or sanctions from the government supporting it until 1642. Before 1642, the choice of the child's education was up to the parents. They could decide if the child was educated at home or at school or not at all. As a result of this lack of doctrine, the church and civic leaders witnessed a growing inadequacy in the occupation training of the townsmen. This realization of the degradation of intelligence gave rise to the Massachusetts Act of 1642 and 1657]]> 2016-10-18 16:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131540527 The Massachusetts Act of 1642 artjs2005 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131544757 This act made education a civil responsibility of the state; it was no longer up to the decision of the parents. Each town had to determine whether its youth could read and write; if they couldn't then the parents could be fined and possibly lose custody. The 1642 act did not mandate the establishment of schools, it simply forced education to be a direct concern of the local government.  ]]> 2016-10-18 16:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131544757 The Massachusetts Act of 1647 artjs2005 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131547664 This served as a revised copy of the Act of 1642 with just one difference. It mandated the establishment and support of schools. Towns of 50 houses had to appoint someone to teach the children of the town. It mandated that those teachers were to be paid by the parents. A town of 100 houses or more also had to establish a Latin grammar school and make preparation for collegiate education. Failure to follow this law would result in a fine of 5 pounds, which would be similar to a fine of 1000 dollars today.     ]]> 2016-10-18 16:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131547664 artjs2005 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131553508 Harvard College was founded in 1636 and served as the colonial form of Higher Education.]]> 2016-10-18 16:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131553508 https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131572405 2016-10-18 17:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoore0701/rv03rg3day8r/wish/131572405