education+in+colonial+america

Education in colonial america The begining classes of rich families in colonial days were reading, writing, simple math, poems, and prayers. Boys and girls did not have enough paper and textbooks, that is why they had to repeat their lessons untill they memorize them. The three most famouse books that they used, were the bibble, a primer, and a hornbook. As children grew older their school prepared them for final jobs in plantation. While boys studied more subjects in academic, girls learned responsibility of plantation. .

School day started around 7a.m. with a male teacher. They had many breaks during the day. Around 9 a.m. they had breakfast and between 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.they had lunch or dinner. The boys learned higher math, Greek, latin, science, geography, and how to manage plantation. At this point, the sons from rich families often send to ingland for better education.They sometimes stayed over in ingland to learn law and medicin. Otherwise, they return home to help their parents in plantation.. ,The school for girls were different. Girls learned writing, reading, and be able to keep and record household expenses. Their teacher was awoman, who was usually from england. They learned art, music, french, cooking, and nursing. The girls did not have apportunity to go to ingland for better education because it was not important for their family..