New England Schools
Day -to-Day
Life
Task of Children at Home
Middle and Southern Colonies
Educational Philosophy
Definitions
100

Which colony was required by law to build schools in large towns?

What is New England?

100

What type of family would live in one house?

What is an extnded family? (children, parents, aunts, uncles, cusins, and grandparents)

100

What could young children do to help?

What is gather wood and water?

100

Who was education tasked to?

What is parents?

100

What is an "educational philosophy suggesting that human nature is constant, and that the focus of education should be on teaching concepts that remain true over time"?

What is perennialism?

200

What type of school required the parents to pay a fee for their youngest children to attend?

What is Dame School?

200

What were the roles of women in the household?

What is taking care of the household and the land surrounding it?

200

What could older girls help with?

What is household work with their mothers?

200

Who runs parson schools?

What is a highly educated minister?

200

What is the "educational philosophy that suggests that there are skills and knowledge that all people should possess"?

What is essentilism?

300

What was the printed copy of the alphabet and short prayer called?

What is a hornbook?

300

What were the jobs of the men on the farm?

What is planting, plowing, and gathering crops?

300

What could older boys help with?

What is fieldwork with their fathers?

300

What type of school was created using land from a will?

What is charity schools?

300

What "emphasizes real-world problem solving and individual development"?

What is Progressivism?

400

Which Bible were schools closely linked to?

What is the Protestant Bible?

400

Who build the houses?

Who is the men?

400

What was the school for older boys to study mathematics, latin, and philosophy?

What is grammer school?

400

Which theory "asserts that schools, teachers, and students should take the lead in addressing social problems and improving society"?

What is social reconstruction?

500

Who was the teacher in Dame schools?

What is a housewife?