Townships and Schools Under the Land Ordinance

Begin with town meetings, then the township grid and the school tax, which both deal with schools. End with the state constitutions organizer.

Number the 36 lots of a Land Ordinance township and find its acres, school lot and auction cost. The directions on the page read: Read the text. Then write the missing lot numbers in the township grid. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade State and Local Government, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

Selectmen were a small board chosen by voters to run a New England town between meetings. They called each meeting by issuing a warrant that listed every topic.

A mill is one tenth of a cent. A tax of 1 mill on each dollar of value equals $1 for every $1,000 of property value, and the school tax sheet uses a sample rate of 3 mills.

Congress reserved lot 16 in every township for public schools. Lots 8, 11, 26 and 29 were kept for the United States to sell later.