Colonial Period
National Period
Universal Education
Transitional Period
100
These were closely tied to the Puritan church.
What were the 1st schools?
100
Program that focused on 3 and 4 year olds referred to as children's garden.
What is kindergarten?
100
A law was passed requiring every town to have one of these to be responsible for local schools.
What is a school board?
100
The Committee that was the most influential.
What is The Committee of Ten?
200
The subjects taught in colonial schools.
What were reading, writing and spelling?
200
A German educator who developed "kindergarten".
Who is Fredrich Froebel?
200
The three major subjects added to the curriculum during this period.
What is science, visual art, and physical education?
200
The two individuals who influenced the Committee of Fifteen.
Who are Charles Eliot and William Harris?
300
The typical colonial classroom.
What is a one room structure with all children in the same class?
300
The way the new nation paid for free education.
What is tax dollars?
300
The first one of these was first founded in Boston in 1821.
What is high schools?
300
The educational program that focused on agriculture, home economics, and trades.
What is vocational education?
400
The two colleges most students who graduated from Latin schools attended.
What are Harvard and Yale?
400
The 2 main subjects that were added to the curriculum during this period.
What is history and geography?
400
High schools began to stress this type of program.
What is college-prep?
400
The 4 tracks recommended by the Committee of Ten.
What is 1. classical, 2. Latin scientific, 3. modern languages, and 4. English.
500
To teach children to read the scriptures and notices of civil affairs.
What is the primary purpose of the first schools?
500
Life, liberty, and equality were emphasized in the era's great documents.
What is the Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights, and the 1785 Northwest Ordinances?
500
These three things began to increase significantly in the 1920's.
What is high school enrollment, graduation, and college enrollment
500
The three major committees organized by the NEA to determine schools' curricula.
What is the Committee of Fifteen, The Committee of Ten, and the Committee on College Entrance Requirements?
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