Out of Retirement as a Teacher

(August 23, 2007)

Today I came out of retirement and went back to the classroom. what a pleasure to introduce the 35 young people from the explorer Camp of queen's University to the routine of a 1900's school room. they learned how times have changed.

Grade Eight Entrance Exam - 1904

A Grade Eight Entrance Exam from 1904 was quite a challenge for a group of young people who visited one of the centres in the museum gallery. They tried one of the questions from the "Drawing" exam and we looked at the Geography question about the winds affecting the climate in India!

The enthusiasm of the students is infectious. There is so much pleasure in chatting with kids about the early 1900's!!

Carol Rogers

The Schoolroom

Bring you family to our schoolroom set in the style of a one-room rural schoolhouse in the 1900 to 1930 era. The desks and artifacts were collected from the schools which at one time dotted the countryside.

Sit at a wooden desk, write on a slate with a slate pencil. Browse through old Ontario readers. Try your skill at some arithmetic fats and problems encountered in the past!