1. American History Chapter 9: Life at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
I. The Expansion of Education

2. Bell Ringer
Do you think changes need to be made in American Education in order to better prepare students for their future roles?
What do you think these changes should be?
How would your educational experience have been different if you attended a one-room school house?
List some differences.

3. Objectives
Learn how and why public schools expanded during the late 1800s.
Find out how opportunities for higher education increased after the Civil War.
Discover the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois regarding African American education.

4. A) The growth of Public Schools
Quote on page 320
1870 only 2% of 17 year olds graduated from High School
Push for no child labor - 14 year olds had to attend – longer school year – more funding
1900 – ½ attended one room school house – Little House
Literacy – ability to read and write
Assimilation – people of one culture become part of another culture
Big difference in funding between white and minority schools – quote 322

5. B) Higher Education Expands
Leland Stanford (railroads) started Stanford university in memory of his son.
Rockefeller donated 75 million to the University of Chicago
Mostly just rich
philanthropists: people who give donations to worthy causes
Some private women’s colleges
University of Wisconsin coeducation in 1863

6. Booker T. Washington Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Believed African Americans should forget about political equality for now
Focus on vocational jobs and economic independence – succeed economically
Would win white acceptance eventually
Wrote Up From Slavery

7. W.E.B. Du Bois First Black to graduate from Harvard
Rejected Washington
Best and brightest African American people need to lead them on the quest for political and social equality
Niagara Movement – group of African Americans that called for full civil liberties, and end to racial discrimination.
Became director of the NAACP

8. Review How and why did public schools expand during the late 1800s?
How did opportunities for higher education increase after the Civil War?
What were the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois regarding African American education?