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How well do you think kids ( or adults) today would do?
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A museum in Kentucky has unearthed a rare find: an 8th grade exam given to students 100 years ago.
For us, this is just fascinating, David Lee Strange, a volunteer at the Bullitt County History Museum, told ABC News. It puts us in the mindset of 1912.
The exam spans eight subjects: spelling, reading, arithmetic, grammar, geography, physiology, civil government and history.
Some people say that the questions are trivial, but the questions relate to what the children at the time would have been familiar with, Strange said.
For example, theres a geography query: Locate the following countries which border each other: Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania.
An 8th grader today may have trouble with that one but the students back then would have to be familiar with that part of the world, according to Strange.
Strange explained, 1912 was right around the corner from what would become World War I. Eighteen students in Bullitt County would go on to die in that war.
8th Grade Exam Puts Adults to the Test - ABC News
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A museum in Kentucky has unearthed a rare find: an 8th grade exam given to students 100 years ago.
For us, this is just fascinating, David Lee Strange, a volunteer at the Bullitt County History Museum, told ABC News. It puts us in the mindset of 1912.
The exam spans eight subjects: spelling, reading, arithmetic, grammar, geography, physiology, civil government and history.
Some people say that the questions are trivial, but the questions relate to what the children at the time would have been familiar with, Strange said.
For example, theres a geography query: Locate the following countries which border each other: Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania.
An 8th grader today may have trouble with that one but the students back then would have to be familiar with that part of the world, according to Strange.
Strange explained, 1912 was right around the corner from what would become World War I. Eighteen students in Bullitt County would go on to die in that war.
8th Grade Exam Puts Adults to the Test - ABC News
