Famous Figures
His books taught moral and academic lessons
Reverend William H McGuffey
True or False: Men were allowed one day per week to court and 2 nights if they went to church every so often.
False: They were allowed two nights per week if they went to church REGULARLY
someone who learns a skilled trade by watching and helping an expert in that trade.
apprentice
1600-1776
American Colonial Period
1st Italian doctor and creator of Montessori Schools
Maria Montessori
TRUE OR FALSE: Women could not ride in a buggy with any men.
False; they could ride with their father and brother
A series of books on reading for primary students
McGuffey's Readers
1776-1840
American Early National
He created Kindergarten
Friedrich Froebel
True or False: Women who married as teachers were subject to being dismissed.
True
A period of complex economic, technological, and social change in America and worldwide.
Industrial Revolution
1840-1880
American Common School Period
The Father of Education
Horace Mann
How much could a teacher expect to receive for a raise if they worked hard and did a good job for 5 years?
25 cents per week pending board approval
They wanted to regulate big business that often took advantage of consumers and workers.
Progressives
1880-1921
American Progressive Period
A religious group from England that believed everyone should be educated and were tolerant of everyone's religious beliefs
The Quakers
What were teachers told they should do after working for 10 hrs a day?
Read the Bible or other good books.
Teacher-training schools
normal schools
1920s and the Great Depression Era
1921-1940