Ancient test from 1895 Kansas

[JamesSD]

Very interesting post, Ogg.

On the one hand, these questions imply that the curriculum was far more rigorous in some regards than current day.

On the other hand, there may have been a bit too much focus on drilling of facts and rote memorization.

I would have done well on the Math though. Go me and my Science brain!

 

[cantdog]

It's never been real easy to be in Kansas in eighth grade.

 

[Grushenka]

Today I would probably get 90% correct, maybe more. Then (do not ask the year I was in the 8th grade), I would probably have received very close to 100% correct.

 

[bushlick]

Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .

It was dull.
Then there was Dorothy.
Then it was dull again.

 

[The_Fool]

Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .

It was dull.
Then there was Dorothy.
Then it was dull again.

Sometimes....

 

[R. Richard]

Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .

It was dull.
Then there was Dorothy.
Then it was dull again.

Hey! What about the dog?

 

[rgraham666]

Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .

It was dull.
Then there was Dorothy.
Then it was dull again.

I know at least three people who make Kansas interesting.

One especially.

 

[cantdog]

You got that right, Rob. Still, eighth grade always sucks.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .

It was dull.
Then there was Dorothy.
Then it was dull again.

It has some exciting moments. During the years before the Civil War, it was known as "Bleeding Kansas" because of murders committed by John Brown and other abolitionists of those who opposed them. Although Brown is now seen as having been right, his methods were basically to kill anybody who disagreed with him. He was a religious fundamentalist, for whatever that may be worth.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

However, I did get all the historic names right, that is assuming the "Whitney" they're asking about is Eli Whitney (invented cotton gin) and not the singer, Whitney Houston. And I can "figger out" all the dates except 1800.

Rumple Foreskin

Me too - I'd probably ace the history. I'd do fine on the math so long as I was allowed a cheat sheet dscribing those units of measurement.

I'm betting 1800 means that crazy election.

Some of these are too easy:

"Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided."

Duh: Jurassic, Cretaceous, Pleistocene, etc. More recent: Elvis, British Invasion, Psychedelic, Singer/Songwriter - oh wait a minute, that's Cloudy's history thread.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

I'm going to make sure that my next story is chock full of diacritical orthography.

Just make sure they're over 18.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Grushenka]

I'm going to make sure that my next story is chock full of diacritical orthography.

Good luck with that. I could barely figure out how to bold and italicize, let alone put slashes through letters or make an 'a' and 'e' stick together.

 

[Guest]

It's never been real easy to be in Kansas in eighth grade.

We have a 12-year-old.

Yep.

 

[Guest]

Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .

It was dull.
Then there was Dorothy.
Then it was dull again.

Nahhh.

Check your history.

Lots of bloodshed from this Free State.

 

[Guest]

Sometimes....

Agreed.

 

[slyc_willie]

It has some exciting moments. During the years before the Civil War, it was known as "Bleeding Kansas" because of murders committed by John Brown and other abolitionists of those who opposed them. Although Brown is now seen as having been right, his methods were basically to kill anybody who disagreed with him. He was a religious fundamentalist, for whatever that may be worth.

And, let's not forget . . . that's where a baby from another world landed in a spaceship and grew up to be Superman.

There's a lot to be said for Kansas.

 

[Guest]

I know at least three people who make Kansas interesting.

One especially.

 

[Oblimo]

Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865.

Various battles were fought atop numerous hills.