What Our World Was Like 100 Years Ago By Mrs. Hughes First Grade

What Was School like 100 Years Ago? A class at the turn of the century.

RULES FOR TEACHERS 100 YEARS AGO To wear at least two petticoats. Never to wear dresses that were more than two inches above her ankles. To wear dark-colored clothes. Never to dye her hair. Never to get married. To start a fire in the schoolhouse every morning so the room would be warm when the children arrived.

A Teacher In 1907

Life as a Student Years Ago Interesting Facts: All children walked to school, some of them three miles or more along formed grass tracks or gravel roads. There was NO Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, crayons or iced tea. 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. couldn't read or write. 6% graduated from high school. 100

Boys Farming

What Did People Eat 100 Years Ago? If you wanted to eat bacon 100 years ago you had to …

100 Years Ago…. Bathing Beauties

Transportation

1907 Motorcycle

In 1904, the first flight lasting more than five minutes took place on November 9. The Flyer II was flown by Wilbur Wright. In 1909, the U.S. Government bought its first airplane, a Wright Brothers biplane, on July 30. The airplane sold for $25,000 plus a bonus of $5,000 because it exceeded 40 mph.

Locomotive

The Fire Department in 1907

A 1907 Fire Truck

Entertainment 100 years ago…

A Flapper

Baseball In 1907

City Life

A Telephone

A Record Player 100 Years Ago

A whole lot of people literally had a Saturday night bath in a washtub -- a tin tub with water hauled in and water hauled out. Everybody washed in the same water with boiling water added from time to time to keep it usable.

This was a washing machine 100 Years Ago.

The United States 100 Years Ago... Here are the U.S. statistics for There were no Mother's Day or Father's Day. The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven (47).

. Albert Einstein is one of the most recognized and well-known scientists of the century.

orn orn On May 26,1907, John Wayne, an actor, was born in Iowa.

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