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The American Coloinal Period
What motivated Europeans to come to new land is varied reaosns.Some of the reasons were that some were seeking economic opportunity,but many were looking for greater religous freedom,and the others were motivated by the idea that they could produce a better society and some were just adventures. -
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History of Education
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The American Colonial Period
As early as 1642, Massachusetts enacted a law requiring every town to establish a school, although this was not always followed. -
The American Early National Period
Schools continued to teach the basics of reading, writing, and math,along with Christian principles and citizenship for their students -
The American Common School Period
In the 1840s, the Oregon Trail was opened. -
The American Common School Period
Throughout the 1850s, the country moved closer to the internal split of the Civil War. -
School Curriculum
Significant changes included the established of kindergartners in public schools, the use of McGuffey readers, and the passing of the Morill Act of 1852. -
The American Common School Period
In the 1860s. the Civil War claimed many lives in both the North and South. -
The 1920s and the Great Depression Era
Many economics believed the economic prosperity would continue.Few had concerns when, on October 14,1929 the New York Market crashed. -
"Dick and Jane" Readers
In spite of the Great Depression, in the early 1930s, a new set of reading textbooks for beginning readers began publication.Often known as the "Dick and Jane" books, these books taught basic reading skills with simple stories about a family. -
American Education During the 1940s and 1950s
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Keeping American Competetive
Americans were alarmed when the Soviets launched the first satellite, Sputnik,in 1957. -
American Education During the 1960s
The sixties were a decade of contrast. They began with the optism of newly elected President John F. Kennedy.Neil Armstrong walked the moon in 1969. -
American Education During the 1970s
During the 1970s,America had many forgien and domestic preoccuptations. -
Educational Standards and Accountability
Beginning in the 1980s, the call for more depending and uniform educational standards grew louder. -
The Computer Revolution
It was not until the mid 1990s that most classrooms were equipped with a single computer.As more educational programs developed and the price of computers declined, they became more available. -
Goals 2000
George H.W. Bush and the nations governs established six educational goals to be reached by the year 2000. These goals gained wide approval and Congressional support in the Goals 2000 Act of 1994
