Teaching Ch 5 - Early History of American Education

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What subjects did schools continue to teach?

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Reading, writing, math

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Who is known as the "Father of Modern Education"?

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Horace Mann

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DOK Level 1: Recall

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Analyze the role of John Dewey in the progressive education movement.

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He was a leading advocate for experiential learning.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

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Which educational reformer is associated with the development of the Montessori method?

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Maria Montessori

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DOK Level 1: Recall

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Which group of colonies does this describe? Life revolved around agriculture and schools did not exist. Private tutors were hired for wealthy families.

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Southern Colonies

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What was the name of the act that required towns in Massachusetts to hire a teacher if they had at least 50 households?

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Old Deluder Satan Act

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Type of settlers in New England: English, Puritans, Quakers, Dutch, French, German, Irish, English aristocrats, planters, slaves

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English, Puritans

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Which colonies required public education? Why? Options: New England Colonies; Puritans believed that all needed to read the Bible, Southern Colonies; Southerners wanted to educate slaves to further their job skills, Middle Colonies; the Quaker belief in equality made this possible, The Backcountry; Scots Irish was verrry leart

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New England Colonies; Puritans believed that all needed to read the Bible

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Who was the first to suggest that school be publicly funded by taxpayers?

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Horace Mann

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_______________________________played a major role in establishing the current American educational system

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Thomas Jefferson