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Emma Hirsch
– Boys go to school or have a tutor
-Girls will stay home with the mothers
-The girls will learn how to clean and cook
– Boys would learn math and science
– Girls would maybe learn how to read or write
-The children would have a school tutor, dance tutor, and music teacher
-The boys and girls were separated most of the day
Zoe Karp
- In lower classes, the women and men would have the same day.
- In the upper classes, the women are taking care of the children and making sure the slaves were doing what they were supposed to.
- In upper classes, the men were out doing business or possibly at the House of Burgesses.
- European boys usually got to go to school or have a tutor.
- European girls were taught inside their home.
- Girls would be cooking and cleaning and learning all of the skills that they would need once they got married. They might learn to read and write in addition to all of that.
- Boys definitely learned how to read and write, but they were also learning math and science.
-Geddy House Historic Interpreter, October 20, 2016
Category: 2017