Daily Life
By:Nahid & Arianna
What time did they wake up at and went to sleep at?
5 am bell would ring and students would wake up and get dressed. 9 pm students would do final prayers and go to sleep.
Daily Schedule at Mount Elgin School, 1951
Daily Schedule at Mount Elgin School, 1951
5 amBell rings, students rise, wash, and dress
5:30 a.m.Breakfast, then prayers
6-9 a.m.Boys work on farm and girls in house
9-12 p.m.School
12-1 p.m.Lunch and recreation
1-3:30 p.m.School
3:30-6 p.m.Work on farm
6 p.m.Dinner and Prayers
EveningIn winter boys in evening school, girls learn needlework
9 p.m.Bedtime
(The picture is an example of what they did.)
What they wear?
Boys wore a sweater with a shirt , pants and shoes.
What kind of chores do they do?
Girls learned to sew, laundry, cook and clean. Boys learned to farm, grow a garden, and chop wood. Some boys learned basic carpentry and shoe repair Cleaning groups cleaned their designate part of the school. Boys also do morning chores which is Milking the cows Feeding the animals
What did kids learn in residential schools?
They were told that there religion was not safe and that it is bad.
Kids learned some education but they mainly wanted to convert indigenous kids and to interagate them into Canadian society. They learnt how to read an write after they lost their religion.
What did the feel like during the day?
During the day kids felt sad and like they weren't a person any more they wanted to run away from the schools because how they were treated.
What did they do for fun ?
They did nothing for fun but some kids liked one thing more then the others so in there opinion that could be there fun opinion
What did they do for the holidays?
They got to do nothing for holidays and had to do there normal schedule and they were not able to see their family till summer.