Colonial Education
What was the primary form of education for lower-class children in Colonial America?
What is apprenticeship?
Who was the first female doctor in Italy who developed a unique method for education?
Who is Maria Montessori?
What was the Deluder Satan Act?
What is a law requiring towns to hire a schoolmaster to teach local children?
What educational approach focuses on hands-on learning and real-life activities?
What is the progressive education method?
What significant event led to a push for public education laws in the late 19th century?
What is the Civil War?
Name the teaching tool that showed the alphabet, numbers, and the Lord's Prayer during Colonial times.
What is a horn book?
Which founding father advocated for a public education system without religious influence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What was the main focus of the Law of 1647?
What is to further emphasize the importance of education in society?
Describe the Montessori Method of education.
What is an approach that considers all of a child's needs, not just academic ones?
How did the Great Depression affect schools?
What is it led to budget cuts and reduction of school resources?
Which religious group heavily influenced education in New England?
Who are the Puritans?
Who is known as the father of the Common School Movement?
Who is Horace Mann?
How did the Law of 1642 differ from the Deluder Satan Act?
What is the Law of 1642 focused on parents' responsibilities while the Deluder Satan Act mandated town-funded schools?
What is a common characteristic of the Common School Movement?
What is the push for tax-funded public education for all children?
What was a direct result of the Oregon Trail opening?
What is increased migration and the need for education in new territories?
What was the purpose of the Law of 1642?
What is to require parents and masters to educate children to read the Bible and understand laws?
Name the individual who created the McGuffey Readers.
Who is Reverend William Holmes McGuffey?
What was required by the Elementary School Act of 1817?
What is to establish a public system of education available without cost?
What teaching method emphasizes sensory experiences over traditional reading and writing?
What is the Montessori Method?
How did World War I influence education in the 1920s?
What is it shifted focus away from political reform to economic prosperity?
Describe how education varied between the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.
What is education in New England focused on Bible reading, the Middle Colonies had diverse beliefs influencing education, and the Southern Colonies often prepared children for plantation work?
What did Benjamin Franklin establish that was a precursor to modern public schools?
What is a secondary school?
How did laws regarding education change after the Civil War?
What is they led to the establishment of schools for African Americans, such as Howard University and Spelman College?
How did John Dewey's philosophy influence modern education?
What is it promoted critical-thinking skills and social interaction in learning?
What societal changes characterized the American Progressive Period?
What is the rise of women's rights, urban migration, and educational reforms?