History of Education

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    History of Education

  • Apprentice

    Apprentice

    Helping someone on a trade.
  • Horn Book

    Horn Book

    a flat piece of clear animal horn.
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    Horn Book

  • McGruffey Readers

    McGruffey Readers

    a series of books that were used in schools across the country.
  • Quotas

    Quotas

    Limits. Immigration laws set limits for people coming to the united states from other countries
  • Dame Schools

    Dame Schools

    students taught at womens or teachers home.
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    Franklin was one of the most important early leaders in the colonies. He also worked to expand educational opportunities.
  • Hoarce Mann

    Hoarce Mann

    He served as the first secretary of the State Board of Education in Massachusetts. Mann also impacted on education nationally as well as in his state.
  • Kindergarten

    Kindergarten

    Friedich Frobel a German educator developed the idea for kindergarten. He believed that young children learnedbest through play.
  • Morril Act

    Morril Act

    In 1862 the Morril Act also called the land grant college act gave federal land to establish colleges in every state.
  • Progressives

    Progressives

    An era of a time in business expansion and reform in the United States.
  • African American Education

    African American Education

    Not many African Americas schools existed and quakers were among the few other schools that allowd African Americans students to attend.
  • Role Of Teachers

    Role Of Teachers

    Teachers could not drink or smoke , date and get married back then.
  • Segregated Education

    Segregated Education

    A school during the American Progressive Period were still highly segregated. The African americans attended separate public schools.
  • Montessori Method

    Montessori Method

    Italy first female doctor tried to find ways to help children who had difficulty learning.
  • " Dick and Jane '' Readers

    " Dick and Jane '' Readers

    In spite of the Great Depression in the early 1930s , a new set of reading textbooks for beginning readers began publication.