By Montserrat Villarreal

Soundtrack: “El Mar” by Daniel Ortega Rojo

IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT HAS CHANGED IN

THE WAY WE LEARN NOWADAYS IT IS BOOKS

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MATHS BOOK FROM 1949. THIS SUBJECT

WAS LEARNED BY DOING LOTS OF EXERCICES.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A GRAMMAR BOOK. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN

1947

IN ALL OF THEM YOU COULD FIND PLENTY OF EXAMPLES OF HOW TO

BE GOOD-MANNERED.

IN DAYS GONE BY CHILDREN USED TO

LEARN TO COUNT WITH AN ABACUS

NOW IT IS VERY DIFFERENT SINCE

CHILDREN WOULD NOT KNOW

HOW TO COUNT IF IT WERE NOT

FOR THE CALCULATOR

THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH HELPED

TEACHERS TO KEEP ORDER IN CLASS

RULER

DISMANTLED GEOMETRIC

FIGURES FROM THE 50s

MEASURES OF LIQUIDS

THE EVOLUTION FROM THE OLD

SATCHEL TO THE MODERN

SCHOOL BACK-SACK

WHEN I WAS A CHILD GEOGRAPHY WAS STUDIED BY SINGING! YOU HAD TO LEARN

YOUR LESSON BY HEART EVERY DAY!

NOW THERE ARE MANY MORE BOOKS IN CLASS AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE CHANGING OUR WAY

OF STUDYING