Reflection #7 Egypt & Mesopotamia

In both Egypt and Mesopotamia homeschooling, apprenticeship and temple education were used to educate their children. As children would imitate the adult actions this is an early form of apprenticeship. Usually the son took over for the father, therefore the son would learn at an early age the trade of his father. Although sometimes children would be apprentices to tradesmen who they were not related to. Homeschooling was also done at an early age where parents taught children their beliefs, moral codes, and social behavior. Female children were often taught by their mothers. Mothers taught there daughter how to keep the home, sing, and dance. Temples were not schools but were one gave offerings to the gods. Children learned at an early age how to respect and fear the gods. Parents also taught children what kind of offering would please the gods while also instilling there personal beliefs regarding temple to there child. Children in Egypt and Mesopotamia were educated at an early age. Imitation of an act was actually practice in their future field of employment. The only children who were not taught by their parents were the children of the king or pharaoh. These children were often taught by temple priest and scribes who would teach them writing, language, arithmetic, and science. These great societies believed in education, just in a non tradition way.