Sturbridge


 * School

Topic 1 : The School Year!** Children only went to school for 10 or 12 weeks during the winter month, usually beginning after Thanksgiving. Younger kids who didn't need to work at home, also could go for a summer session. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=146

The school teachers were not very educated. They didn't need to have a college education to become a teacher. A man taught during the winter, and a young lady in the summer. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/index.html http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=987
 * Topic 2 : Teachers**

Boys are girls both were taught the same subjects in school. Even though they leaned the same, they sat on opposite sides of the classroom. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=2024
 * Topic 3 : Students**

Schools were built in residental neighborhoods so that students didn't have to walk far to get to school. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=2024
 * Topic 4 : Schools Were Close to Home**

"Town taxes paid the teacher’s salary and local district taxes maintained the school building, parents provided textbooks as well as supplies such as slates, slate pencils, copybooks, and pens." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=2024
 * Topic 5 : Supplies**

School in the nineteenth century was very simple. Kids only went to school for 10 to 12 weeks during the winter months depending on your parent's jobs. The children learned the basics subjects, but the teachers weren't well educated. All of the supplies were supplied by the parents of the children. Also, the teachers were not well educated at all. The teacher could be someone who didn't go to school as a child, and learned from their parents. They didn't need any education to become a teacher, and the teachers switched off in different times of the year. School's were also very close to home, so you didn't have to walk a long distance. Today, kids go to school for 10 months out of the year, and you have other subjects to learn. Lastly, parrents provided the supplies and the town taxes payed the teacher!
 * Conclusion:**

Topic 1 : Livestock** "A middling farm of around 100 acres might typically have a horse, a team of oxen, 4 to 7 cows, 3 or 4 young cattle, a couple of pigs, between 6 and 20 sheep, a dozen or more chickens, and frequently a dog or cat." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=1949
 * Animals!

"Most New England farmers kept cattle, for milk, meat, and draft work." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=1949
 * Topic 2 : Cows**

Chickens were the most common domestic fowl, although a few farmers raised geese, turkeys, and ducks. A flock of about a dozen birds was typical. The common chicken of early New England was called either barndoor, barnyard, or dunghill fowl. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=1949
 * Topic 3 : Poultry**

"Horses in the 19th century were primarily used for the transportation of people and goods. While New England farmers did indeed rely upon oxen for most draft work, horses were often also used on farms for lighter jobs such as cultivating corn and turning cider mills. There was about one horse for every ten people in 1830s New England." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=1949
 * Topic 4 : Horses**

"Sheep were hearty but slow to mature, dressed out to only 12-15 lbs. of meat per quarter, and produced two to four pounds of wool each year." http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=1949
 * Topic 5 : Sheep**

A typical farm in the eighteenth century had about 100 acres and a lot of animals. Depending on the size of the farm, there were different animals. Most farmers had cows which they kept for milk, wheat and draft work. A farmer would also have poultry on the farm. The chickens were were fowl and had other birds. A farm also had horsed. The horses transported people and goods. The horses were used for small jobs around the farm. Lastly, a farm would have sheep. They produced wool for the farmers and meat!