WorksheetsHistory of American Education
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which group of colonies does this describe?
Life revolved around agriculture and schools did not exist. Private tutors were hired for wealthy families.
Northern Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
What was the name of the act that required towns in Massachusetts to hire a teacher if they had at least 50 households?
Land Grant Act
Old Deluder Satan Act
Tenth Amendment
Type of settlers in New England
English, Puritans
Quakers, Dutch, French, German, Irish
English aristocrats, planters, slaves
Which colonies required public education? Why?
New England Colonies; Puritans believed that all needed to read the Bible
Southern Colonies; Southerners wanted to educate slaves to further their job skills
Middle Colonies; the Quaker belief in equality made this possible
The Backcountry; Scots Irish was verrry leart
_______________________________played a major role in establishing the current American educational system
Thomas Jefferson
Maria Montessorri
Normal Schools
McGuffey Readers
the first state supported public schools available to children from all levels of society
national standards
normal schools
expulsion
common schools
______________ are teacher training schools. This school reflected the hope that through teacher training, all schools would become "normalized" or similar to each other to improve the quality of education.
common schools
normal schools
dame schools
An early form of a private elementary school in English-speaking countries. They were usually taught by women and were often located in the home of the teacher.
Common School
Dame School
Franklin Academy
Normal School
What was the purpose of Normal Schools?
To educate women.
To provide education with a separation of church and state.
To teach religion.
To prepare people for careers in education as teachers.
Which of the following individuals are considered to be the "Father of Public Education"?
Booker T. Washington
Horace Mann
John Dewey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which of the following laid the groundwork for the modern day high school?
Common Schools
Dame Schools
English Classical School
Normal School
