19th+Century+AsiaKE09

=Topic: School Academics= =Example 1: Discipline= = "In the 17th-1890's wooden canes, paddles, leather straps, and hickory switches were used to discipline children for bad behavior in the classroom. This was used as a motivator for the students to be good in school." = = http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/discipline.html = = = =Example 2: Homework= = "In the 19th century, kids didn't have a lot of homework because of all their work to do at home. There also wasn't a lot of homework because only the wealthy could afford books to go home with their kids, so usually the middle/lower class only used the books they had available at school." [|http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/pens.html**] = = Example 3: School Lunch = = "A lunch break was usually held in the middle of the day for the students to sit and eat lunch with friends. This was mainly because the schools were too far from the kids' homes for them to go back home for lunch." = = http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/school.html = =  Example 4: Testing   = =        "In the 19th century, it was very common to test students. At the end of each class, a student was required to have a stand up quiz on what they learned that day. Later in the 1870's, more significant testing was originated." = =    http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/testing.html = =     Example 5: Blackboards      = =                "The blackboard was mainly used to have teachers illustrate their lessons to direct the class' attention to the board. This contained of chunks of chalk to write and cloths to erase. Then later on, slate boards were introduced making it a little easier for teachers containing of a cylinder-shaped white chalk and a felt eraser." http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/blackboards.html = =    Topic: Classrooms      Example 1: Pens, ink, and paper    = =       "Usually in the classroom, your penmanship was more important that actually writing in an accurate manner. They used a quill pen for important documents that were going to be exhibited. The ink that was made in the city contained ink powder and water. The ink that was made in the country contained lamblack or tannic acid from the oak tree galls mixed with light oil or swamp maple bark and copperas. In schools the teachers usually whiddled the quills for the kids to use." = =     http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/homework.html    = = Example 2: Technology = = "A stereoscope was a hand held viewing object that showed 3-dimensional pictures of landscapes, plants, and animals. An abacus was a calculator based object that teachers used to demonstrate computational skills. It was made of rods and disks on the rods to do so. A radio back then was a type of technology that schools used to learn arithmetic, history, accounting, penmanship, and history. A television was first introduced in Los Angeles in 1939 it was a poplular type of technology to have in the classroom, as it is now." = = http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/technology.html = = Example 3: Lighting = = "Lighting wasn't really much of a need back then because the one-room classes had big windows. But when light was needed, whale oil lamps (New England schools) were used and kerosene lamps (prairie schools) were used." = = http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/lighting.html = = Example 4: Heating = = "In a one-room class, there was usually a potbelly stove, this was good because it could burn many different types of fuels. This was also bad because if a student was close to the stove, they would be too warm and get distracted and if they were farther from the stove they would be colder and get distracted." http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/heating.html = = Example 5: Furniture = = "In school, children would sit in long benches behind narrow desks which were made by the parents of the children. Then in the 1880's, the students got to sit at their own desks with girls on one side, boys on the other side, and younger children in the front closest to the teacher." http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/furniture.html** = = = =To me, in the 19th century, it was harder and more of a challenging lifestyle; but it was more beneficial because those hard jobs taught responsibility, independency, and respect. Now in the 21st century, it's way easier but today's people don't have many morals. We get people to do work for us that's we can easily do ourselves, but we are too lazy to try. Children don't give respect to adults and others as they are supposed to. Technology is making our lives easy but when we can't do things ourselves, it's just showing us how weak we are. I do believe that now is easier, but back then in the 19th century is better for us.=