Prisoners Of Geography Epub Vk

[Rosita Westhouse]

Initiallyprisoners in many institutions were taught only to read, primarily in order to read the Bible. Soon, instruction in writing was added. By 1850, schools in a large proportion of local prisons and in all convict prisons and on prison hulks were teaching basic arithmetic. At the same time, reports from some local prisons and from all convict institutions indicate that lessons in other subjects, notably geography and history, had been added. Women and girls sometimes received instruction in sewing or knitting as well.

In terms of reading, writing and arithmetic there was increasingly little difference between what men and women, adults and children were taught, at least officially (Crone, 2022, ch.4). In its essentials, the curriculum of the prison school largely reflected that of British and Irish elementary schools outside.

This is a black and white illustration of a large interior space with a wide alcove at the far end, in which three rows of boys are seated. The left-hand side of the room is concealed behind drawn curtains. A curtain rail indicates that the alcove and the right-hand side of the room can be similarly divided into separate spaces.

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