Roman Education

1. Roman Education By: Emma Camarena, Lydia Corrales, Areli Aquino

2. Education is very important to Ancient Romans. Rich Romans put a great deal of faith in their education and poor people don’t have a formal education, but some learn to read and write. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_education.htm Education

3. Rich Romans education Rich Roman children were well in school and were taught by a private tutor at home. Schools were only for boys.

4. Poor Roman education They did not receive education.

5. Learning in Roman Education Learning in roman school was based on fear. Boys were beaten for slightest offences as a belief existed that boy would learn correctly. If they continued to be wrong they would be beaten with a leather whip form their tutor.

6. School They did not have a lot of school subject so boredom came quickly. Their school was longer than what school is now.They had a short break of lunch. And lessons were learned by heart.They did not have any books.

7. Two types of school • First type was for younger children age 11-12.Where they learned to read and write and do basic math with an abacus.for writing they used stylus and a wax tablet.

8. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_education.htm • mathematics. For writing, they used a stylus and a wax tablet. Older children would go to more advanced schools where they did specific studies on topics such as public speaking. They would also study the writings of the great intellects of Ancient Rome such as Cicero. Girls rarely went to these schools as they were allowed to get married at the age of 12 whereas boys had to wait until they were 14 to get married. • Children worked a seven-day week - there was no break for the weekend! However, this was not as dire as it appears. There were many school holidays - religious holidays (and there were many of them) meant that children did not have to go to school. Market days also resulted in school closures and children also had a summer holiday! • In general, girls did go to school. Girls from rich families did receive an education, but this was done at home. Here they were taught how to run a good household and how to be a good wife in general - in preparation for the time they got married. Part of their education would have been music, sewing and the competent running of a kitchen. • For boys, practice made perfect. They were not allowed to write on what we would consider to be paper as it was very expensive. Boys first practised on a wax tablet. Only when they had shown that they could write well, were they allowed to write on paper - which was made on the Ancient Egyptian method of papyrus reeds. Their 'pens' were quills and their ink was a mixture of gum, soot and, sometimes, the ink from an octopus.