History of Education By abrahampadilla Period: 1600 to 1776 American Colonial Period 1600-1776 1650 Horn Book 1650 Period: 1650 to 2020 History of Education 1700 Dame Schools 1600-1776 Period: 1776 to 1840 American Early National Period 1776-1840 1780 Benjamin Franklin 1790 Thomas Jefferson 1790 1830 Common Schools 1836 McGuffey Readers 1840 Horace Mann -Father of Education 1840 Friedrich Frobel Period: 1840 to 1880 American Common School Period 1840-1880 1850 Normal Schools 1862 Morrill Act of 1862 Period: 1880 to 1921 American Progressive Period 1880 -1921 1906 Maria Montessori 1917 Smith Hugh Act of 1917 Period: 1921 to 1940 The Great Depression 1921-1940 1938 John Dewey 1973 Dick & Jane Readers