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Schools
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Schools
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If you have a 'Victorian Day' or visit a museum and all get dressed up to play schools ... remember that many Victorian schools were for poor children ... when I say poor ... I mean poor. Look at some pictures and read about some of the children. |
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| Source 1 | 1800 : Joseph Lancaster and his Monitors. |
| Source 2 | 1818 : Shoemaker John Pounds opens the first 'Ragged' school |
| Source 3 | The Brook Street Ragged and Industrial School in 1846 |
| Source 4 | 1846 : Did schools always concentrate on the 4 R's? |
| Source 5 | 1847 : Thomas Guthrie sets up schools in Edinburgh. |
| Source 6 | 1850 : Lord Shaftesbury ... Chairman of the Ragged Schools Union |
| Source 7 | A Girl's Orphan School in 1876 |
| Source 8 | A School Room in 1890 |
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Maybole is about 10 miles
southeast of Ayr in Scotland. It is in Ayrshire County otherwise known as the land of the
poet Robert Burns. There was a Ragged School there. The School records give some details
of the children who attended. Read about the three boys called James and then think .... does education change children? James Henderson James Irvine James Thompson If you would like to read about more of the children then visit the Maybole Ragged School. |
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