ROAD

TO

EDUCATION
 How?
Education as you know it, has changed
tremendously. Let’s do a little research and
find out what it looked like in the past.
READ AND TAKE NOTES ON PAGES
128-168
—AMERICAN COLONIAL
1600-1776
Freedom, adventure, no overall
educational system.
—EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD
1776-1840
American Revolution, Rural
Nation, Promote new ideals of
freedom and liberty.
—COMMON SCHOOL
1840-1880
Expansive West, Oregon Trail,
influence of Horace Mann.
 —PROGRESSIVE PERIOD
1880-1921
Divided by Civil War, Women gained
more rights, European immigrants
came to US.
 —GREAT DEPRESSION
1921-1940
Disposable income, automobiles
invented, stock market crashed
10/14/1929
 —MODERN EDUCATION
1940-1950’s
Baby boom-resulted in a need for
more teachers and schools.
National Defense Education Act.
 1960’s
Time of change, many challenged
values, policies, and way of life.
Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin
Luther King’s speech.
 1970’s
Divorce, single family households,
more women in the workforce.
IDEA passed.
 1980-2000’s
Time for growth and prosperity. Gap
between rich and poor widened. Two
income families. Back to Basics
Movement, computers