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Start of the Colonial Period
The roots of american educational system are established -
Colonial Period
William Berkely, the aristocratic govenor of Virginia, supported this exclusion, and in 1671 railed against both free public education and access to books -
Living in Georgia
If you lived in Gerorgia in 1700. your life not only would have differed dramatically from your life today, but it also would have fiddered from life in New York and Massachusetts in 1700. -
Common School Movement
Benjamin Frankilin Opened an Academy in Philadelphia -
End of the Colonial Period
The roots of American educational system and established -
Early National Period
The U.S. Constitution, written in 1787 and adopted in 1789, played a major rold in shaping the education system you'll teach today. -
The National Period
Before 1775, The United States was a loose collection of seperate colonies to 1820, however, the seperate colonies became the United States of America, and this country shaped its future through the constitution and the Bill of Rights. -
Early National Period
In passing the Land Ordiance of 1785, the federal government established a role for itself in public education -
Common School Period
Andrew Jackson was elected president -
Common School Movement
Boston established the first English Classical School -
Common School Movement
Passed the nation's first compulsory school attendance law in 1852. -
1865 - present
The civil was ended legal slavery in the United States. -
1865- Present
The National Education Association appointed a group called The committe of Ten to examine the high school curriculum and make recommendations about standards, programs and methods. -
1865-present
The first junior high for grades 7,8, and 9 opened in Columbus, Ohio. -
Early National Period
Russia launched the sputnik satellite in 1957 -
1865-present
Federal control of Native American education continued through the 1960s.
