Boarding school routine boarding school life was

Boarding School Routine
Boarding school life was harsh. At many schools they wore cadet uniforms, marched to class when a bell rang & obeyed
teachers' commands. A typical day's schedule followed as:
5:3O Rising bell.
5:3O-6:OO Dress and report for athletics.
6:OO Warning bell.
6:OO-6:2O Setting-up exercise.
6:2O-6:25 Roll call.
6:25 Breakfast bell; raise flag.
6.25-6:3O Line up; march to dinning hall.
6:3O-7:OO Breakfast
7:OO-7:25 Care of rooms.
7:15 Sick call; bugle.
7:25 Work bell.
7:25-7:3O Line up; details report.
7:3O-8:3O Industrial instruction.
7:3O-8:15 Academic division.
8:15-8:25 Prepare for School.
8:25 School bell or bugle.
8:25-8:3O Line up. March to school building.
8:3O School application industrial division.
The afternoon was
followed by the rest of the
rigorous schedule. Every
minute of the am & pm was
accounted for. The evening
meal was scheduled at
5:3O & taps at 8:3O,
putting the students to bed.

Carlisle Indian School

Carlisle Indian School

Outing System
The program involved placing the students with
white rural families near the school for 3 years.
The federal government paid the host family $50 a
year for the student's medical care & clothing. For
the student, he or she learned the agricultural
lifestyle from the farmer & his family.
At some schools, students were leant out during the
summer months to local white families.

Carlisle Indian School

Graveyards
Every school has its
graveyard.
Young children especially
What led to the high
number of deaths?
-Poor food
-Poor living conditions and
sanitation
-
Abuse
- Brokenhearted,
hopelessness, etc.

Carlisle ended on September 1, 1918 when it
became a hospital in World War I.
Many male students were old enough to join the
Army & Navy in the war, so the student population
was severely depleted.

Converging Ideas and
Ideals
“West”
Agriculture, Farming, Homesteads,
East Coast
Industrialization
Factory Work
Rise of Modern Cities

Images of
Farmers/Ranchers
What did it mean to be a farmer/
rancher? How did that meaning
change between 1880s and early
1900s?

Frontier Closed
Frontier declared closed in 1890 by Superintendent of the
U.S. Census.

Frederick Jackson Turner
July 12, 1893.