Schools in the past
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Schools in the past were very different than today. Children would sit at individual desks in straight lines and listen to lessons given by the teacher at the front of the room. They would use slates and pens instead of paper to do their work, and would practice writing over and over in copy books. Math was taught using abacuses, and misbehaving children would be punished by being made to wear dunce hats. Teachers documented each school day in logbooks.
Schools in the past
- 2. This is a school bell. The teacher would ring the bell at the start and end of school.
- 3. This is a school desk. Children would sit at these desks in lines in front of the teacher.
- 4. This is a slate and pen. Children wrote on these before there was paper and pencils.
- 5. This is a copy book. Children would have to practise writing correctly over and over again.
- 6. This is an abacus. Children used these to help them to do their maths work.
- 7. This is a dunces hat. The teacher made you wear this if you were being silly.
- 8. This is a logbook. In it the teacher would write all that happened in a day.