2007-05-20 23:59:32 · 15 answers · asked by ruffina prasad 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
because you would need black chalk. white chalk is easy to find and blackboards could easily be made out of slate
2007-05-21 00:02:08 · answer #1 · answered by colesey72 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All blackboards used to be black and were written on with white chalk.
Nowadays they are white and you write on them in multi-colored marker pens, but the name stuck.
2007-05-21 07:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is called "Blackboard". If it was white, it will be called "Whiteboard".
2007-05-21 10:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by Hari Om 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then you wouldn't see the chalk written on there, it's white too.
2007-05-21 07:02:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually most of them are green now. I think the first ones were made out of slate and it was black.
2007-05-21 07:04:37 · answer #5 · answered by dasupr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so we can see the whit chalk and so it wouldn't blend in with the white walls of the schools
2007-05-21 07:02:46 · answer #6 · answered by KrIs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so dat u can see better... and calcium carbonate (chalk) - white - is very easy to find, as is shale (a black rock)
2007-05-21 07:05:23 · answer #7 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since it is blck board
2007-05-21 23:02:21 · answer #8 · answered by tyagi c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use the chalkboard. That term is not offensive to anyone, I guess.
2007-05-21 08:25:45 · answer #9 · answered by nowyouknow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because white chalk wouldn't show up on it.
2007-05-21 07:02:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