Post CivilWar Education in America

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Post Civil-War Education in America

• Emily Fitzgerald, Neil Kahl, Elise Rahn, Allison
  Dick, Sean OBrien, Rob Wilson

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W.E.B. DuBois
He was an African American editor, historian, and
sociologist, was a leader of the civil rights
movement in the United States. He started the
NAACP.
DuBois studied racial prejudice and believed that
ignorance of white people about blacks caused
prejudice.
Wanted to teach the talented tenth of the
African American population.
Disagreed with Booker T. Washington.
Teaching in America pg.330
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THE BIA
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) responsibility
is the administration and management of 55.7
million acres of land held in trust by the United
States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and
Alaska Natives.
There are 562 federal recognized tribal
governments in the United States.
In addition, the Bureau of Indian Affairs
provides education services to approximately
48,000 Indian students.
Indian Boarding Schools
http//www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
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John Dewey Progressivism

• Learning needs to take an active role, hands on!
• whole child learning physical, emotional, and
  intellectual growth
• Democracy in a microcosm
• Practical element

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Approved legally enforced segregation
• Separate but Equal
• Did NOT violate 13th or 14th Amendments
• Constitution is colorblind ignored

http//usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac
/33.htm
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Friedrich Froebel and Kindergarten

• Belief in self-activity and play as essential
  factors in the education of children
• Encouragement of play and group activity
• Devised toys to stimulate learning through play
  accompanied by music
• Later renamed kindergarten or garden of
  children

Source 1. "Froebel, Friedrich." Encyclopædia
Britannica 2. http//www.infed.org/thinkers/et-fro
eb.htm
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Maria Montessori

• Developed the Montessori method of teaching young
  children
• Special equipment of increasing complexity
  hastens development of child
• The teacher guides the child in order to prevent
  wasted time and development

Source http//www.montessori.edu/