They went to school to become a better mother and wife.
100
This was established as free of religion influence and offering a variety of practical subjects.
What is the Franklin Academy?
100
What was teaching first gendered as?
"Male"
200
What is the 10th Amendment?
anything not stated in the constitution as a federal responsibility is automatically assigned to the states
200
Who are stereotyped as greedy billionaires?
Arab
200
The biggest difference between the colonial classroom and today's classroom.
What is the role of religion?
200
Now known as the public elementary school.
What is the common school?
200
During the beginning of the 20th century, women who became teachers couldn't do what?
Women could not marry and were called "spinsters."
300
Designed to enhance the security of the nation and to develop the mental resources and technical skills of young men and women
What is National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
300
Who is generally smart?
Arabs
300
Boys were sent to live with masters who taught them trade.
What is an apprenticeship program?
300
Referred to as the "the father of public school."
Who is Horace Mann?
300
Women who taught in school during the beginning was considered?
They were considered masculine.
400
When did the federal gov't become involved?
During the Great Depression
400
Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban
What are the three largest groups of hispanics?
400
This law helped ensure the education of its children in 1647.
What is the Old Deluder Satan Law?
400
What are two main concerns of a nation in which everyone received an elementary education?
Would this produce overeducated citizens, questioning authority and promoting self-interest?
Business predicted disaster if their labor pool of children were taken away.
Taxes.
Competition with private schools and religious groups.
400
What was the fear that people thought women were doing to boys?
The fear that female teachers were "feminizing" boys.
500
False
The federal gov't developed the Land Ordinance and Northeast Act
500
1740
When did the first law prohibit education for slaves?
500
What was school meant to do in the colonial time?
It was meant to save souls, since education provided a path to heaven, and reading, writing, and moral development all revolved around the bible.
500
Besides fighting for public schools, what else did Mann do?
He made high-quality schools.
Opposed corporal punishment and found ways to postively motivate students.
Emphasived practical subjects instead of Greek and Latin.
500
What did Theodore Roosevelt say about the issue of women as teachers?