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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