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Education in Colonial America: Roles, Systems, and Social Classes

Explore the diverse landscape of education in Colonial America, highlighting the experiences of various social classes including the ruling elite, tradesmen, women, and enslaved individuals. Discover the educational institutions like Harvard College and Dame Schools, the significance of tutors, and subjects taught such as Latin, classics, and practical trades. Understand the importance of apprenticeships for tradesmen and the limited educational opportunities available for women and slaves. This overview provides a glimpse into the complexities of education in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Education in Colonial America: Roles, Systems, and Social Classes

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  1. Education in Colonial America What Can I Be?

  2. Types of Education • Ruling Class • Tradesmen • Women • Slaves Schoolhouse

  3. Ruling Class • Tutors Latin and Greek Classics Law Manners • College Harvard College

  4. Women • Dame School • French • Music • Dancing • Painting • Singing • Grammar Dame School

  5. Tradesman • Apprentice • Blacksmith • Tanner • Cooper • Wigmaker • Cobbler • Silversmith • Cooper Cooper

  6. Slaves • Field Laborer • House Servant • Indentured Servant Storyteller

  7. Sources • “. Colonial America 1600-K12 Resources" Internet Library Media Center 19 Jun. 2003 • <http:www.falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/index.html>

  8. SOURCES • "Concerto Grosso op. 6/10." Arcangelo Corelli. Version Vienna Master Series. 1990. • "An Outline of American History" From Revolution to Reconstruction 19 Jun. 2003 • <http://odur.let.rug.nl~usa/H/1963/chl_p9.htm>

  9. SOURCES • "Really Neat Books" 19 Jun. 2003 <http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/books.html • "The Hornbook Exercise" The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony:1620 19 Jun. 2003 • <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/horn.htm>

  10. SOURCES • "Schooling, Education, and Literacy in Colonial America" Gettysburg College. 19 Jun. 2003 • <http://alumni.ccgettysburg.edi/~c330558/schooling.html>

  11. SOURCES • "Colonial Williamsburg History Explorer" Colonial Williamsburg. 19 Jun. 2003 • <http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org>

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