Do Students Have It Better Today? School Supplies THEN and NOW
Dixon Ticonderoga Company Ethan Allen pencils and American flag slate pencils. Photo: National Museum of American History/Dr. Richard Lodish American School Teaching Collection
This is the time parents nationwide are buying school supplies that will be needed by their children in just a few weeks. In the 1800s, as education was growing in importance, school supplies were often homemade or recycled. We thought it would be fun to compare school supplies used in the mid-19th century to what […]