One-room schools , or schoolhouses , were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia , Norway , Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room. There, a single teacher taught academic basics to several grade levels of elementary-age children. While in many areas one-room schools are no longer used, some remain in developing nations and rural or remote areas where scarce students or teachers complicate organizing the educational process differently.
25-603: Little Red Schoolhouse may refer to: Schools [ edit ] Little Red Schoolhouse (Beyerville, Arizona) , a historic one-room school built in 1921 Little Red Schoolhouse (Kingman, Arizona) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Little Red Schoolhouse (Scottsdale, Arizona) , now used as the Scottsdale Historical Museum, NRHP-listed Garcia School , Wickenburg, Arizona, also known as
50-598: A 1936 American drama film See also [ edit ] One-room school Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Little Red Schoolhouse . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_Red_Schoolhouse&oldid=1259771582 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
75-402: A half-way decent manner. Teachers in one-room schools were usually daughters of nearby farmers. They were recent graduates and spent a couple of years teaching before they quit to get married. The teachers were poorly prepared and needed to coach children of all ages/grades within one room. Their main role is well-described by a student from Kentucky in the 1940s: The teachers that taught in
100-612: A model school with primary education in two separate age-grouped classes . In Ireland, free primary education was mandated in 1831, prompting the establishment of many single-teacher National Schools across rural areas, most initially using a room in an existing building. By the 1890s there was a school in every parish . Most extant one- and two-room school buildings date from the decades after 1891 when primary education became compulsory. Most of those still in use today have been extended following merger with neighbouring schools. Since 2002, any state-funded school with at least 10 pupils
125-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Little Red Schoolhouse (Beyerville, Arizona) The Little Red Schoolhouse is a historic one-room schoolhouse located a few miles northeast of Nogales, Arizona , in the community of Beyerville . Opened in 1921 to serve the children of local farmers and ranchers, the Little Red Schoolhouse
150-471: Is entitled to at least 2 teachers; the 21 schools which fell below this threshold are located on offshore islands . In recent decades, an increasing number of schools have been founded for parents not content with the National School system. These include Gaelscoileanna (which teach through Irish rather than English) and multi-denominational schools (most Irish schools are controlled by one or other of
175-681: Is the only one remaining of approximately two dozen red schoolhouses built in the Santa Cruz River valley in the 1920s. Next to the historic Little Red Schoolhouse is the modern Little Red Schoolhouse elementary school, a larger K–8 facility that replaced the original schoolhouse. One-room school In the United States, the concept of a "little red schoolhouse" is a stirring one, and historic one-room schoolhouses have widely been preserved and are celebrated as symbols of frontier values and of local and national development. When necessary,
200-487: Is the striking feature of rural school buildings. They are poorly situated, often without any grounds, or, with grounds that are grassless, treeless and beautyless. As structures they are poorly planned, poorly lighted, poorly heated, poorly seated, poorly equipped or virtually unequipped either for comfort or education, and poorly kept. Drinking water is not usually supplied. Sanitary arrangements and toilet facilities are as likely to be entirely lacking as to be provided in even
225-517: The main Christian churches ). Although such schools eventually become eligible for state funding, they usually begin with a single teacher in a room or prefabricated building . One-room schools were used only in rural areas. As late as 1930 half of the nation's school children lived in rural areas. About 65% of the nation's school buildings were one-room, and they were attended by 30% of the rural students. Consolidation rapidly reduced their numbers in
250-552: The "Little Red Schoolhouse" Little Red Schoolhouse (Cedar Falls, Iowa) , part of the Cedar Falls Historical Society Little Red Schoolhouse (West Farmington, Maine) , NRHP-listed Little Red Schoolhouse (Amherst, Massachusetts) , preschool designed by McKim, Mead and White Eureka Masonic College , Richland, Mississippi, also known as the "Little Red Schoolhouse", birthplace of the Order of
275-515: The "Little Red Schoolhouse", Clymer, New York Little Red School House , New York City, a progressive school Old District 10 Schoolhouse , Middleburg Heights, Ohio, also known as the "Little Red Schoolhouse", NRHP-listed Little Red Schoolhouse (Shaw Island, Washington) , NRHP-listed, in San Juan County Films [ edit ] The Little Red Schoolhouse (1923 film) , an American silent film The Little Red Schoolhouse ,
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#1732844268121300-407: The 1920s and 1930s. They had a place in popular folklore, with one fondly recalling a, "little house, on a little ground, with a little equipment, where a little teacher at a little salary, for a little while, teaches little children little things." A less romantic view by sociologist Newell Sims reported on the majority of rural schools of all sizes in the 1930s: The utter inadequacy of the majority
325-502: The Calvert Retired Teachers Association, looking for a Bicentennial Year project, decided to restore the one-room schoolhouse. On July 24, 1977, after months of hard work by teachers and community volunteers, the old school bell rang out once more, and the little one-room school house, filled with its memories and memorabilia, was ready for visitors. It is now one of the county's tourist attractions. A similar project
