[Ohiogift] 18th Century Class Day

[Edward A. Hawks III]

Thanks for sharing Will! I'm a descendant of John Adams and of Isaac
Allerton (signed the Mayflower Compact). The 'A' is for Allerton . . . my
middle name. All kinds of history here. . . 

 

I have my 5th grade ELA enrichment student reading some passages from Walter
Isaacson's Benjamin Franklin. They love it and enjoy learning new words and
about the history of Franklin's involvement with the Declaration of
Independence. 

 

Happy New Year,

 

Chip

 

Edward A. Hawks, III, M.Ed.

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Gifted Intervention Specialist | Exceptional Student Education

Kent City School District

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What he seemed, he was-a wholly human gentleman, the 

essential elements of whose positive character were two and 

only two, simplicity and spirituality. 

(Douglas Southall Freeman on Robert E. Lee)

 

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"So in February 1778, the new commissioner [John Adams] and his son
[11-year-old John Quincy Adams] boarded the frigate Boston and headed into a
stormy ocean. Despite a harrowing crossing, they arrived safely in Bordeaux
on April 1. Seven days later they reached Paris, where Benjamin Franklin,
already in residence, invited them to stay at his home in Passy, a suburb
near the Bois de Boulogne. Johnny entered a private boarding school at Passy
run by Monsieur Le Coeur, where he studied French, Latin, and mathematics,
along with fencing, dancing, and drawing. Several other American boys
attended the school, including William Templeton Franklin and Benjamin
Franklin Bache, the grandsons of Benjamin Franklin. Classes began at 6 in
the morning and continued for two hours, after which they were given a
sixty-minute respite for breakfast and play. Then there were classes from 9
to noon, 2 to 4:30P.M., and 5 to 7:30. In between times the students were
allowed recreation and meals. They retired at 9P.M."   

 

Robert V. Remini, John Quincy Adams

New York: Times Books, 2002, p. 6

 

[ten hours of class a day...WF]

 

 


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