Subject: 8th grade final
From: Davidatp@aol.com
Date: Sun Apr 30 2000 - 11:43:41 EDT
I thought this was interesting. Any comments?
Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895?
> Probably Not...Take a Look:
>
> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, Kansas. It
> was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley
> Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, Kansas and reprinted
> by the Salina Journal.
>
> 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, Kansas - 1895
>
> Grammar (Time, one hour)
>
> 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
> 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no
modifications.
> 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
> 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb?
> Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
> 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
> 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
> 7-10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you
> understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
>
> Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
>
> 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
> 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide.
> How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
> 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts.
> per bu,
> deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
> 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary
> levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have
> $104 for incidentals?
> 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
> 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
> 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at
$.20
> per inch?
> 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
> 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance
> around which is 640 rods?
> 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
>
> U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
>
> 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
> 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
> 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
> 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
> 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
> 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
> 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln,
> Penn, and Howe?
> 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800,
> 1849, and 1865?
>
> Orthography (Time, one hour)
>
> 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography,
> etymology, syllabication?
> 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
> 3. What are the following, and give examples of each:
> Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
> 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
> 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'.
> Name two exceptions under each rule.
> 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling.
> Illustrate each.
> 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word:
> Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.
> 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and
> name the sign that indicates the sound:
> Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
> 9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight,
> fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
> 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation
> by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
>
> Geography (Time, one hour)
>
> 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
> 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
> 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
> 4. Describe the mountains of N.A.
> 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver,
> Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez,
> Aspinwall and Orinoco.
> 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
> 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
> 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same
> latitude?
> 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to
> the sources of rivers.
> 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Imagine a college student who went to public school trying to pass this
> test, even if the few outdated questions were modernized. Imagine their
> professors even being able to pass the 8th Grade. Can Americans,
> student and professor alike, get back up to the 8th Grade level of 1895?
>
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