Let’s Talk Trash! SEPT / OCT 2025 ©2025-2026 The Keenan Group, Inc.
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School Days Long Ago
One Room for Everyone – All the kids, from little ones to teenagers, sat in the same small room. Wood Stoves for Heat – In winter, everyone huddled near the fire to keep warm. Slate Boards, Not Paper – Kids wrote with chalk on small black boards they could erase. Few Books – Sometimes there was only one book for the whole class to share—the Bible or a spelling book. Long Walks to School – Many kids walked miles, even in snow or rain!
School Days Today
Different Classrooms by Grade – Kids learn with others their own age.
Central Heating – Warm classrooms without needing a fire.
Tech in the Classroom – Computers, smartboards, and tablets help with learning.
Lots of Books & Resources – Libraries full of stories, science, and history.
School Buses – Ride to school instead of walking for hours.
When we say “back then” in this kind of school comparison, we ‛ re talking about the 1600s to early 1800s in U.S. history — the colonial period and the early years after the United States became a country. That ‛ s when many of the fi rst schools were built in what ‛ s now the U.S., often in one-room schoolhouses or even people ‛ s homes. Kids learned the basics: reading, writing, math, and Bible lessons.
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