andrew -- andrew: my name is andrew richardson. we're standing in 1840's era single schoolhouse. attend schoolould often year-round, but it was a regular since most of them were needed on the farm. the typical school day was from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. with a large break for lunch. they usually went home for lunch. the busiest times of the year would be outside of the busiest times of the farmers life. and thethe summer school calendar was the slowest time in the schoolhouse, but late in the fall, or beginning in the fall to the spring were the busiest times in the schoolhouse. this was a schoolhouse geared toward farmers kids of all ages. there was no grades system. children from, maybe as young as six or seven, all the way up to the upper-teenage years would have been here throughout the appear to the students were divided amongst each other -- usually boys on one side and girls on the other, but throughout the day they would actually move around based on their skills. they would be taught the basics of reading and writing, arithmetic, probably a little bit of geography, his

andrew: my name is andrew richardson. an 1840'snding in single-room schoolhouse. often year round, but irregular because they were farmers kids. the typical school day was from 9:00 to 5:00 with a large break in between for lunch where they went home for lunch instead of eating here. the disease times would have been outside of the times -- during the summer, and our school calendar follows that, the busiest time of the farm, slowest time in the schoolhouse, but beginning in fall and through spring, those with the busiest times in the schoolhouse. this is a schoolhouse geared towards farmers kids of all ages. there was no great system, children from maybe as young as six years old to the upper teenage years would attend. divided amongst each other, usually boys on one side and girls on the other, but throughout the day they would ask we move around based on their skills. they would be taught the basics , writing, arithmetic, a little bit of geography and history, and things like that. this was not a public school. the time we are talking about was before public sc

. >>> my name is andrew richardson and i'm the director of education at the front ear culture museum and we're standing in an 1840s era single room schoolhouse. the children would attend school often year round. but it was irregular since most were farmer's kids and they were needed on the farms. the typical school day was from 9:00 to 5:00 with often a large break in between for lunch. they usually went home for lunch instead of eating here. and the busiest times of the year would have been outside of the busiest times of a farmer's life. so during the summer, an our school calendar today, follows that. it was the slowest time in the schoolhouse but busiest time on the farm. but then in late fall, or beginning in fall, and then through the spring, was your busiest time in the schoolhouse. this was a schoolhouse geared toward farmer's kids of all ages. there was no grade system. children from maybe as young as 6 and 7, all the way up to maybe the upper teenage would attend throughout the year. and the students were divided amongst each other. boys on one side and girls on the other.

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