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Share the legacies of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela in your classroom

Today we proudly announce our annual “I Have a Dream” lesson in tribute to social equality and civil activism for the MLK Day holiday. This year, we are asking students to create videos, PowerPoints, and essays about their dreams for a better country and a better world. We want to hear how your students are inspired by leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela to change the world for the better. So, open the lesson and get going with your students today! All entries are due by February 7.   To participate, just: Log in to UClass Click into the lesson, here Click "Assign" Yeah, it's really that easy  :) Happy uniting, The UClass Team This activity is not affiliated with the Virtual Learning Academy.

Kids Time in School In the Past

“So in February 1778, the new commissioner [John Adams] and his son [11-year-old John Quincy Adams] boarded the frigate Boston and headed into a stormy ocean. Despite a harrowing crossing, they arrived safely in Bordeaux on April 1. Seven days later they reached Paris, where Benjamin Franklin, already in residence, invited them to stay at his home in Passy, a suburb near the Bois de Boulogne. Johnny entered a private boarding school at Passy run by Monsieur Le Coeur, where he studied French, Latin, and mathematics, along with fencing, dancing, and drawing. Several other American boys attended the school, including William Templeton Franklin and Benjamin Franklin Bache, the grandsons of Benjamin Franklin. Classes began at 6 in the morning and continued for two hours, after which they were given a sixty-minute respite for breakfast and play. Then there were classes from 9 to noon, 2 to 4:30P.M., and 5 to 7:30. In between times the students were allowed recreation and meals. They retired at 9P.M.”   

Robert V. Remini, John Quincy Adams

New York: Times Books, 2002, p. 6

[ten hours of class a day.. WOW!]