Early History of Education in America

By naomicott15

  • Hornbooks were used to save money

  • Harvard University were founded

  • Dame schools

    These were open to boys and girls and were often in the homes of the female teacher.

  • Role of the teacher was cleaning the school and visiting the sick

  • First public system of education

    Thomas Jefferson helped this movement

  • Benjamin Franklin created the first public library

  • Froebel developed the first Kindergarten

    this was based on the belief that children learned best through play

  • Common Schools

    Schools begin to give the same education to people from different levels of society

  • Schools begin to teach American History

  • Segregated schools

  • Montessori Method

    Introduced classrooms with stimulating environments