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Queen Elizabeth I's Education
Elizabeth’s education differed from most of the other girls who were being educated at the time. She was taught by male tutors.
Needlework and Samplers
One of the earliest ways that a child, both girls and boys, would learn reading was through needlework. As a child was learning how to do needlework, they often made embroidery samplers.
Shakespeare's Education
William Shakespeare was one of the greatest playwrights in the English language. But what was life for him as a young boy and student in Stratford-Upon-Avon?