How we were taught - source 2 - The National Archives

Classroom where boys sit at tables and play dominoes and read. The walls are mostly blank except for hanging bags.

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Boys’ Home Industrial School – Boys at work and play (MH102/2691 f12)

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2. Look at Source 2. This is a photograph of boys from the Boys’ Home Industrial School studying and playing dominoes. Can you explain :

what the classroom might have been like in the winter
how what is on the wall is different from your classroom
why the windows are so large