Chapter 7

Question 1

The formal beginnning of North America’s colonization

Answer 1

Jamestown, Virginia, 1607

Question 2

Women turned their homes into schools and parents paid to have their children educated

Answer 2

Dame schools

Question 3

17th century high schools

Answer 3

Latin grammar schools

Question 4

The first compulsory education law in the New World

Answer 4

Massachusetts Act of 1642

Question 5

Opportunities for education were based almost exclusively on social class here

Answer 5

The Southern colonies

Question 6

Teachers lived with the families of their students for one week at a time

Answer 6

Boarding round

Question 7

He believed in practicle, useful education in academics

Answer 7

Benjamin Franklin

Question 8

He started the University of Virginia

Answer 8

Thomas Jefferson

Question 9

This era was a period of unprecedented geographical growth for the U.S.

Answer 9

The 19th century

Question 10

Community-supported elementary schools for all children

Answer 10

Common schools

Question 11

A schools that prepared teachers

Answer 11

Normal schools

Question 12

He was the Father of American Education

Answer 12

Horace Mann

Question 13

The attempt to make children more like the dominant culture

Answer 13

Assimilation

Question 14

She fought for the right of African American students to get an education

Answer 14

Prudence Crandall

Question 15

John Dewey is associated with this

Answer 15

Progressive education

Question 16

This case ruled that seperate is not equal

Answer 16

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 17

Benjamin Bloom is associated with this

Answer 17

Taxonomy of learning

Question 18

The title of a 1983 report commissioned by President Reagan

Answer 18

A Nation at Risk

Question 19

This movement called for accountability of schools and school districts to states and of states to the federal government

Answer 19

No Child Left Behind

Question 20

This act is the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Answer 20

Every Student Succeeds Act

Question 21

What was the Puritans’ view on education?

Answer 21

Memorization of scripture and the practice of biblical principles were more important than acedemic subjects

Question 22

Description of colonial schools

Answer 22

• They were established for religious purposes
• They helped secular aspects of society develop and prosper
• They provided students with the skills necessary to participate in commerce

Question 23

What did boarding round involve?

Answer 23

Teachers lived with their students’ families for a week at a time

Question 24

Describe Benjamin Franklin

Answer 24

Inventor, philosopher, and a believer in the useful arts

Question 25

Describe dame schools

Answer 25

• Teachers were respected women with little or no formal education
• Classes were held in the teacher’s home
• Parents paid the teacher to have their children educated

Question 26

Describe latin grammar schools

Answer 26

• Parents paid tuition to send their children
• Students learned higher levels of reading, writing, arithmetic, and classical literature
• They were the forerunners for modern high school

Question 27

What was the first compulsory education law in the New World?

Answer 27

The Massachusetts Act of 1642

Question 28

Describe the Old Deluder Satan Act

Answer 28

• It established that every town of 50 or more households must provide a school
• No funding was attached to the act
• It helped to improve the literacy rate of the New England colonies

Question 29

List things included in the New England Primer

Answer 29

• The Lord’s Prayer
• The Ten Commandments
• A spelling guide based on the alphabet

Question 30

Describe the Franklin Academy

Answer 30

• Astronomy classes
• Student choice in course selection
• Navigation courses

Question 31

What was the purpose of town schools?

Answer 31

To provide education to entire communities

Question 32

Who was the Schoolmaster of the Republic and publisher of the American Spelling Book?

Answer 32

Noah Webster

Question 33

Which legislative act divided federally owned wilderness land into townships and required the building of pre-college schools?

Answer 33

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 34

List objections to the idea of common schools

Answer 34

• Free schools mean fewer private schools
• They decreased the child workforce
• They were concerned that an overeducated citizenty might question authority

Question 35

The opening of what marked the beginning of public high school?

Answer 35

The English Classical School in 1821

Question 36

List educators who made an impact on early childhood education

Answer 36

• Johann Pestalozzi
• Friedrich Froebel
• Maria Montessori

Question 37

What was the purpose of normal schools?

Answer 37

To provide formal training for teachers

Question 38

What is Prudence Crandall best known for?

Answer 38

Her work with African American students

Question 39

What was the purpose of Black codes?

Answer 39

To prohibit the education of slaves

Question 40

List principles of progressive education

Answer 40

• Education is life, not just preparation for life
• Learning should be directly related to the interests of the child
• Cooperation among students should be emphasized more than competition

Question 41

Who established a school in Florida to train female African American teachers?

Answer 41

Mary McLeod Bethune

Question 42

What was the legislative act that called for strengthening of science, math, and foreign language programs?

Answer 42

The National Defense Education Act of 1958

Question 43

What did Brown v. Board of Education rule?

Answer 43

It declared segregating children based solely on race was wrong and illegal

Question 44

This act withheld federal funds from schools that discriminated against students based on race, color, or national origin

Answer 44

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 45

List results of the publication of A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform

Answer 45

• Renewed attention to education
• New proposals for reform and improvement
• Introduction of restructuring, including year-round schools, longer school days, and longer school years