CURRICULUM

Many schools in Nodaway County taught the same subjects to their students. These subjects stressed a general education for it's students, with classes such as general science, physiology, civics, and general geography. Art, including literature and music, was also taught Because this area of Missouri is heavily influenced by agriculture, some schools even had classes devoted to this particular field. It was not until students reached a higher level of education past the eighth years in the schoolhouse until students learned

Schools in Nodaway County, as well as in other areas of the United States, taught students different subject levels at different ages, but not always in order. Because of the way the curriculum was put together, students did not always take the same types of courses every year, and would alternate between subjects. For example, a student may learn artimatic, then skip that subject for a year and take it again another year.

Photo courtesy of the Nodaway County Historical Society