The Role Of Education In The 1600's

Schools and Education in the 1500’s-1600’s Education in the era of the 1500’s to the 1600’s was quite different. If you weren’t rich most likely you didn’t attend school. Schools were first started with boys in mind because they were needed to help with church services. The boys were taught grammar and song so they could sing in the choirs at church. Most children in the middle class were taught Latin, philosophy, and sometimes law. The poor people could not afford to send their children to school. The cost was too much so they did not get an education. Sometimes churches offered schooling and the poor children could attend. Being allowed an education was how people knew you were rich and wealthy. School days consisted of children going to nursery school for sometimes maybe three years then they would advance to grammar school. School began really early at six o’clock in the morning and the children studied all morning until around eleven o’clock when the children were given a lunch break. The afternoon classes or lessons started back up at one o’clock and lasted until five o’clock in the afternoon. School days were very long and you went to school six days a week. The only day off you had was Sunday. The children had two holidays throughout the entire

How to speak Latin and the boys were sometimes taught law. They were taught how to behave at the dinner table too. You were also taught how to act in public. The children were taught how to speak properly as well. This was important to the wealthy parents as it showed their children had been to school and been educated, which showed they had money. Girl’s education was slightly different from the boys. Most girls were taught that they were to obey the males in the family and take care of women house work. The girls were taught dance and music along with the boys. This was another social skill that showed you were educated and had been to