Teaching-History of Education 1

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A flat wooden board with a handle, a sheet of paper—usually containing the alphabet, a prayer or two, and Roman numerals—was pasted on the board, and a thin, flat piece of clear animal horn was attached to cover and protect the paper. Used during the Colonial Period.

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hornbook

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Someone who learns a skilled trade by watching and helping someone in that trade.

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apprentice

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The first widely used textbooks published during the American Common School Period included moral lessons along with science, grammar, and other subjects.

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McGuffey Reader

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In early America, schools run by women in their own homes. Parents paid a fee for their children to attend. What type of school is this? (Options: private school, parochial school, dame school)

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dame school

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Schools that prepared men and women with the necessary skills to become teachers.

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normal school

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Froebel developed the idea for kindergarten based on ____.

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the belief that children learned best through play

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Horace Mann believed that everyone had a right to an education, so he ____.

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used state taxes to help fund education

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The Montessori method ____.

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allows the child to choose their own interests

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Which of the following events took place during the American Early National Period? Options: The slaves were allowed an education., The slaves were freed., Benjamin Franklin established the first public library., Gold was discovered in California and helped fund education.

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Benjamin Franklin established the first public library.

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Named after a doctor whose first name was Maria.

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Montessori method