Connecticut Education
In the colony of Connecticut, paper and textbooks were not always to the children's use. They usually recited lessons. The most commonly books used were the Bible, a primer, and a hornbook. Students were crammed in one room buildings. The room was designed for a 20 to 30 student multi - age class. As the adolescents grew older, the schools started to prepare them for plantation life. Discipline was firm. At this time, schools were only for the white racial class.
Upper class students had more advantages then others. Their primary education consisted of reading, writing, arithmetic, and prayers. Lower classes didn't have many things to take leverage. The children took apprenticeships that lasted up to 10 years. They just took in skills they needed to survive.
Male children had more privileges than the females. They had more advanced subjects. Those lessons included foreign languages, celestial navigation, social etiquette, and plantation management. After school, they were sent back to England to get higher education, or they would return home to help fathers on plantations.
Female children didn't get the leverages of the males. They got enough reading and writing skills to be able to read the bible. They learned enough math to record household expenses. They studied weaving, cooking, nursing, and French. They didn't get to have the higher learning experience because it wasn't important to their culture.
Upper class students had more advantages then others. Their primary education consisted of reading, writing, arithmetic, and prayers. Lower classes didn't have many things to take leverage. The children took apprenticeships that lasted up to 10 years. They just took in skills they needed to survive.
Male children had more privileges than the females. They had more advanced subjects. Those lessons included foreign languages, celestial navigation, social etiquette, and plantation management. After school, they were sent back to England to get higher education, or they would return home to help fathers on plantations.
Female children didn't get the leverages of the males. They got enough reading and writing skills to be able to read the bible. They learned enough math to record household expenses. They studied weaving, cooking, nursing, and French. They didn't get to have the higher learning experience because it wasn't important to their culture.
Sketch of a Colonial School Environment