WorksheetsEarly History in Education
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In the beginning of the American Colonial Period, most education took place at _____.
dame
elementary
home
universities
During the American Colonial Period, parents paid a fee for their children to attend _____ schools, where students were taught by women in their homes.
dame
elementary
home
common
During the American Early National Period, _____ began the first public library.
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
_____ was responsible for developing the first public system of education.
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Public schools available to children from all levels of society, or _____ schools, were introduced in the American Common School Period.
dame
elementary
home
common
Horace Mann established _____ schools, schools that prepared men and women with the necessary skills to become teachers.
dame
elementary
normal
common
During the _____, the first teachers’ labor union was formed to protect the working rights of teachers.
American early National Period
American Common School Period
American Progressive Period
1920's and the Great Depression Era
The teaching program developed by _____ emphasized self-directed learning through sensory experiences.
Maria Montessori
John Dewey
Friedrich Froebel
Reverend William Homes McGuffey
Which of the following was not an outcome of the Great Depression?
Public schools faced a shortage of cash
Schools expanded both in number and subjects taught
Some school districts ceased to operate
Course offerings were cut back to basic subjects
In the early 1930's, a new set of reading textbooks for beginning readers, known as _____, began publication.
“Dick and Jane” books
Hornbooks
McGuffey’s Readers
Quota
Prepares students for the many career opportunities in specific trades and occupations.
“Dick and Jane” books
Orgeon Trail
Career and technical education
Quota
Limits. Immigration laws set limits for people coming to the United States from other countries.
“Dick and Jane” books
Orgeon Trail
Career and technical education
Quota
Someone who learns a skilled trade by watching and helping an expert in that trade.
Apprentice
Normal school
Quota
Dame school
Members of the reform movement during the Progressive Era.
Appretice
Common schools
Career and technical education
Progressives
United States Congress that promoted vocational education in "agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking", and provided federal funds for this purpose.
Smith-Hughes Act
Brown Board of Education
Education Act 1944
Progressives
