Talk the Talk!
Who is That?
Schoolhouse Shake-Up
Order in the Classroom!
Connect the Dots!
100

Women often ran these colonial schools in their homes.

What are Dame Schools

100

This 19th-century reformer supported tax-funded common schools. Father of Common Schools

Who is Horace Mann

100

This movement expanded publicly supported schools.

What is the Common School Movement

100

This means separating students by race.

What is Segregation

100

Horace Mann supported this type of publicly funded school.

What are Common Schools

200

These schools were created to train teachers.

What are Normal Schools

200

Philosopher and education reformer associated with progressive education and the concept of “learning by doing.” 

Who is John Dewey 


200

This movement focused on active learning.

What is Progressive Education

200

This phrase was used to justify racial segregation.

What is “Separate but Equal”

200

Eudcation was local, inconsistent, and unequal

(Dame Schools, apprenticeships)

What is Colonial Education

300

These laws required children to attend school.

What is Compulsory Education

300

This man created popular school readers in the 19th century 

Who/What is William Homes McGuffey/ McGuffey Readers


300

This type of education prepared students for jobs and trades.

What is Vocational Education

300

This 1954 case ruled school segregation unconstitutional.

What is Brown v. Board of Education

300

Industrialization increased the need for this job-focused education.

What is Vocational Education

400

This means encouraging immigrants to adopt the dominant culture.

What is assimilation

400

Promoted women's involvement in teaching and helped advance the idea that woman becoming teachers

Who is Catharine Beecher 


400

This movement taught immigrants American language and customs.

What is Americanization

400

This means ending racial separation in schools.

What is Desegregation

400

Brown v. Board helped lead to this process in public schools.

What is Desegregation

500

These 19th-century books taught reading, morals, and values.

What are McGuffey Readers

500

This person was the first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education.

Who is Horace Mann

500

This era challenged racial segregation in schools.

What is Civil Rights Era 

500

This 1965 law expanded federal involvement in K–12 education.

What is the ESEA?

(Elementary and Secondary Education Act)

500

This means students have fair access to teachers, programs, resources, and opportunities.

What is Equal Educational Opportunity?

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