History of Education 2

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What is the name of the document that lists your academic record?

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U.S. Constitution

> Separation of church and state

> Establishment of a national educational system

> Funding of public education

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What is a specialized field of study a student chooses to pursue?

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Influential Leaders

> Thomas Jefferson

• University of Virginia
• Designed the university around the library

> Noah Webster

• “Father of American Scholarship and Education”
• “The American Spelling Book”

> Freidrich Wilhelm Froebel

• Founded kindergarten
• Froebel Gifts

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What do you call an academic credential that can usually be completed in 2 years at a community college?

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Advanced Placement

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The Common School Movement (1820-1865)

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The Age of the Common Man

> President Andrew Jackson

> Westward expansion

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What does the AP stand for in an "AP" class?

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Teaching in the Common School Period

> Public schools charged tuition

> 1820 – the demand for free public education began

> Fundamentals

• Reading
• Writing

> Heavy workload for teachers

> Few teaching materials

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Influential Leader in Common Schools

> Horace Mann

File:1893 Horace Mann School for the Deaf, Miss

Fuller and Her Class by A.H. Folsom

Open Ended

What universities have you applied to?