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The hornbook was not really a book at all but simply a sheet of paper mounted on a board and covered with transparent horn.
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1600s-1776 Dame school, small private school for young children run by women.
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Benjamin Franklin started the first public library. He also established a secondary school. The school was open to everyone who could pay tuition. It also had a lot of course to give.
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Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He strongly believed that common people should receive an education. He also helped established a free education system. He also established the University of Virginia.
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In 1830, Horace Mann created schools and tried to aim to make education available to all children regardless of economic status. Common schools established the first public schools.
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McGuffey's Readers were a series of books for the grade levels 1-6. McGuffey's Readers taught moral lessons, literature, science, history, spelling, lessons on behavior, etc.
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Friedrich Frobel, a German educator, developed the idea for kindergarten.He believed that young children learn best through play.
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Horace Mann was the first secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education. He was an advocate to get free education for all boys and girls.
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Horace Mann established Normal Schools, which was a school or a college that trained teachers.
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Also known as the Land-Grant College Act. Gave federal land to establish colleges. Also allowed higher education to all individuals.
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Maria Montessori created the Montessori Method.
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Lead Progressives, Promoted a link between experience and learning.
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