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Expanding Public Education

US.11 Using textual evidence, compare and contrast the ideas and philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. (C, P)

Objective

Reforms in Public Education led to a rise in national literacy and the promotion of public education.

The public education system is the foundation of the democratic ideals of American Society.

Thomas Jefferson

“What are the objects of an useful American education? Classical knowledge, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics.”

Thomas Jefferson, Oct. 15. 1785

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

Who was Booker T. Washington?

http://www.biography.com/people/booker-t-washington-9524663#synopsis

Tuskegee Institute

http://www.tuskegee.edu/about_us.aspx

What was Booker T. Washington's “Compromise”?

What did Booker T. Washington's believe was the key to blacks acquiring status in a predominately white America?

W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 - 1963)

Du Bois did not agree with Washington

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/etc/road.html

Mr. Hughes Explains It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGLm7VUbIWE

A Speech to Counter a Speech

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0history/hwny-niagara-movement.html

Niagara MovementAddress to the Country - Issued at second conference,

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, 1906

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBJp5aHYLqs

Compare and Contrast

How do we compare and contrast the views of Booker T Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois on the subject of the education of African Americans?

Expanding Public Education

US.11 Using textual evidence, compare and contrast the ideas and philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois. (C, P)

Objective

Reforms in Public Education led to a rise in national literacy and the promotion of public education.

The public education system is the foundation of the democratic ideals of American Society.