BASED ON THE BIBLE: EDUCATION IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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In the New England colony, Puritan nearly exclusively established their own society according to the Bible rules. In particular, Puritan emphasized education as they believed that Satan protected those who could not read the scriptures. According to the US colonial official gazette, about two-thirds of Puritan men and one third of Puritan's women can sign - this is the recognized literacy criteria at the time.
Many young Puritans, mainly boys from 6 to 8 years old, learn to read, spell and pray at a women's school like a family's daycare. Later, the two boys went to the Latin grammar school to prepare for the university, prepare for the last religious or political career, or had trade drills. Girls usually continue to receive family skills education at home
According to the Official Gazette, in central colonies, about half of adults can sign, and colonial leaders agree that education is important but education is not interested. The decision on whether to educate the child until the Penn State law was passed in 1683 was left to the individual family, asked all children to read and write, and asked for a useful trading training. In the same year, the first school in Pennsylvania province was established.
Various local religious groups opened most schools in the central colony and highlighted the practical aspects of education. Every boy studied skills and transactions. Depending on their social class, they may also learn classical languages, history and literature, mathematics and natural science. Girls receive counseling on various families and social skills at home
In the southern colonies children are usually educated at home. Because the distance between farm and farm is far away, community school can not. Therefore, planters often employ instructors to teach boys mathematics, classical languages, science, geography, history, etiquette and farm management. Most people are educated in the UK Tutoring is usually teaching girls to read, write and arithmetically enough to manage family and social skills to attract husbands.
In the south, the difference in the class is the most obvious, only the people of the upper class are widely educated. In the state of Virginia, the literacy rate of male gentlemen is nearly 100%, signed by 40% of workers, 25% of upper class women, and 1% of slaves.
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In the New England colony, Puritan and Quaker established their society according to the rules of the Bible, but the southern colony relied on a traditional class society. The New England will respect education and enhance literacy skills to understand the Bible. In society like Quaker, even women receive education. Young people are expected to trade or do religious or political work. In the southern colonies, many people live in a large farm, plantation. Since many residents are slaves or servants of contracts, they pay less attention to education.
Children in Georgian colonies are educated but their school education is quite different from today's children. The educational practice of the New England colony and the central colony is slightly different as the New England colony focuses on reading religious education and the Bible than the southern colonies. Usually when a boy goes to school, a young girl is at home. There are class systems in which children from middle-class families go to grammar schools and sometimes to university, while children from upper class usually have tutors. Children from low families sometimes go to grammar schools and apprentices
The colonial education was mainly the responsibility of the family. However, many religious groups, especially New England Puritan, established a tax-supported elementary school so that children can learn to read the Bible. These religious affiliate schools may reflect the fact that New Englers write journals, brochures, books, and especially sermons - than the sum of all th