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"The Wisconsin Story" Chapter 29 by H. Russell Austin

Vocabulary:

authorized

legislative act

"common"

Interesting Fact:

Today in Wisconsin there are 426 public school districts.

Study Questions:

How do you imagine the early Wisconsin school buildings looked. How many classrooms did they probably have?

Did all of the early schools use the English language?

How many months was school in session? Did it vary around the territory?

U.S. historical events that occurred on March 7:

1876: Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone.

1965: In Selma, Alabama, a civil rights march is broken up by state troopers.

March 7

March 7, 1839: The first public schools were authorized by a legislative act which required towns of ten families or more to set up "common" schools.

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March 7, 1839: The first public schools were authorized by a legislative act which required towns of ten families or more to set up "common" schools.