Digital Timeline- Emily Ames

  • First School

    First School

    The first school was created in Boston, MA.
  • Harvard

    Harvard

    Harvard was founded in Cambridge, MA.
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Was the first public university to award degrees in the 18th century.
  • School completion

    School completion

    By 1918 every state required children to complete elementary school. The Spanish Flu was also in the United States during this time and students were required to wear mask.
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme court case that ended segregation in the school system.
  • Columbine High School

    Columbine High School

    Columbine High School Shooting. Killing 13 people and over 20 people were wounded.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXlnrFpCu0c
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    No Child Left Behind Act

    President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 into action.
  • Sandy Hook Elementary

    Sandy Hook Elementary

    On December 14, 2012 twenty-six students and staff were shot and killed by Adam Lanza, who also killed his mother that day.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ykNZl9mTQ
  • Parkland School

    Parkland School

    On February 14,2018 seventeen students were shot dead. From the shooting started the debate about gun control.
  • Covid-19

    Covid-19

    Covid-19 shut down all schools across the United States.