Chapter 5 Historical Development of American Education
Chapter 5 Historical Development of American Education
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Historical Development of American Education
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II. Find 50 new words, listen to their pronunciation in both the UK and US .................... 5
IV. Make easy sentences for each of the new word ............................................................ 9
V. Get five antonyms and five synonyms of the new word ............................................... 11
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The colonization of North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries produced complex
cultural encounters and often violent conflicts between Europeans and indigenous peoples.
2. Who were a crucible for the development of American educational ideas and institutions?
The New England colonies of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire were a crucible for
The Massachusetts colonists believed that educated persons who knew God’s commandments as
In 1642, the Massachusetts General Court passed a law requiring parents and guardians to ensure that
children in their care learned to read and understand the principles of religion and the commonwealth’s
laws.
The New England colonists re-created the European dual-track system, establishing primary town
schools for the majority of students and Latin grammar schools for upper-class boys.
6. What was the school’s curriculum include for the Town School?
The school’s curriculum included reading, writing, arithmetic, catechism, and religious hymns.
Children learned the alphabet, syllables, words, and sentences by memorizing the hornbook, a sheet
8. When was entering the Latin grammar school and what did students’ study?
Entering the Latin grammar school at age eight, the student would complete his studies at fifteen or
sixteen. They studied such Latin authors as Cicero, Terence, Caesar, Livy, Vergil, and Horace. More
advanced students studied such Greek authors as Isocrates, Hesiod, and Homer.
9. After completing Latin grammar school, what did New England upper-class young men seek?
After completing Latin grammar school, New England upper-class young men sought admission to
Harvard College.
Established in 1636, Harvard was founded on the Puritan belief that future ministers and other leaders
11. What had the Middle Atlantic colonies been settled by?
The Middle Atlantic colonies had been settled by the Dutch in New York, Swedes in Delaware, and
Germans in Pennsylvania.
12. Who founded Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony and what did it become?
Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony founded by William Penn, became a haven for the Society of
Quaker schools taught the reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion found in other colonial primary
schools but were unique in including vocational training, crafts, and agriculture.
In the late colonial period, Britain’s American colonies enjoyed economic growth, especially in the
15. Where was the earliest federal education legislation incorporated and what did it require?
The earliest federal educational legislation was incorporated in the Northwest Ordinance of 1785,
which required that a section of each thirty-six-square-mile township be reserved for education.
16. How many political and intellectual leaders did make educational proposal during the early
national period?
During the early national period, several political and intellectual leaders such as Benjamin Franklin,
Thomas Jefferson, and Noah Webster made educational proposals for the emergent republic.
These plans generally argued that education should: (1) prepare people for republican citizenship; (2)
include utilitarian and scientific skills and subjects to aid in developing the nation’s vast expanses of
frontier land and abundant natural resources; and (3) be divested of European cultural attitudes and
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), a leading statesman, scientist, and publicist, founded an academy, a
private secondary school, and described its rationale in his “Proposals Relating to the Education of
Youth in Pennsylvania.
19. What did children do during public schools were established and what did Sunday schools provide?
During public schools were established, many children worked in the factories of the industrializing
Northeast. Sunday schools provided a minimal basic education, consisting of writing, reading,
The monitorial method used monitors—older and more experienced pupils trained by a master
21. What did the common school, the forerunner of today’s elementary public-school offer?
The common school, the forerunner of today’s elementary public school offered a basic curriculum of
reading, writing, spelling, and arithmetic. Over time, history, geography, hygiene, and singing were
added.
First, they permitted residents to organize local school districts with approval of local voters.
Second, they deliberately encouraged, but did not mandate, establishing school districts, electing
Third, they made common schools compulsory by mandating the establishment of districts, election
23. When did the Massachusetts legislature establish a state board of education and who was Horace
Mann?
The Massachusetts legislature established a state board of education in 1837, Horace Mann, (1796–
1859), a prominent Whig political leader and a steadfast proponent of common schools.
24. In addition to providing publicly supported elementary education for the majority of American
children, how many the important complementary did the common school movement have?
In addition to providing publicly supported elementary education for the majority of American
children, the common school movement had two important complementary consequences: (1) it led to
the establishing of normal schools, which set the patterns of preservice teacher-preparation, and (2) it
The establishment of common schools created a demand for trained teachers, and many women were
26. The pupils, who ranged in age from five to seventeen, what did they study?
The pupils, who ranged in age from five to seventeen, studied a basic curriculum of reading, writing,
McGuffey readers emphasized the moral values of white, middleclass, Protestant Americans. Stressing
patriotism and heroism, reading selections included the orations of Patrick Henry, Daniel Webster, and
George Washington.
Academy programs followed three patterns: (1) the traditional college preparatory curriculum with
emphasis on Latin and Greek; (2) the English-language program, a general curriculum for those who
would end their formal education with completion of secondary school; and (3) the normal course,
which prepared elementary- school teachers. Some males attended military academies.
29. By the 1920s, what was the four curricular patterns of high school?
By the 1920s, high schools had developed four curricular patterns: (1) the college preparatory program,
which included English language and literature, foreign languages, mathematics, natural and physical
sciences, and history and social studies; (2) the commercial or business program with courses in
bookkeeping, shorthand, and typing; (3) industrial, vocational, home economics, and agricultural
programs; and (4) a general academic program for students whose formal education would end with
graduation.
