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What Was School Like Long Ago?

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How were schools different in the past?

a)

The teacher taught all the grades.

b)

The schoolhouse was only one room.

c)

The students wrote on slate with chalk.

d)

All of the above.

2.

A ________________ is a one-page book used in the past.

a)

dunce cap

b)

marble

c)

hornbook

d)

slate

3.

How did Mr. Bob's family travel to town when he was young?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Which thing was in a school long ago?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Which thing is in your school today?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

How did children get to school long ago?

a)

They took the bus.

b)

They rode a horse.

c)

They walked a long way.

d)

They rode in the car.

7.

Where did younger children sit in schools long ago?

a)

outside the classroom

b)

in the back of the classroom

c)

in the front of the classroom

d)

on the floor in the classroom

8.

How were classrooms different in the past?

a)

A teacher filled a bucket with water.

b)

Students used hornbooks.

c)

A teacher taught all the grades.

d)

All of the above

9.

Which sentence about teachers in the past is true?

a)

Teachers taught with a computer.

b)

Teachers taught only art classes.

c)

One teacher taught all the grades.

d)

One teacher taught only one student.

10.

In schools long ago, who filled the stove with coal or wood?

a)

the principal

b)

the custodian

c)

the teacher

d)

a parent

11.

What could you find in a classroom long ago but you won't find today?

a)

television

b)

computer

c)

whiteboard

d)

stove

12.

Schools long ago only had one ______________.

a)

computer

b)

desk

c)

grade

d)

room