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Colonial Period (1620-1775)
- In an attempt to manage ideologies, schools attempt to distribute ideas from society.
- Americanization Programs
- There is a continuous struggle between Native Americans and colonists.
Examples: Rejection of John Eliot sermon, laws requiring native Americans to acknowledge Christianity, MA General Court condemning anyone who denies God.
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New Republic (1776-1820s)
- Noah Webster creates a book in spelling and grammar to unify a multicultural society- 1783-84 (ideological management)
- The first high school in Boston to be created- 1821 (ideological management)
- Cherokees get a written language from Sequoyah – 1821 (ideological management).
- Civilization fund Act was established to change native Americans cultures into Angelo American cultures- 1819 (culture and religion).
- Naturalization Act- only whites can be naturalized citizens- 1790 (ra
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Common School Movement (1830-1850)
- Standardized state systems of
education to achieve specific public
policies. - Provided the basic ideology and
structure of the modern American
School system.
- Growth of centralized and bureaucratic control.
- Persistent Political Division and shifting patterns of control.
- Common School Reform: all
children are educated in one schoolhouse. - Movement attempted to make Protestant-Anglo-American cultural values dominant over all others.
- Shiftin
- Standardized state systems of