What were schools like back then?

Answer 1

In early days, children often followed the footsteps of their father and became apprenticed to learn his trade. So a tailor's son became a tailor. A baker's son (or daughter) became a baker.

Younger children would learn a trade from a neighbor, or go to work for the local lord. Not many of them could read or write.

With the invention of the printing press, it became easier for books to be printed and spread around, and people started learning to read, often taught by the church.

Early monasteries had branched into universities and children of the rich would study there. Poorer children had nowhere to study except maybe a simple village school where they had to pay to attend.

As communities became larger and richer they decided that schools were good for educating children. Eventually, schools were set up and paid for by the state. This allowed parents to work while their children were at school.

In early America, many of the people were immigrants and may have had a language other than English. Maybe they saw school as a way for their children to have a better life than farming. Small communities paid for a school teacher to come and teach in their area, so it was a pretty large investment in their children, much as college is today. When a farmer's children learned to read, write, and do math, the farmer had access to community, tax, and market information that would benefit him greatly. A family could find seamstress work in advertisements in a neighboring community to make money to feed themselves in years the crops failed. They could read about improvements in crop planting, new seed types available, even save their crops until prices were better for selling.

Answer 2

What do you mean by "The Old Days?" During the colonial period in the United States, there were school buildings. Schools consisted of 7 grades. Parents had to pay for their children to go to school. Children of all ages could go to the same school room, or they could be divided. The school day was longer than today. School would let out for a month or more for spring break. During that time the children would work in the fields putting in the crops. They would go to school all summer. It would let out again in the fall. The children would work harvesting the crops. They would come back for the winter. After they had graduated from seventh grade they were expected to be fluent in latin. They could discuss Caesar's Gallic Wars and Cicero in Latin. Of course, a number did not finish. Those who wished, went on to college. Princeton was cheap and Yale was free.

Answer 3

they used lots of things