School Text Books in the Past

As you see examples of school books in the past, you will notice some similarities and differences between them and the books which you see in your classroom nowadays.

Geography Text Book 1831

This is a picture of a Geography text book from 1831. it is called 'An Introduction to Geography'. The size of this textbook is 6.5cm long and 10cm wide.

All texts courtesy of the Research Area, Archive Church of Ireland, Rathmines.

Geography Text Book 1831
All texts courtesy of the Research Area, Archive Church of Ireland, Rathmines.

Geography Text Book 1831

This is a picture of a Geography text book from 1831. it is called 'An Introduction to Geography'. The size of this textbook is 6.5cm long and 10cm wide.

All texts courtesy of the Research Area, Archive Church of Ireland, Rathmines.

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This Geography book is dated 1831. It is a picture of the outside cover. It's size is 6.5cm long and 10cm wide.

Is the size of this book similiar or different to your geography book?

An Introduction to Geography

Look at this page from this geography book. What do you notice about the print in the text book? Is it small or large?

Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.

An Introduction to Geography
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.

An Introduction to Geography

Look at this page from this geography book. What do you notice about the print in the text book? Is it small or large?

Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.

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This is a title page of a geography book. What do you notice about the print in this text book.

Information from 1831 Geography book

Look at the information about mountains of Europe from the 1831 book. Look at the questions. From the questions how do you think the children were expected to learn geography then? What facts were they expected to have memorized?

Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.

Information from 1831 Geography book
Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.

Information from 1831 Geography book

Look at the information about mountains of Europe from the 1831 book. Look at the questions. From the questions how do you think the children were expected to learn geography then? What facts were they expected to have memorized?

Courtesy of Archive Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines.

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This is an example of a page from this 1831 Geography book. Look at the information about mountains of Europe in this extract.