Prior to the construction of schools, students were taught in individual homes. The earliest school buildings were usually a crude log cabin built by the whole community with a fireplace in one corner and a window in the other to provide proper air circulation. Students learn the three 'R's,' reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic. In those days, education was regarded as a luxury, not a necessity, because families were more concerned with survival than 'book learning.'

• Former Schools and Outdated Teacher Rules - Anna Normal Schools
• Jimtown School Student Remembers
• How Did Jimtown Get Its Name?
• Jimtown: First PTA in Shelby County, Ohio
• Old-time Schoolmaster in 1850 Salem Township
• One-Room Schoolhouses - Relics of Rural Education
• Schools Evolved from Early Days
• Trees Blazed to Mark the Way