Life+in+the+19th+Century+taylorf09


 * Life in the 19th Century**

= Topic: Farming =

Farming was very important. When you had to get up and farm, you had to get up bright and early. Actually, you had to wake 4 o'clock in the morning to get your job done. That was when the day started for farmers.
 * Example 1 : Getting up Early

Example 2 : Poultry in the winter In the winter the chickens and turkeys got so overcome by the cold that they had to have "hospital treatment", meaning that they were kept in warmer places, the farmers needed to have the animals so they could later eat them so they had to have them in safe places**.

When you harvest your food, it was either for eating or trading the harvested food.
 * Example 3 : Harvesting

Example 4 : Machinery New machines for use in farming were invented in this period, but horses, oxen, and people still provided most of the power that operated the machinery.**

I believe that farming life in the 19th century was much harder than it is now. Today we have a lot of machines to help us operate on the farms and back then they had to use animals as their "machinery". Back in the 19th century you had to get up at four o'clock in the moring, but now we still have to get up early, but not as early, because a day farming now would not take as long because of all the machinery we have to help us opertate farms. Now, also, the pultry would not get as cold because we have more heating devices to keep them warm in the winter. In the 19th century, they would have to put the poultry inside their own houses just to keep them warm. Therefore, I believe that life back in the 19th century was much less entertaining, and much harder than then it is now. I would rather be farming now, then be farming back then.**
 * Conclusion:

= Topic: School =

They had a large amount of students in each classroom there could be up to 60 students in only one classroom. Each grade usually shared one classroom.** http://www.dltk-kids.com/pioneer/school_in_the_1800.htm
 * Example 1 : Classroom

**"We practice writing, reading and arithmetic. We use small chalkboards to practice math and we use pens that we dip in ink to practice writing."** [|http://www.dltk-kids.com/pioneer/school_in_the_1800.]
 * Example 2 : Learning**

**[|http://www.dltk-kids.com/pioneer/school_in_the_1800.]
 * Example 3**
 * "We have a big stove at the front of the room to keep the class warm in the winter, but we don't get any wood for it until it's cold all day. In the autumn we have to wear our sweaters in the mornings until the sun warms things up."

Everyone had to walk to school because there were no, transportation devices to school besides your own feet. It did not matter how far your school was from your house, every single day you had to walk to school.** [|http://www.dltk-kids.com/pioneer/school_in_the_1800.]
 * Example 4: Walking to School

I would not enjoy school back in the 19th century. There was too many students in one classroom. Now we only have up to 25 kids in an average classroom. It was too crowded back then. I think that we have a much better education then kids in the 19th century because they didn't learn as much as we do now, and they had to write all their information on chalkboards. Now we have papers or notebooks, which is a much more useful source. In order to be warm they had a big stove in the room, which probably didn't get very far, now we have heating in most school buildings to keep us warm. Walking to school, you usually had to walk far to get to your school, but now we have a source of transportation besides walking on foot, which is usually either a bus or a car. Therefore, I would rather live how we are now because it is much easier to handle classrooms, with 25 students and easier to get to school and home from school.
 * Conclusion:**

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