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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin made a book for art education called, "Proposed hints for an Academy."
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Horace Mann
Between these years, he argued that drawing would make better workers.
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Massachusetts
This is the first state to get the arts as a general education program.
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Milton Bradley
They made an art book for school called, "Colour in the Kindergarten Classroom."
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The Arts and Crafts Movement
This movement was made to combine artistic and manual training.
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MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art Opens to the public.
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Change Hungry
This decade is when social reconstructionism arose for art in schooling.
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Finger Paint
Finger painting was invented and put into the school system.
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Sputnik I
With the launch of this famous tech, President Conant made a pro argument for the spread of arts in schools for the Cold War resource.
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Sympathetic Educators
In the 1960s began certain social movements that openly challenged local boards of education.
https://www.processhistory.org/raber-arts-public-schools/