https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg By: Kristen, Erin, & Chelsea en-us 2016-10-04 18:08:35 UTC 2025-10-25 11:06:41 UTC hello@padlet.com chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129917342 2016-10-11 17:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129917342 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129917773 Was a school that provided initial instruction for boys and often the only schooling for girls.]]> 2016-10-11 17:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129917773 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129918527 The boys received education that went beyond what their parents could teach them at home or what they could learn at a Dame school]]> 2016-10-11 17:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129918527 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129918949 Provided a pre- college education for new country's future leaders
Boys enrolled in the Latin grammar schools at the age of 7 or 8, where they began to prepare for Harvard College.]]> 2016-10-11 17:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129918949 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129919862 First schools for African Americans and Native Americans.]]> 2016-10-11 17:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129919862 kcroston0523 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129919890 https://www.landofthebrave.info/colonial-education.htm

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http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/education/1704_a_school_for_slaves]]> 2016-10-11 17:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129919890 kcroston0523 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129922213 2016-10-11 18:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129922213 erin_prendergast https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129922520 2016-10-11 18:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129922520 erin_prendergast https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129923011 Helped in playing a major role in opening up the University of Pennsylvania which was the first school that separated religion from studies. ]]> 2016-10-11 18:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129923011 erin_prendergast https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129926452 At the beginning of the 1700's New York had around 1,500 slaves living there all uneducated. When Elias saw this he then asked for help from the Church of England and Society for the Propagation to open a school for these neglected populations and they had agreed. Elias Neau spend time daily with these slaves first going house to house to help teach them, then eventually moving to a classroom where he had around 200 african-american students. ]]> 2016-10-11 18:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129926452 kcroston0523 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129929314 Some schools thought the idea of teaching reading and writing was the most important because promoting religion was the primary focus in some schools.]]> 2016-10-11 18:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129929314 kcroston0523 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129929894 Sinful discipline on students was necessary. They believed that through that, children would act like adults more quickly.]]> 2016-10-11 18:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129929894 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129932443 Run by widows or housewives in their homes. They learned only the barest essentials of reading, writing, and arithmetic during instruction, lasting for a few weeks to one year.]]> 2016-10-11 18:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129932443 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129932710 Secondary school, 7 years schools then changed to 4 years. Quality of teaching was higher than that found in the Dame school. Teachers assumed that students had already learned to read and write.]]> 2016-10-11 18:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129932710 erin_prendergast https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129933037 2016-10-11 18:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129933037 kcroston0523 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129933349 2016-10-11 18:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129933349 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129934439 They are taught sewing and basic home making skills.]]> 2016-10-11 18:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129934439 erin_prendergast https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129936600 In 1642 the law was passed which essentially stated children must attend school whether it be at home or public schools. If a child was found unable to read or write the parents could be fined and possibly lose custody of their children all together. 
This law also stated that a town of 100 households or more needed to establish a Latin grammar school to help prepare children for college.]]> 2016-10-11 18:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129936600 erin_prendergast https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129939558 2016-10-11 18:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129939558 erin_prendergast https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129940393 2016-10-11 18:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/129940393 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/131576553 Elias Neau in New York City in 1940. He spoke out against slavery and the lack of education for the children of the slaves.]]> 2016-10-18 17:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/131576553 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/131577871 they appointed him to teach African Americans and Native Americans how to read as part of the church's efforts to convert students.]]> 2016-10-18 17:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/131577871 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/131579943 Reading lessons were based on the bible, various religious catechisms, and the New England Primer, first printed in 1690]]> 2016-10-18 17:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/131579943 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/131582255 they introduced children to the letters of the alphabet through the use of illustrative woodcuts and rhymed couplets.]]> 2016-10-18 17:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/131582255 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/132559722 town schools were created throughout these colonies to teach children the basics of reading and writing so they could learn the scriptures.]]> 2016-10-23 19:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/132559722 chelseakamph93 https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/132559939 children were suppose to to curb one's instincts and behave like an adult as quickly as possible. Natural childhood play was seen as devil-inspired idleness.]]> 2016-10-23 19:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kcroston0523/tgho30nzb0wg/wish/132559939