Education in Colonial New England (1600’s)

By: Jordan WhiteSeptember 9, 2010

Edu 224 V

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Colonial Education•Religion- Puritan• Home School •“Dame schools”•Apprenticeships•Latin Grammar School (1635)•Harvard College (1636)•Christopher Lamb’s School •“Pauper’s Oath”•The New England Primer (1690)

Harvard College: http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/pur19.jpg

Dame Schoolhttp://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/pur17.jpg

The New England Primerhttp://faculty.mdc.edu/jmcnair/Joe28pages/Schooling,%20Education,%20and%20Literacy%20in%20Colonial%20America.htm

Teachers in colonial time…were not just teachers

Latin Grammar Schoolhttp://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/pur18.jpg

Picture taken in Wessels library

http://www.nines.org/exhibits/Tollett_English_227

Differences in the Education of Boys, Girls, and Minorities

Boys:•Wealthy boys went to Latin Grammar School•Sent to Europe for higher education

Girls:•One – Two years of

school•Learned to read Bible•May learn to write name•Learned alphabet to stitch religious quotes•to Become good wife

and mother

Diverse Students:•Few religious groups created schools for

children of color•Blacks and Native Americans denied

education since 1619

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/colonies/colonial-ways.htm#young-ladies

http://community.learnnc.org/weblogs/partners/phe/

http://www.littlehouseneedleworks.com/colonial.html

Daily Life of a Student

• Christopher Lamb’s School– Read Testament aloud– Writing lessons– Examined to make sure

washed and combed– Ten minute prayer– Recited bible lesson

• Latin Grammar School– School day from 7am-5pm– Lunch typically from 11am-

1pm• Term Only four months out of

the year

http://sites.bergen.org/ourstory/Resources/Colonial_Life/ColonialLife-Main%20Page.htm

Effects on Education Today

• Religion in the classroom

• Massachusetts law of 1642

• Old Deluder Satan Law (1647)

• Education affected by economic class

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http://www.sanford.org/

Works Cited

• Sadker, D. M., & Zittleman, K. (2008). Teachers, schools, and society: A brief introduction to

education (2nd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

• Elson, W. H. (1904). Religion, Education, Medicine. In History of the United States of America

(chap. X p. 206-208). New York: The MacMillan Company. Retrieved September 08, 2010,

from http://www.usahistory.info/colonial/education.html

• O’Neil, M. (n.d.). The New England Primer. Retrieved September 08, 2010, from

http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/neprimer.html

• Matzat, A. L. (n.d). Massachusetts Education Laws of 1642 and 1647. Retrieved September

09, 2010, form http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/masslaws.html

• Gelbrich, J. (1999). Section II- American Education Colonial America. Retrieved September

09, 2010, from http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/ed416/ae1.html