Teaching-History of Education 1

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. A thin, flat piece of clear animal horn was attached to cover and protect the paper. Used during the Colonial Period.

• hornbook
• slate
• apprentice
• McGuffey Reader

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

• hornbook
• slate
• apprentice
• McGuffey Reader

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

• hornbook
• slate
• apprentice
• McGuffey Reader

In early America, schools run by women in their own homes. Parents paid a fee for their children to attend.

• private school
• parochial school
• dame school

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

• private school
• parochial school
• normal school
• dame school

Froebel developed the idea for kindergarten based on ____.

• poor children needed to be given help to be successful
• the belief that children learned best through play
• children need to be formally educated at an early age
• children should choose their own activities

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

•  determined that schools could not be nonsectarian
• d. established common schools which trained teachers
• advocated for the establishment of Christian schools
• used state taxes to help fund education

The Montessori method ____.

• allows the child to choose their own interests
• limits children's sensory development
• allows teachers to direct children's learning completely
• considers only the child's intellectual development

Which of the following events took place during the American Early National Period?

• 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.

The Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 ______.

• Funded free textbooks for all students.
• Established career-tech education.
• made it unlawful for soldiers to enter military service if they were illiterate.
• mandated schools in rural areas.