What did kids do 100 years ago?
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I suspect you would find that 100 years ago children worked unless they were from a wealthy family.  Children chopped wood, helped with various chores depending on the family - farming, milking, feeding and caring for animals, fishing, mining, logging, working in the family business, cooking, laundry, delivery boy, etc.  Older children helped care for the younger children.  They often attended school only until old enough and strong enough to work.  By the time they were young teenagers they wre expected to enter the adult world and take responsibility to help with the family income.  The more privileged ones were able to stay in school until graduation and even go on to higher education.  And 100 years ago we were in the midst of industrialization and rules about child labor were quite different from today.
890748
it dates back hundred of years when different colors identified which tribes they belonged to and their beliefs
664920
I did in 1992. That was a long time ago so a lot has probably changed. I went with my mom to visit some family I had never met. I loved it there and had a lot of fun.
569775
Yeah, like about 25 years ago
111024
"Old Kinderhook"\n\n... but read the whole story on the website.  It's pretty interesting.
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Their main function at that time was to teach the American language, culture, and traditions so that children would grow up having the knowledge and abilities required to participate in a "democratic industrial society".  (At this time Native American children were sent off to Government boarding schools, at which they were forced to give up their language, dress, culture and traditions.)  It should be noted, however, that there was a great deal of debate at that time about exactly what to teach, whether all children should be taught the same things, and even whether certain groups of children (e.g. African-Americans, Native Americans) should be allowed to attend public schools with white children.  \n\nIn the early 1900s, public education moved away from a focus on academics and began to focus on providing vocational skills that would prepare children for work (keep in mind that it was "normal" then for kids to have only a few years of schooling before entering the workforce at a young age).  Thus English proficiency was no longer a must for succeeding in school.\n\nNote that the bilingual education debate is about as old as the American public school system.  The second link (below) will take you to a page detailing the history of the debate and each side's arguments.  \n\nSee the links provided for more information, or you can get the book "School: The Story of American Public Education", which is the companion volume to the PBS series of the same title.
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hell no cause they need to do reseach on their own. when i was going up there was none of this fancy smacy shit. so kids these days need not to be lazy in life.
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Lol! Probably not for another 100's of years if it is possible!  That is an excellent book and they did a good job making the children's film on it, too.  A classic!
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Around 600,000 years old. Maybe even older.
36595
I'm guessing a hundred years!
1040248
Without a dought back 100 years ago. They had more hardships but they had more respect for everything back then. We have it good now but maybe its too good. We tend to take everything forgranted. Back then was just a simpler time.
537716
A long long time ago.
511945
try going back in time
91473
Find a bunch of five year old boys and give them the cardboard box from a refrigerator--then stand back and watch the magic!  Seriously, ask a child. Their imaginations are not cluttered by conformist thinking.
536974
obvious ..coz it was 100 years old since inception !!
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Five for Fighting - 100 Years
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Say yes or no if we did those things a century ago.\n\nOR\n\nSay whether or not we did those things a hundred years ago.