School Visits (Social Studies)
Early Elementary
- Compare the roles of individuals in a one-room school and on a farm
in the early 1900s to those of today. (Standard 18B1a)
- Learn why the one-room school was a major social institution in a
community in the 1900s. (Standard 18B1b)
Late Elementary
- Describe interactions of individuals, groups and institutions in the
community in the early 1900s and compare to today.
(Standard 18B2a)
- Describe the ways in which one-room schools met the needs of society
in the early 1900s. (Standard 18B2b)
Junior High
- Analyze how individuals and groups interacted with and within institutions
like the one-room schoolhouse during the early 1900s. (Standard 18B3a)
- Explain how the one-room school was a social institution and contributed
to the development and transmission of culture. (Standard 18B3b)
- Describe ways in which the one-room schoolhouse maintained common
beliefs among a diverse U.S. population during the early 1900s. (Standard
18C3a)
- Explain how diverse groups have contributed to U.S. social systems
during the 1900s. (Standard 18C3b)
I used the Illinois State Standards found at http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/ under the social science category. I selected the standards (16, 17 and
18) that a visit to the Milan Schoolhouse would meet. (Rebecca A. Edwards,
NIU,April 2004)
