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It’s Good to be the King
Louis XIV was the greatest French king and probably the one with the best life ever. He became king at age 5, but he did not have to rule until age 23 when his chief minister died and was not Read more…
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COOKING CLASS – 1900
This is the fourth in our series of Gilded Age classroom pictures. This one is of a cooking class.
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GILDED AGE SCHOOL PUNISHMENTS
The picture is of a gym class in a 1900 school, but let’s look at some facts about punishment in a Gilded Age school. A typical school philosophy was “Speak the truth, be honest, be punctual, be clean and kind.” Read more…
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GILDED AGE SCHOOL DAY
A typical day in a Gilded Age one room classroom. Boys and girls enter the classroom single file, youngest to oldest. Girls enter first, curtsying to the teacher. Boys would bow. Hang your coat on the hook. Put your lunch Read more…
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Gilded Age Classrooms
This will be the first in a series of photos of school children around 1900. Many kids worked at the turn of the century. Only 51% of 5-19 year – olds attended school. Only 30% of non-whites attended. Only 11% Read more…
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ALEXANDER’S PARADE
During his Illyrian campaign, Alexander faced a tough mountain people called the Taulantians. They held the high ground and would be very difficult to dislodge. Alexander had to figure out a way to draw them out into the open where Read more…
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CINCO DE MAYO
Shouldn’t you know what you are celebrating? Before you say you are celebrating Mexican independence, you’re wrong. You are celebrating one of the rare victories of the Mexican army. S(orry to be blunt, but it’s the truth.) In early 1862, Read more…