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Ackworth School - A Quaker School for those "not in affluence".

1830-1839.

Boys: 

Curriculum:

  • Religious study (a chapter from the bible was read before breakfast).

  • English language.

  • Reading.

  • Writing.

  • Spelling.

  • English Grammar (in upper classes).

  • English History (as of 1820).

  • Mathematics (mainly arithmetic, older boys studied land surveying, Trigonometry, Mensuration and a little elementary Algebra).

  • Geography (map instruction and the drilling of the rudiments of geography).

  • Latin (as of 1825 - taught to twenty of the most advanced scholars).

Manual work:

  • Waiting the table.

  • Cleaning shows and knives.

  • Helping in the bakery and the dairy

  • Working in the garden or on the farm.

Girls:

Curriculum:

  • Religious study (a chapter from the bible was read before breakfast).

  • English language.

  • Reading.

  • Writing.

  • Spelling (one-hour a day).

  • English Grammar (in upper classes).

  • English History (as of 1820).

  • Arithmetic. 

  • Housewifery. 

  • Needlework (spinning - abandoned in 1817, sewing and knitting).

  • Geography (map instruction and the drilling of the rudiments of geography).

  • Latin (as of 1825 - taught to twenty of the most advanced scholars).

Manual work:

  • Mending the linen.

  • Waiting at the Housekeeper's table where the members of staff took their meals.

  • Taking it in turns to assist the laundress and the mantua maker.

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