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1800s log schoolhouse<br> Theme areas or neighborhoods in Ontario picture - (as “aged newspaper”) This replica of a typical 1800s Common School, supported by local taxes, contains some timbers from an actual school in nearby Glengarry County. Schools back then were uncomfortable, poorly heated and lighted, with few textbooks, but as you can see, this one did have the latest in visual aids – an elementary blackboard. Schooling was not made compulsory in Ontario until 1871.
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(as “aged newspaper”) This replica of a typical 1800s Common School, supported by local taxes, contains some timbers from an actual school in nearby Glengarry County. Schools back then were uncomfortable, poorly heated and lighted, with few textbooks, but as you can see, this one did have the latest in visual aids – an elementary blackboard. Schooling was not made compulsory in Ontario until 1871.
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