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Show N 3 M 1 :' & I I j'-L.. j ' p h ni Wo 1 v " COLONIAL DAYS A stage production featuring Colonial Days was P sented recently by the Jennie P. Stewart Eleir School's fifth grade students. Among those particir ing were Casey Wettstein, Debbie Cox and D;; McKay. The fifth grade students of Stewart Elem. School held a Colonial Day in connection with their social studies unit on New England. THE COLONIAL School Day was conducted as closely as possible to the original colonial colo-nial schoolroom and dress. The school day started with a song and prayer. Oral reading read-ing from the Bible and Bible memorization were part of the curriculum. Colonial penman ship was practiced. Much emphasis was placed on penmanship pen-manship and many times the only qualification a school teacher needed was good penmanship. pen-manship. SINCE THERE were no text books available, math and memorization was done by the blab school method with all the lesssons recited out loud and in unison. Colonial games were played play-ed climbing the rope (un- greased), rolling a too;, stick, and batting balls'-- i with their hornbooks. PUNISHMENTS r order for not knowing sons, coming late or tali . whispering stick was pr mouth of those tafc signs and the dunce stoo . appropriate for those k pared. In extreme cast pillory or stocks were it. Each student sewed a patch quilt block and he: a quilt from them. |