30. What did Educators design the junior high school as?
Educators designed the junior high school as a transitional institution between elementary and high
II. Find 50 new words, listen to their pronunciation in both the UK and US
a subject in order to check their progress, rather than at the end of a year or unit of work:
3. Indigenous (adj) used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather
5. Socioeconomic (adj) used to describe the differences between groups of people relating to their
6. Arithmetic (n) the part of mathematics that involves the adding and multiplying, etc. of numbers:
7. Crucible (n) a place or situation in which different cultures or styles can mix together to produce
8. Preached (v) to try to persuade other people to believe in a particular belief or follow a particular
way of life:
9. Temptations (n) the wish to do or have something that you know you should not do or have:
11. Rationale (n) the reasons or intentions that cause a particular set of beliefs or actions:
12. Indoctrinate (v) to often repeat an idea or belief to someone until they accept it without criticism
or question:
13. Depravity (n) the state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad
14. Puritan (n) a member of an English religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to
make church ceremonies simpler, and who believed that it was important to work hard and control
17. Pioneers (n) a person who is one of the first people to do something:
18. Ratified (v) (esp. of governments or organizations) to agree in writing to a set of rules, or to
19. Hemisphere (n) one of two halves of the earth, especially above or below the equator:
20. Segregation (n) the policy of keeping one group of people apart from another and treating them
21. Compensatory (adj) given or paid to someone in exchange for something that has been lost or
22. Dissemination (n) the act of spreading news, information, ideas, etc. to a lot of people:
23. Commonwealth (n) a group of countries with the same political or economic aims:
24. Outwit (v) to get an advantage over someone by acting more cleverly and often by using a trick:
25. Catechism (n) a group of questions and answers, especially about a set of Christian beliefs.
26. Parchment (n) the dried, pale skin of some animals which was used in the past for writing on, or a
27. Corporal (n) a person of low rank in the army or the air force:
28. Rhetoric (n) the study of the ways of using language effectively
29. Metaphysics (n) the part of philosophy that is about understanding existence and knowledge.
30. Homogeneous (adj) consisting of parts or people that are similar to each other or are of the same
type:
31. Creed (n) a set of beliefs that influences the way you live.
32. Missionary (n) a person who has been sent to a foreign country to teach their religion to the people
33. Bookkeeping (n) the job or activity of keeping an exact record of the money that has been spent or
35. Denomination (n) a religious group that has slightly different beliefs from other groups that share
37. Egalitarianism (n) the belief in or practicing of egalitarian principles (= the idea that all people
38. Vernacular (n) the form of a language that a particular group of speakers use naturally, especially
in informal situations:
39. Prophetically (adv) in a way that correctly tells what will happen in the future:
40. Monolithic (adj) too large, too regular, or without interesting differences, and unwilling or unable
to be changed:
41. Philanthropists (n) someone who gives money to help people who are poor or sick, or to pay for
42. Forerunner (n) something or someone that acts as an early and less advanced model for what will
43. Hygiene (n) the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean, especially to
prevent disease:
44. Steadfast (adj) staying the same for a long time and not changing quickly or unexpectedly:
45. Proponent (n) a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action:
46. Acumen (n) skill in making correct decisions and judgments in a particular subject, such as
business or politics:
47. Coalition (n) the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose,
48. Evangelical (adj) belonging to one of the Protestant Churches or Christian groups that believes that
the teaching of the Bible and persuading other people to join them is extremely important:
49. Accreditation (n) the fact of being officially recognized, accepted, or approved of, or the act of
50. Janitors (n) a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals
2. We are not talking simply of the diffusion of a particular weaving and color pattern.
7. The Lake District in 1800 was the crucible of the new Romantic movement in English poetry.
12. They have those political opinions because they've been indoctrinated all their lives.
13. It is a mark of depravity to make a mock of good advice and kind rebuke.
19. This weather pattern of the southern hemisphere has no parallel in the north.
23. The city and the Commonwealth have lost a great leader.
41. Philanthropists and clergymen had to admit that their own reforming schemes had completely
failed.
44. He has been a steadfast supporter of balanced budgets and shrinking the size of government.
50. Their work was so secret they had neither janitors nor secretaries.
2. Diffusion
3. Indigenous
4. Decimated
5. Socioeconomic
6. Arithmetic
7. Crucible
8. Preached
9. Temptations
10. Theology
11. Rationale
12. Indoctrinate
13. Depravity
14. Puritan
15. Gibberish
16. Adage
Antonyms: distinct word, individual word, particular word, specific word, fact
17. Pioneers
18. Ratified
19. Hemisphere
20. Segregation
21. Compensatory
22. Dissemination
23. Commonwealth
24. Outwit
25. Catechism
26. Parchment
27. Corporal
28. Rhetoric
29. Metaphysics
30. Homogeneous
31. Creed
32. Missionary
33. Bookkeeping
34. Proprietary
35. Denomination
36. Frontier
37. Egalitarianism
38. Vernacular
39. Prophetically
40. Monolithic
41. Philanthropists
42. Forerunner
43. Hygiene
44. Steadfast
45. Proponent
46. Acumen
47. Coalition
48. Evangelical
49. Accreditation
50. Janitors
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