Slate with Stylus, in Wooden Frame
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: From colonial times, American children learned mathematics by writing and solving problems on slates. This one was given to the Smithsonian in 1975. Slates generally fell out of favor in American schools in the early twentieth century, which accounts for the very rough date assigned to the object.
label: Description
content: The central piece of slate has a wooden frame. A slate pen on a ribbon is with the object although presently not attached to the frame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.335278
label: catalog number
content: 335278
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: slate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: slate (writing surface material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (ribbon material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 19.3 cm x 14.5 cm; 13/32 in x 7 19/32 in x 5 23/32 in