CHILDREN LIVING IN THE ANTEBELLUM: EDUCATION

Lupita Gonzalez Period 6 US History

Problem: Democracy demanded education for voters & the people of our countrySolution: Horace Mann of Massachusetts pressed bill of public education that passed in 1837.

Funding from citizens & public funds Nonagricultural employment, opened options to

females First school in Connecticut in 1839

Need of Education

1852 Massachusetts pass law orders kids (ages 8-14) to schoolPrivate schools, Christian schools, tutors, foreign schoolsRows of benches, blackboards brought in 19th century

About the schools

Learned basic literacy at homeSpelling bees, debatesObedience, politeness, honestyBasic grammar school education

Reading, writing, math, history, geography

American Children Education

African-Americans

Illegal to go to school in the South

Only two schools for them in NY, three in Philadelphia some children vandalized

their schools Slaves were denied

education Few taught by masters Read newspapers or a Bible Not allowed to learn to write

Not a lot of support1817 Rev. Thomas Gallaudet opened school in Connecticut for the deafSamuel Howe taught the blind with string on cards to make lettersLaura Bridgman first blind & deaf student to be successfully educated

Special Needs Children

Noah Webster taught grammar and reading

Created the Webster’s Dictionary

Webster’s Spelling Book 1829 Edition

(+)Schools are now open to everyone(+)Public & private schools(-)Some schools > others(-)Not enough funding = schools closing

Today

What were the most important reasons for the beginning of education in the antebellum period?

How were African American children’s form of education different then the education of white children?

What problems experienced then are still happening today?

Questions

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Newman, Jason. "public education." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2010.

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"Noah Webster." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. <http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/>

 

"common schools." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/

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