(The stage lights illuminate a classroom. Tidy rows of desks face a wood stove, a chalkboard, and a teacher’s desk. Piles of books and papers adorn the teacher’s desk. A young girl and teacher are speaking quietly.)
TEACHER: The primary children are studying poetry this afternoon, and I need your assistance. (She gathers a stack of textbooks and hands them to her student.) Please choose a few poems and have the children read along with you.
MARGO: (She reaches for a book) Yes, ma’am. I always enjoy reading to the young ones.
(MARGO retreats to a chair by the window and begins flipping through a book. Two boys sit nearby, giggling about a picture that one of them has drawn.)
Which setting detail reveals the time period?
“Tidy rows of desks face a wood stove, a chalkboard, and a teacher’s desk.”
“She gathers a stack of textbooks and hands them to her student.”
“MARGO retreats to a chair by the window and begins flipping through a book.”
“Two boys sit nearby, giggling about a picture that one of them has drawn.”
The detail that reveals the time period is the first one. This is because it mentions a wood stove which are not used a lot in the modern era giving you a clue to the date.
