Come experience an 1850s school day in frontier California with our brave pioneer children, Mrs. Pooley, and visiting teacher, Mrs Pollywog. Watch as they learn about the "Three R's": Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. One student is a rascal, and eventually ends up wearing the dunce cap. Students read the Little Red Hen and learn copperplate writing with metalnibbed pens. Before and after school, the students jump rope and play Graces. Note the native player at the end of the video. Copperplate alphabet templates and the List of Punishments immediately follow the video.

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