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Early Colonial America
In the colonial days of America, the majority of people were only educated enough to read the bible and newspapers along with being able to do taxes. Education taught was the focus on the Protestant Bible. The length of school was only 82 days and only if you were able to afford school you were able to go further on. I picked this because it is important to understand that education was not always an option nor free. (The History of American Education 1770-1890: 2010) -
Teaching resources 1820s
It wasn't until the "1820s that blackboards were introduced." "During this time pencils and steel pens were not available until later. Paper was expensive and poor quality, instead, the students used birch bark or made letters in the sand." I believe this to be important because it goes to show us how little teachers and students had to work with. (Kaplan, Teaching Resources, 2015) -
Horace Mann
Horace Mann was a politician and leader of the Massachusetts Senate; he was the first secretary of education in 1837, he's the father of the Common School movement. I believe that everyone that studies education for college should know more about who originated education standards in America. (Kaplan, Horace Mann, 2015) -
Henry Barnard
"Accomplished important educational improvements in both Connecticut and Rhode Island." Mr. Barnard also spent most of his earnings on publishings on journals "advocating educational reform." Mr. Barnard is another important person in the movement of public schooling and if it was not for him and Mr. Mann we may not have the schooling we have today. (Kaplan, Henry Barnard, 2015) -
Margarethe Schurz
I thought why not bring a little of home into my educational timeline. Margarethe Schurz from Hamburg, Germany came to the US with her husband when she was only 19 years old. In 1856, she started the first kindergarten class in the United States. (Wisconsin Historical Society, 2019)
