Modern day teachers may not approve, but it was an effective way to teach reading, writing and arithmetic to working-class children.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Montreal's Forgotten History
Founded in 1822, at the British and Canadian School one teacher would oversee hundreds of students, with the older students instructing the younger ones.
Modern day teachers may not approve, but it was an effective way to teach reading, writing and arithmetic to working-class children.
The rebellions of 1837-38 ended that experiment. French parents pulled their students out of the school and it was eventually absorbed by the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal.
Modern day teachers may not approve, but it was an effective way to teach reading, writing and arithmetic to working-class children.
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