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Rose's One-Room School Letter

Read a letter from 1910 and study an artifact, an old photograph and a family story to learn about school long ago.

Grade 1Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toHIS.1.4

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use an artifact, old photograph and family story as clues about life in the past.
  • Students make careful claims about a past school using evidence from several sources.

How to use

Read the letter and clue cards aloud. Ask students to point to the source that supports each answer before they write.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

HIS.1.4

Use artifacts, old photographs and stories to learn how people lived in the past.

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Rose's One-Room School Letter

Use old clues to learn about school long ago.

Read Rose's letter

Listen as your teacher reads the letter. Then answer the questions.

A Letter from 1910

Letter, October 12, 1910
Dear Aunt May, Our school is a little building with one room. Miss Bell writes our lessons on a chalkboard. I carry a slate and a small slate pencil.

At recess, we play outside. At noon, I eat the lunch I brought from home. A black wood stove keeps the room warm.
Your niece, Rose

Artifact card:A small slate board has a wooden frame. A child could write on it and wipe it clean.

Old photograph card:Children sit at desks. A teacher stands near a chalkboard, and a wood stove is in the corner.

Family story card:Rose's granddaughter says Rose remembered older students helping younger children read. She also remembered that children brought lunches from home.

1.
What was Rose's slate used for?
  • A. Writing and wiping away schoolwork
  • B. Keeping the school room warm
  • C. Carrying lunch from home
  • D. Calling children in from recess
2.
What does the old photograph show that Rose does not mention in her letter?
  • A. Children played outside at recess.
  • B. Children brought food from home.
  • C. Children sat at desks in the room.
  • D. Miss Bell wrote on a chalkboard.
3.

Rose wrote the letter in the year  .

4.
Circle the two details Rose gives about her school day.

She carried a slate.She rode a train to school.She bought lunch at school.She ate lunch from home.

5.
What extra detail does the family story add?
  • A. The school had a wood stove.
  • B. Older students helped younger readers.
  • C. Miss Bell taught every subject outside.
  • D. Rose wrote all lessons on paper.

Use the clues

Use details from the letter and the three clue cards.

6.
What can the slate and Rose's letter help a historian figure out?
  • A. Students used computers for lessons.
  • B. Students did all their work outside.
  • C. Students shared one large lunch.
  • D. Students could write and erase schoolwork.
7.
Circle the two ideas supported by the clues.

Rose went to a one-room school.Every school in 1910 looked the same.Rose used a computer to write.Older students sometimes helped younger readers.

8.
A museum has a slate, a photograph of children at desks and a diary about children bringing lunch. Which careful claim could a child make?
  • A. School lunches were the same for every child.
  • B. All children in the country used slates.
  • C. Some children at that school used slates and brought lunch.
  • D. Children did not learn to read at that time.
9.
Why is it useful to study all three clue cards?
  • A. Each source can give a different detail.
  • B. One source can tell us about every school.
  • C. The photograph tells us who wrote the letter.
  • D. The artifact tells us what every child ate.
10.
Word bank: one-room · two-story · outdoor

Rose went to a   school.

11.
Which is the most careful conclusion from the clues?
  • A. No schools had desks in 1910.
  • B. Rose's school had no lessons.
  • C. Every child in 1910 carried a slate.
  • D. Rose's school had one room and used slates.
12.
Which clue would best help you see what the school room looked like?
  • A. The old photograph
  • B. The family story
  • C. Rose's lunch
  • D. The year on the letter
13.
Which source tells what Rose remembered years later?
  • A. The artifact card
  • B. The family story card
  • C. The old photograph card
  • D. The date on the letter
14.
What was one part of school life in Rose's time? Use details from two different clues.

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