I suppose it would be mostly practical skills, cooking, fixing things. Usually had to be done by people themselves.
Maybe also mental things like navigating (with or without paper map) and remembering their daily and weekly agendas.
What other things would be a big difference with the people today?
Cursive writing
Still taught everywhere in Europe.
Fun fact: taking notes by hand helps you learn better than typing them.
I use a graphical tablet (wacom) to write my notes. If i write my notes, i remember them much better.
I would type my notes in class because it’s faster, then rewrite them by hand to study off of. except by the time I finished rewriting them, I usually wouldn’t need to study off them any more
They stopped teaching it here in the US, which makes me wonder what people will use for a signature.
My son is learning it in 1st grade at his school.
My daughter is learning it in public school.
Not entirely, my son still had to have lessons on it in elementary school for some reason.
Because it’s better to take notes by hand, and you need cursive for that. Bonus: your writing looks like that of an adult. Bonus 2: you can read other people’s writing (mostly).
I’ve been able to take plenty of notes by hand without cursive. It’s a preference, not a prerequisite.