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Horrace Man
Education for Women
Education for African Americans
Education for Kids
Schools
100
What movement did he lead?
Education
100
What kind of education did women receive?
Little to none
100
Could African Americans go to school?
Yes
100
How much did teachers receive?
Very little salaries
200
What was he called?
The Father of American Public Schools
200
When were they were offered education?
1837
200
What did African Americans go to school for?
To study
200
What were the classes like?
Very small and held 60 kids in one room
200
How did Horrace Mann fix this?
He used taxes to help pay for the teachers
300
What else was he besides the leader of the movement?
He was Massachusetts state supervisor of education
300
What college was the first to offer women education?
Ohio Oberlin College
300
What kind of schools did African Americans go to?
Schools with less budget
300
What was the teaching like?
Kids of all different grades got the same level of education as, for say, first graders.
300
What did he do for schools?
Made them bigger and better managed
400
What did he do for schools?
Made the school year longer
400
How big were the schools?
One room
400
Why did Horace Mann do this?
Because he believed schools would make kids better and less destructive
500
What parts of the U.S. adopted Mann's ideas?
The north and West