1895 Eighth Grade Final Exam

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1895 Eighth Grade Final Examwing is a century-old 8th grade exam that was passed along to us and we thought that what it showed about our curral system was important and needed to be shared.

ad this, try to see how many of these questions you can answer. Some references, such as tare weight and bushel, hatoday than you thin. Some are obsolete. Some questions reflect obsolete teaching methods, such as the methods usy to teach sentence structure.

reaction was that the reprint illustrated the reliance on force-fed rote memori$ation of yesteryear. #n further reflecons are still appropriate. They stress a broadness of education, which seems largely lacing today. %n&oy testing youare tough for 8th graders or adults(

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e 8th grade was considered upper level education. any children quit school as soon as they could master the basic

tals of the /0s !reading, writing and arithmetic". ost never went past the rd or 1th grade. That0s all you needed fcity &obs. 2hild labor laws were not in existence. Additionally today0s education has much more focus on technologythan the grammar and geography of old. *t0s a different world with different requirements and capabilities needed to

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eighth-grade final exam from +87 from Salina, 9S. *t was taen from the original document on file at the Smoy cal Society and ;ibrary in Salina, 9S and reprinted by the Salina


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n box is = ft. deep, +C feet long, and ft. wide. 4ow many bushels of wheat will it hold

d of wheat weighs 71= lbs., what is it worth at C cts. per bu., deducting +CC lbs. for tare

>o. has a valuation of E,CCC. @hat is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at EC per month,ncidentals

st of B=C lbs. coal at E.CC per ton.

e interest of E+=.C for 8 months and +8 days at B percent.

the cost of 1C boards += inches wide and + ft. long at E=C per m

n discount on ECC for 7C days !no grace" at +C percent.

the cost of a square farm at E+ per acre, the distance around which is 1C rods

a Fan 2hec, a 5romissory >ote, and a /eceipt.

ry !Time, 1 minutes"

e epochs into which G.S. 4istory is divided.

account of the discovery of America by 2olumbus.

he causes and results of the /evolutionary @ar.

he territorial growth of the Gnited States.

at you can of the history of 9ansas.

e three of the most prominent battles of the /ebellion.

ere the followingH orse, @hitney, Dulton, Fell, ;incoln, 5enn, and 4owe

vents connected with the following datesH +CB, +=C, +8CC, +817, and +8

hy !Time, one hour"

meant by the followingH Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication

e elementary sounds 4ow classified

e the following, and give examples of eachH Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals


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ur substitutes for caret 0u0.

o rules for spelling words with final 0e0. >ame two exceptions under each rule.

o uses of silent letters in spelling. *llustrate each.

the following prefixes and use in connection with a wordH Fi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.

acritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the soundH 2ard, ball, mercy, sird, fare, last.

following correctly in sentences, 2ite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, ra$e, raise, rays.

+C words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical mars and by syllabication.

y !Time, one hour"

climate Gpon what does climate depend

you account for the extremes of climate in 9ansas

t use are rivers #f what use is the ocean

e the mountains of >.A.

nd describe the followingH onrovia, #dessa, ?enver, anitoba, 4ecla, 3uon, St. 4elena,


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