Name: __________________________________Date: __________________________

Directions: Using the events listed at the bottom, order them on the timeline provided from past to present, include dates
if possible.

HISTORY OF U.S ELL EDUCATION

The first higher

education school was ELL students were
founded, and was wrongly placed in
conducted primarily special education.
in German. (1787) (Late 1980s)

German-speaking The National Defense Act Bilingual education act VII No Child Left
Americans were encouraged the study of established. (1968) Behind Act.
operating schools in foreign languages in (2001)
Philadelphia. (1694) school. (1958)