Question

1) Choose the best answer.

Previous to the 20th century most schools were funded by _______ or by charging tuition.

school

states

donations

counties

2) Choose the best answer.

As a whole, society did not see the need for ______________.

education

the President

the military

government

3) Choose the best answers.

Wealthier families
children at home or sent them to
schools.

4) Choose the best answer.

In the 1850s, _______ began to convince communities to build schools paid for by tax dollars and open to children of all classes.

John Dewey

Joseph Cannon

Horace Mann

Theodore Roosevelt

5) Choose the best answer.

Horace Mann introduced a system of _______ classes, grouping students by age.

higher

graded

separate

lower

6) Check all that apply.

Select the three "R's" taught in elementary schools.

writing

arithmetic

reading

research

rhyming

7) Choose the best answer.

Educator _______ believed each student had a(n) aptitude that teachers should identify and develop.

Joseph Cannon

John Dewey

Horace Mann

Theodore Roosevelt

8) Choose the best answer.

"Education is not a _______ for life; education is life itself." —John Dewey

requirement

preparation

necessity

skill

9) Choose the best answer.

This excerpt was written by Horace Mann in 1846.

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men—the balance—wheel of the social machinery. I do not here mean that it so elevates the moral nature as to make men disdain and abhor the oppression of their fellow men. This idea pertains to another of its attributes. But I mean that it gives each man the independence and the means, by which he can resist the selfishness of other men.

Part A: The views shared in the excerpt led Mann to be called the “___”.

Father of the Common School Movement

First Secretary of Education

Educator Emeritus of Massachusetts

Great American Teacher

10) Choose the best answer.

This excerpt was written by Horace Mann in 1846.

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men—the balance—wheel of the social machinery. I do not here mean that it so elevates the moral nature as to make men disdain and abhor the oppression of their fellow men. This idea pertains to another of its attributes. But I mean that it gives each man the independence and the means, by which he can resist the selfishness of other men.

Part B: What laws did Mann encourage legislatures to pass that still influence education today?

Every student should learn to read, write, and perform basic arithmetic.

Teachers are required to have a college degree.

It is compulsory for children to attend school.

There should be a kindergarten and twelve grades.

11) Choose the best answer.

High schools emphasized a ______ education that prepared students for college.

classical

vocational

business

12) Choose the best answer.

By 1900, _____ states required students to attend school.

38

36

34

Answer 1

1) donations

2) education

3) kept children at home or sent them to private schools

4) Horace Mann

5) graded

6) reading; writing; arithmetic

7) John Dewey

8) preparation

9) Father of the Common School Movement

10) It is compulsory for children to attend school.

11) classical

12) 38