Colonial New England Education:

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Colonial New England Education
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Basic Info

• ? Colonial education often began in the home.
• ? Colonial classrooms had a major reference on
  religion.
• ? Some women converted homes to classrooms,
  called Dame Schools.

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Old Deluder Satan Law

• ..or Massachusetts Law of 1647.
• It was the attempt to thwart Satans trickery.
• It included rules to adhere by.

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• ? Least desirable educational and apprenticeship
  opportunities were left to the poor.
• ? Blacks and Native Americans were mostly denied
  educational opportunities.

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• Boys moved on and if they wanted, they could
  attend Grammar schools and Universities, if they
  had the wealth.

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• Girls made do with brief education, typically in
  the home, where they learned how to read the
  Bible, then became housewives.

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References

• Child Life In the New England Colonies. (2006,
  March 2). Yale-New Haven
• Teachers Institute. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  from http//www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2
  003/2/03.02.06.x.htmlb
• Education for Boys and Girls. (2002, February
  15). Colonial Education.
• Retrieved February 1, 2011. from
  http//www.chesapeake.edu/Library/EDU_101/eduhist
  .asp
• Sadker, D. M., Zittleman, K. (2008).
  Teachers, schools, and society A brief
  introduction to education (2nd ed.). Boston
  McGraw-Hill.