Name of Object:

'You are not worthy to sit among your classmates!'

Other name of the Object (second name):

A teacher disciplining a student (from an Italian textbook for second grade children)

Name in original language:

'Tu non sei degno di stare fra i tuoi compagni!'

Location:

Perugia, Italy

Holding Institution:

Archivio unico regionale di deposito – Solomeo di Corciano

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Date of Object:

1908

Author:

G. G. Bruno

Dimensions:

19 x 13,5 cm

Description:

When Italy became a nation state in 1861, the illiteracy rate in the country was 78 per cent. Illiteracy was particularly high in the countryside. In 1877, the “Coppino Law”, made three years of elementary school mandatory and free of charge.

Type of Object

Drawing from a book

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

P. Caccialupi, Seminiamo! Raccogliamo! Libro di lettura per la seconda classe elementare rurale maschile e femminile, Compilato in conformità dei nuovi programmi didattici delle istruzioni ministeriali (R. decreto 29 gennaio 1905 n. 13), Illustrato dai pittori Dal Monte e Bruno, Palermo, Palermo, Casa Ed. S. Biondo, 1908, Archivio Opera pia regina Margherita Fondazione Franchetti di Città di Castello, Monografie, b. 11

Citation of this web page:

Giulia Barrera "'You are not worthy to sit among your classmates!'" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;43;en

Prepared by: Giulia Barrera
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 043