Re: Just for fun

[Julie Dahlhauser <JulDahl@AOL.COM>]

Somebody was puzzling over what happened in 1607....puzzle no longer. This
was the date of the English settlement at Jamestown, Va. (John Smith,
Pocahontas, etc.).

What I found interesting about this test was how practical the math questions
were for that time and place....the volume of a wagon box, the cost of a ton
of coal, etc. This was real-world math then. No algebra, geometry or
calculus. Hmmm.

Also, as the joke goes, there was a lot less history then! but think of all
the momentous events of this century, and think how simple America's story
and destiny seemed a century ago.

I love this time capsule of a test. I think it goes back to my childhood
desire to be Laura Ingalls Wilder. :-)



Julie Dahlhauser
GED teacher
Brownsville, TN
JulDahl@aol.com

"Books are immortal sons defying their sires."   --Plato

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