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Summary and Objective
Students will understand that the schoolhouses of the 1800s were very different from today's school buildings by observing and comparing primary sources of schoolhouses.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Students will view the image of the one room schoolhouse (dated 1893 - 1897)on the American Centuries website. They will discuss their observations and impressions of the schoolhouse as it compares to their current school noting the major difference being the great variety in ages and grade levels placed together in one room.
Step 2.
Students will read a newspaper article from 1913 about the proposed school building at Mount Sugar Loaf in South Deerfield and discuss the need for the new building (ie. to provide for better health conditions, because of an increase in population, to improve teaching methods.) An emphasis will be placed on the improvement of dividing the grade levels into separate classrooms, but the new obstacle of the considerable number of students per classroom (44 children).
Step 3.
Students will observe an image from 1913 illustrating the larger school setting that is described in the newspaper article from South Deerfield.
Step 4.
Students will go on a tour of their school building noting the differences from the one room school house as well as the Grammar School. Finding out the mean class size will also help to note the changes in current school conditions.
Step 5.
In groups of 2, the students will complete one Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the one room schoolhouse to today's school buildings and a second Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the Grammar School and today's classroom.
Step 6.
Once each partnership has completed their two Venn Diagrams, the teacher will use these results to compile conclusive Venn Diagrams on large chart paper.
Step 7.
Students will individually write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the one room schoolhouse and the Grammar School to their current school building.
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