History OF Education By _nesssaa94 1650 Horn book 1700 Dame Schools 1780 Benjamin Franklin 1790 Thomas Jefferson 1830 Common Schools 1836 McGuffey Readers 1837 Horace mann- Father of Education 1840 Friedrich Frobel 1850 Normal Schools - Teachers 1862 Morrill Act of 1862 1906 Maria Montessori 1917 Smith Hughes of 1917 Period: 1921 to 1940 The Great Depression Era 1938 John Dewey 1947 Dick and Jane readers 1947- 1973 1960 erik erickson 1970 howard gardner