School 155 Years Ago was like this...

Ever wonder what "school" might be like for your kids if you were living, oh, say, 150 years ago?

This week's "living books for the ears" audio program looks back at what some "country schools" really were like 150 years ago. 

THE HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER by Edward Eggleston was a famous novel about an enlightened schoolmaster in the fictional Indiana community of Flat Crick, and recounts all sorts of fascinating details about life in the mid-western American countryside in the 1850s. Though the book inspired two movies and was a best-seller for decades, it is pretty much forgotten today and is not currently in print.

So, set the kids down and give a listen to some of the shenanigans and adventures that might have taken place back in the days of the one room country schoolhouse, and be glad this sort of thing doesn't happen in YOUR homeschool... or does it? lol!

Check it out,click this link!

10:44 AM - Sep. 27, 2005 - post comment

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thank you, this looks interesting. we're currently listening to the Little House books and this fits in, I think.

gottsegnet - 1:29 AM - Sep. 28, 2005

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