By: Kelsey Grim

Elizabethan

Education!

The children must respect there father and mother. They must ask for there parents blessings. Must know there table manners.Children would also be taught their “place” in society which included where they should sit at the tableElizabethan Girls would be taught obedience to the male members of the family. Their education would then generally diverse from the boys to concentrate on housewifely duties and sometimes music and dance

Education begins in the home!

“The Pretty Schools” also known as the Dame schools!

Most elementary schools were conducted for young boys ages 5 – 7. The boy's education would consist of being taught to read and write English and also learn lessons in behavior. These were considered the most important elements of Elizabethan Pretty School.

SchoolsGrammarBoys age 7 to 10!

During the first year of

Elizabethan education, aged 7, the curriculum

would have consisted of

learning parts of speech

together with verbs and nouns

Between the ages of 7 and

10 boys would have spent

their early childhood being

taught by Ushers, a junior

master or senior pupil at

the Grammar School

The second year of Elizabethan education,

aged 8, the boys would be taught the rules of

grammar and sentence construction

The third year of Elizabethan education, aged 9, would have

concentrated on English-Latin and Latin-English translations

The Ushers often refused to be bothered with the teaching of handwriting and this element of Elizabethan education was often taught by a temporary travelling scrivener for a few

weeks during the school year.

Grammar

Schools!

Ages: 10 - 14

Latin to

English

translation

Occasionally the study of Greek

Literature including the works of the great classical authors and dramatists, such as Ovid, Plautus, Horace, Virgil, Cicero and Seneca.

Religion Education

Arithmetic

At the end of

age 14 the boys

would now

attend a

university

Typical Weeks at Grammar schools!

Monday - An

examination based on

the previous Sunday’s

sermon

Saturday - study of the catechism and some arithmetic

Tuesday to Thursday- the basic curriculum

Friday - Examinations

and Punishments

School

grammar

atLife

Typical

Elizabethan Life at school was quite strict. During summer the school day started at six o'clock in the morning and finished at five

o'clock in the evening. There was a two hour break at midday. Because of the dark nights the hours changed during the winter

and school started at seven and finished earlier at four o'clock. The school week

consisted of a five full days and a half-day on Thursday which continued for between 40 to 44 weeks of the year. This meant that

the school boys spent at least 2,000 hours in school – more than double the current

school hours!

University Education:

University Faculty of Law

The University Faculty of Medicine including

the study of Hippocrates, Galen, Arabic and

Jewish medical texts

The University Faculty of Theology -

religious education

The University Faculty of Liberal Arts would have included Grammar, Logic, Music , Astronomy, Arithmetic and Geometry education

The University Faculty of the Arts - The Arts would have included Philosophy

Women & Education!

Elizabethan women from wealthy and

noble families were sometimes allowed the

privilege of an education. The girls of Noble

birth were taught by tutors at home and

Elizabethan women were taught from the

age of five, or even younger. Various

languages were taught including Latin,

Italian, Greek and French. Music and

dancing skills were essential for Elizabethan

women. Elizabethan women were not

allowed to go to university.

http://www.williamshakespeare.info/elizabethan-women.htm

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-education.htm

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