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Period: 2000 BCE to 455
First known School
Aprox 2000 B.C
Cuneiform mathematics text books from this type of period have been discovered. this suggest this kind of schooling may have exited in Sumer during that time, also there is evidence that in China Formal school existed during this periods of time too. -
Period: 455 BCE to 431 BCE
Age of Pericles
Most Greek city-states have adopted a formal educational system. Sparta used the educational system for training porpuses using it for effective military support -
Period: 50 BCE to 200
Development of Roman Schools
The romans were heavily influenced by the Greek educational system. Many children after learned to read and write attened a school to keep learning Latin, Literature, Music, history, math, and Dialects. These latin schools are very similar to secondary schools in the century 20th -
Period: 400 to 1000
The dark ages
During this period, the common people were politically and religiously opressed, which stunted the ability for population to grow and innovate intelectually as the greeeks an romans previously had. Althought education was not an option for most people,certain people in the curch and wealty families were able to received education and make small addvances -
Period: 1225 to 1275
Thomas Aquino
During the medieval times,most people were thought by Catholic priests, many of
whom were corrupt. Through his works as a theologian, Thomas Aquinas helped
to change the churches view on how commoners should learn and grow in
knowledge. Thomas Aquinas helped pave the way for the creation of medieval
universities -
Period: 1350 to
The Reinssance
The Renaissance, which started in Italy, was a rebirth of the people's thirst for
new knowledge. The Renaissance slowly spread throughout Europe, which led
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Earliest American Colleges Established - ●
The first colonial college, Harvard, was established in 1636 to prepare ministers.
A few years later, other schools such as Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Brown
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John Locke - ●
John Locke was one of the most influential Enlightenment philosophers. In 1678,
he wrote an essay titled "Concerning Human Understanding." In this essay, he
discusses his belief that at birth, our minds are a blank slate, and that we gain
knowledge through experience. His views of the mind and how people learn
were greatly influential to the US educational system. -
Old Deluder Satan Act
This act decreed that every town of 50 families or more needs to hire a
schoolmaster who would teach the town's children to read and write and that all
towns of at least 100 families need to have a Latin grammar school teacher who
would prepare students to attend Harvard -
American Academy
In 1751, Benjamin Franklin founded the American Academy, an educational
institution. Its curriculum was both classical and modern, which included lessons
in history, geography, navigation, surveying, and languages. This went on to
become the University of Pennsylvania. -
State Control of Education
When the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution is passed, the
individual states gain the right to control education. -
Invention of the Blackboard
In 1801, James Pillans invented the blackboard when he hung a large slate on the
classroom wall -
Compulsory Education
In 1524, during the Reformation, Martin Luther had advocated for compulsory
schooling so that all parishioners would be able to read the Bible. In 1852,
Massachusetts passed a law making education mandatory. This spread
throughout the country, and the final state to adopt it was Mississippi in 1917 -
Invention of the Typewriter
In 1867, Christopher Sholes invented the modern typewriter. This was later
manufactured by E. Remington & Sons in 1873. -
Dewey Decimal System
In 1873, the Dewey Decimal System, developed by Melvil Dewey, was patented
and published. This became the world's most used library
organization/classification system. -
High School Curriculum
A standardized high school curriculum was formed by the National Education
Association to establish a standard secondary school curriculum, the Committee
of Ten, recommended a curriculum that was college oriented, which laid the
foundation to high schools today. -
First Community College
In 1901, Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois, opened, and became the first
community college in America. -
Radio into the class
In 1920 the incorporation of radios started to contribute for the class like Math, Aritmetic,acounting and History -
Projectors and Films
In the 1930 the using of projectors and films to the class began. initially were used first by the US Military and then spread quickly to the schools -
IQ testing
In 1939, David Wechsler developed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. This
introduced "deviation IQ," which calculates scores based on how far from the
average subject's score another subject's score is. These tests are still used
widely in schools to determine students needing special needs. -
First Tv appears in the classroom
The First TV appears in a classroom in Los Angeles -
First Computer
The Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC), the first vacuum-tube
computer, was built for the U.S. military by Presper Eckert and John Mauchly in
the 1950s. This marked the beginning of the computer age This could not be possible without Alan Turing´s colossal apport -
headphones become popular in school language labs 1950
headphones become popular in school language labs 1950 -
First Computer Used in School
Computers were first used in New York elementary schools to teach arithmetic.
This was the beginning of a major technological revolution in education -
Handheld Calculator
Serving as the predecessor to the TI-83, this first calculator was originally
concerning to teachers, as they feared it would undermine students' learning. -
Scantron Grading System
In 1972, the Scantron Corporation removed the need to grade multiple choice
tests by hand. The machines were free to use, but the company charged for the
grading forms. -
Whiteboard
Although the inventor of the whiteboard has been heavily debated, they first
started to gain popularity in the 90's, partly due to students having allergic
reactions to the chalkboard dust. -
Laptops
Laptops are introduced and are eventually introduced as teaching tools -
Cd´s Roms
Become a predominant form of storage