Old+Sturbridge+Village-19th+Century

= SCHOOL. =

Most students attended one room schools that were walking distances away from their homes. -Warren Burton, 1852
 * How far are schools away from the children's homes?**

Children did not have alot of homework because they had to to adult-like work on their farms so the work was to be done during school time -Jack Larkin
 * Example 2 Did Children have alot of homework?**


 * What subjects were taught during school?**

At Sturbridge Village the subjects that were taught were writing, reading, arithmetic, and they usually didn't go into history or geography that much.

"At school and at work, and at social functions such as singing and dancing schools and lyceums, young people in the 19th Century had much more contact with members of their own age group than ever before. As a result, the opinion of peers grew increasingly significant." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=856
 * Friendships:**

http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_list.php My conclusion to all of this is that I would stay living in the 21st century. I think that students in the 19th century had it somewhat easier because they did not have as much curriculum as we do. They also didn't stay in school all day because they had to tend to their farms; they had a lot of chores to get done. I also have chores to do, such as cleaning/ making my bed and room, doing the dishes, and such. I don't have a farm that I have to take care of. I think living in the 21st century, school wise, is pretty simple compared to the 19th century because in the 19th century, I feel that you have to grow up quicker. The 21st century also gives us better education for our futures.
 * Conclusion:

CHORES.

What type of chores did children my age usually do?** http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=987
 * "**On Saturday afternoons, no school, afterwards changed to the whole or every alternate Saturday, and beside our usual chores night and morning, on these Saturdays we must accomplish a portion of work before we could play, shelling so many bushels of corn or cutting, splitting or carrying in to the house an allotted quantity of wood in the winter, hoeing an allotted portion of the garden or other similar work in the summer"

"Mill agents actively recruited teen-aged girls from rural areas to come to textile mill towns to work as spinners and weavers on the water-powered machinery. Another employment possibility for girls was to be the hired help in a neighboring family, doing laundry, sewing, weaving or spinning, cooking, child care, or other household chores. Earning their own money, many of these young people—male and female alike—chose to spend a great deal of it on the latest fashions." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=856
 * Who does what chores**. ( young adults)

"Farmers noted on May 1 that they hauled stones, plowed gardens, grafted apple trees, manured their fields, mended shoes, and did other chores. Women did their laundry, worked in their gardens, and visited neighbors with their sewing as usual." Women also did the cooking. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=2078
 * What did the parents do?**

"There was such a range of necessary tasks to be done that small and unskilled hands could have just as much to do as older and more knowledgeable ones. From the ages of six or seven on,farm girls and boys were indispensable members of the family labor force. Children began with simple chores like shelling corn or weeding the garden, and took on increasingly difficult tasks as they grew up. Young girls worked along-side their mothers and older sisters learning how to sew, cook, wash,and tend to the dairy. Boys labored with their fathers and brothers in the fields and around the barn." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=577
 * What did the little children do?**


 * CONCLUSION: Chores during the 19th century are way different compared to the chores done in the 21st century. There was alot more work to do for all ages back in the 19th century. The children my age had to do work on the farm, in the yard, and in the garden. All I have to do for my chores are making my bed, doing the dishes, setting the kitchen table, and easy little things like that. I don't have a farm, all I have in my back yard is my pool and well, grass. In the summer, I help take care of the pool by skimming it, and putting the chemicals in. My brother, who is 17 years old mows the lawn, and also helps take care of the pool. There are four children in my family and we all do the same chores. I help my mother cook, but mostly it's just my mom. The girs don't make their own clothing, we just buy the clothes. I think it is much easier, chores whise, than in the 19th century. Chores that are done today do not take a whole day to be done, they can take up to a little over an hour. We have a lot of electrical things that help us out such as the vacuum cleaner helps us pick up the dirt on the floor, compared to the broom that took alot longer back in the 19th century. I would like to stay living in the 21st century because I have it alot easier than children my age would have in the 19th century.**