Nat Geo - 8th Grade - Chapter 4 Section 1.4

Nat Geo - 8th Grade - Chapter 4 Section 1.4

Education & Literacy

Objective

Today I will explore how New Englanders became educated and developed a taste for topics about the American Experience by investigating Colonial Apprenticeships

Main Idea

Education and literacy were important to new England colonists and had major impact on the region’s economic and social development.

Vocabulary

Common Schools - A colonial elementary school

Apprentice - a person who learns a craft or trade by working with a skilled member of that craft or trade.

Civic Responsibility

The responsibilities of good citizen

Laws

Voting

Working for the good of the community and larger society

Colonial leaders in New England placed importance on being able to read in order to understand the Bible and the government’s laws.

Value of education

Colonial leaders believed citizens should be able to read, write, and have basic academic skills. However, most colonial jobs did not required formal education. Many jobs required hands-on skills that were best taught through apprenticeships (carpentry, butchering, baking)

Research

Learn about apprenticeships in colonial New England.  Select a specific trade

Age at which children were apprenticed

How apprenticeships were arranged, 

Length of the apprenticeships

What was the experience was like

Homework

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