350-806: The Eastern Star Little Red Schoolhouse (Milton Mills, New Hampshire) , listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places Little Red School House (Newport, New Hampshire) , NRHP-listed Little Red Schoolhouse (Florham Park, New Jersey) , NRHP-listed Little Red Schoolhouse (Lyndhurst, New Jersey) , NRHP-listed Little Red Schoolhouse (Middletown, New Jersey) , NRHP-listed Little Red Schoolhouse (South Branch, New Jersey) , NRHP-listed Little Red Schoolhouse (Washington Valley, New Jersey) , NRHP-listed Little Red Schoolhouse (Brunswick, New York) , NRHP-listed Clymer District School No. 5 , also known as
375-554: The Nebraska panhandle spend a day at Flowerfield going through an average school day in 1888. The students have the opportunity to experience both log and sod versions of the house, writing with quill pens, and a trip to the nearby museum, where they learn about other aspects of life in 1888. In Vandalia, Indiana , the Vandalia District No. 2 one-room schoolhouse served Owen County's Lafayette Township students in grades 1 – 8 from
400-503: The United States into multiple classroom schools where classes could be held separately for various grade levels. Gradually, one-room school houses were replaced. Most one-room schools had been replaced by larger schools by World War II except in the most rural areas. However, they are still found in remote parts of Alaska where villages have a small population. In Calvert County, Maryland , Port Republic School Number 7 closed its doors in 1932 and sat unused for over 40 years. Then, in 1976
425-499: The one room, rural schools were very special people. During the winter months they would get to the school early to get a fire started in the potbelly stove , so the building would be warm for the students. On many occasions they would prepare a hot, noon meal on top of the stove, usually consisting of soup or stew of some kind. They took care of their students like a new mother hen would care for her newly hatched chicks; always looking out for their health and welfare. A typical school day
450-415: The poor quality of roads, automobiles were not frequently used. The vast majority of one-room schools have been torn down; a few were converted for other purposes. However, in a handful of rural communities, such as Mennonites and Amish , one-room or two-room schools survived longer. As of 2005, almost 400 one-rooms schools still operate in the United States. The teacher's residence, or teacherage ,
475-508: The schools were enlarged or replaced with two-room schools . More than 200 are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . In Norway, by contrast, one-room schools were viewed more as impositions upon conservative farming areas, and, while a number survive in open-air museums, not a single one is listed on the Norwegian equivalent to the NRHP . Prussia was among the first countries in
500-607: The time it was completed in 1868 until it closed in 1951. The building, restored by a group of volunteers in 1976, is presently maintained and preserved by the Vandalia Community Preservation Association. The One Room School House Project of Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas , includes listings and information on some 880 schools throughout the state and nation. The information, pictures, and stories included in this site have been collected and sent to
525-497: The world to introduce a tax-funded and generally compulsory primary education for either boys and girls. In comparison, compulsory schooling in France or Great Britain was not successfully enacted until the 1880s. The state-sponsored system was introduced in the late 18th century and has had a widespread influence ever since. The first Prussian schools were simple one-room schools, but by 1773 Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow had already set up
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#1732844268121550-503: Was 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with morning and afternoon recesses of 15 minutes each and an hour period for lunch. "The older students were given the responsibility of bringing in water, carrying in coal or wood for the stove. The younger students would be given responsibilities according to their size and gender such as cleaning the black board (chalkboard), taking the erasers outside for dusting plus other duties that they were capable of doing." Transportation for children who lived too far to walk
575-470: Was done in Queen Anne's County, Maryland , by retired Teachers and Community Volunteers. The restored schoolhouse is located in front of Queen Anne's County High School . In Iowa , over 125 small one-room school houses have been turned into local museums. The buildings in some places found new purpose as homes. In Harrisburg, Nebraska , Flowerfield School serves as a living museum, and fourth-graders within
600-459: Was often attached to the school, or very close by, so that a male teacher's wife and family were an integral part of the management and support system for the school. Single, female teachers were more often billeted or boarded with a local family to provide for social norms requiring social supervision of single females. Motorized school buses in the 1920s made longer distances possible, and one-room schools were soon consolidated in most portions of
625-422: Was often provided by horse-drawn kid hack or sulky , which could only travel a limited distance in a reasonable amount of time each morning and evening, or students might ride a horse, these being put out to pasture in an adjoining paddock during the day. In more recent times, students rode bicycles. Southern students and teachers most often walked to and from school; a three-mile journey was not uncommon. Due to
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