This
recreation of an early 20th century one-room
public schoolhouse gives an idea of what learning
was like for most students at that time. Children
of all ages were grouped together and the basic
curriculum covered reading, writing and arithmetic
with some history and geography. The quality
of education varied from school to school. Public
schools in this region began after the Civil
War. Prior to that, formal education was private
and available to those who could pay. Slaves
in the South were barred from any formal education.
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