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For the last few weeks we have been talking about how life was long ago.

We talked about the first Americans,

we talked about the early settlers from England and the Pilgrims,





and we talked about the first harvest.



Can you tell me something about the American Indians or the Pilgrims?

This week we are going to talk about what school was like long ago.



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But first let's....

1) go over some new vocabulary.

A new word we are going to talk about today is

Education is all the things people learn such as math, history, and reading.

2) Let's talk about our classroom. Looking around, tell me what things in your classroom help you learn?

The first settlers taught their children to read and write at home.





Later, people built one-room schoolhouses. Children of all ages learned together. The way schools look has changed over time.



How are your school and the old schoolhouse alike or different?

What was school like for settlers' children? (They learned at home.)

In the past, children used different tools to help them learn.

They wrote on small boards called slates.



Sometimes they wrote with pens made from feathers with metal tips.



Are the tools we use at school different than the ones they used long ago? How so?

Today, most children in the United States go to school to get an education.

Who remembers what education means?



Education is all the things people learn such as math, history, and reading.

How are things at your school different than in the past?