Education and Leisure

• What was the aim of education?

  • helping a person prepare for the life they were born into
  • was mostly practical skills
  • help people to read the Bible
  • would help in trading
• How were the noble children educated?

  • taught at home
  • learned foreign languages like Greek and Latin
  • learned skills like horse riding or archery
• What were the universities and what did they teach?

  • Oxford and Cambridge
  • start at the age 14 or 15
  • taught law and medicine
• What were grammar school's like?

  • girls could not attend them
  • cost money
  • poor behavior lead to beatings
  • from 6am to 4pm
• What were Dame schools

  • for girls
  • taught skills like cooking, sewing and baking
  • were taught to be a good mother and wife
• What did noble men do during pastimes?

  • hunting
  • fencing
  • tennis
  • fishing
• What did working people do?

  • bear baiting
  • cock fighting
  • theatre
• What are the features of theatre?

  • first theatre was the red lion
  • only men were allowed to act so women parts were played by men
  • poor people watched in the pit
• What are features of music and dancing?

  • wealthy people would people their own musicians during festivals
  • lower calls listened to music at fairs or in the market