People
Protests/Movements
Types of Schools
Final Jeopardy
100

This person believed learning to read and write is necessary in a Democracy, so you can vote.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

John Hughes spoke up about the religious bias present in public schools and called for public funding to make separate schools for this group because of the prejudice views in textbooks.

What are Catholics?

100

This school is designed to teach everyone the basic knowledge everyone needs to know to have a equal chance in life. This school is free, high quality, and funded by taxes.

What is Common (District) School?

200

This person would ride horse back checking school conditions, believed that schools needed to be regulated by the government, and recommend better equipment in schoolhouses.  

Who is Horace Mann?

200

*2 part question

In 1846 a group of 90 African Americans wrote a petition to the Boston School Committee to end this.

Was there action taken after their petition was reviewed?

What is the end of segregation in public schools?

No

200

At this school children would learn their letters, discipline, and could be considered daycare.  

What are Dame Schools?

300

This person advocated for female teachers to be sent out west and funded colleges for women to become teachers.

Who is Catherine Beecher?

300

What year was the Brown v Board of Education ruling passed that ended segregation in public schools.

What is 1954?

300

This school was for Native American children where they were forced to lose their language, culture, and traditions.

What are Boarding Schools?

400

In 1855 a law was passed in this state abolishing segregation in public schools.


What is Massachusetts?

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