history of education By Fatimaromo Period: 1600 to 2025 history of education Period: 1600 to 1776 american colonial period 1660 horn book 1700 dame schools Period: 1776 to 1840 american early national period 1780 benjamin franklin 1800 thomas jefferson 1830 common schools 1836 McGuffey Readers 1840 friedrich frobel 1840 horace mann-father evolution Period: 1840 to 1880 american common school period 1850 normal schools 1862 morril act Period: 1880 to 1921 american progressive period 1906 maria montessori 1917 smith hugh act Period: 1921 to 1940 the great depression 1938 john dewey 1947 dick and jane readers 1958 national defense education act of 1958 1970 Howard Gardener