One-room schoolhouses, first established in 1818 in Illinois, had been immensely successful. Since students attended schools within two miles of their homes, they and their parents developed a sense of community. Since the one-room schoolhouses had a low pupil to teacher ratio, the students received individual attention. Hearing subject matter repeated was actually beneficial. According […]
When Illinois became a state in 1818, Northern Illinois was still a wilderness. Only a handful of settlers lived around the area which is now Chicago. Kaskaskia, which had 7,000 residents, became the state capitol. In 1818 the new state legislature passed a law stating that “the section numbered 16 of every township, and when […]
Sometimes a good news story captures the attention of the general public, and the video goes viral with over 8 million hits on the internet. Such was the case in 2010 with a video about Tom Satre saving four deer from drowning in the frigid waters near Juneau, Alaska. Tom and his wife own a […]