America’s One-Room Schoolhouse
Imagine going to a one-room schoolhouse in
America ages ago. Who went there? What
was it like? How was it the same as school
today? How was it different? What has
changed? Anything?
Schoolhouse near Osnabrook, North
Dakota
What does this schoolhouse look like on the inside?
How could it possibly be anything like my school?
Sod Schoolhouse in Nebraska
Compare this sod schoolhouse to the wooden
schoolhouse just previewed.
School in N. Dakota – 1902 or 1903
What are some questions that this
photograph poses? 1902 OR 1903?
Rural Schoolhouse Near Milton, North
Dakota in 1913
What do you predict is taking place in this
photograph? Why?
Interior of a One-Room Schoolhouse
Near Osnabrook, North Dakota
Does the interior of this one-room schoolhouse
look like you predicted? How so? How not?
Interior of a Schoolhouse in Iowa
What is happening in this classroom? What do
you think was taking place before this picture
was taken? What will happen next?
The Recitation Bench!
What are these girls doing? Why is the teacher
so focused on them?
A Different Perspective….
Does a different perspective change your
prediction? What is happening in the
background?
Interior of a One-Room Schoolhouse in
Kentucky
How does this classroom differ from the
previous classrooms? How is it the same?
Students in Scotland, Maryland
How is this classroom different from the others
previewed? Alike? What is that “thing” on the
left side of the photograph? Why is it there?
Loads of Learning!
What is the teacher doing? Why are the girls
standing next to her?
What’s For Lunch?
Where are these boys? Why? What is in the
black boxes? What has their attention?
It is nearing 4:00 in the afternoon.
What does that mean? What is the mood of
the young man? Why do you think so?
Where Are You Going?
Who are these people? Where are they going?
What time of the day is it? How can you tell?
America’s One-Room Schoolhouse
Where are they now? How do one-room
schoolhouses compare to today’s schools?
Modern-Day Schoolhouse
One-room schoolhouses? Modern-day
schoolhouses? Which would you prefer and
why?