1. Review - Chapter 5 The Multicultural History of American Education
“Dad’s Old Schoolhouse” taken by Lori Seaborg and posted on her blog, Just Pure Lovely (retrieved 2/19/2010 from

2. Chapter 5 The Multicultural History of American Education
From the Textbook (pp )
Central figures, major events, terms, and purposes of education for each of the 6 time periods.
History of education for Native Americans, African Americans, and women.
Laws related to the education of minorities and women.

3. Chapter 5 The Multicultural History of American Education
From Classes
Cultural competence
Stereotypes
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Stereotype threat (Aronson)
Multiculturalism
Nieto’s definition Shallow versus deep
Horace Mann
John Dewey and Progressivism
Paulo Freire
Other important figures

4. Chapter 5 History Visualization
Research suggests that many students – particularly those from poverty – remember information better when it is visualized.
Work with a partner to create a visual timeline showing the way in which the purposes of American education have changed over time and what educational legacies have handed down to us.
A summary is on the next slide.

5. Provide religious education, moral dev
Time period
Purposes
Gave us
Colonial New England
Provide religious education, moral dev
Start of public education; Controversy about religion in schools
New Nation
Build America’s economy and capacity
Nonsectarian emphasis, practical subjects, electives
Common School Movement
Develop practical skills, decrease poverty and social disharmony
Widespread public (tax-supported) elementary schools
Secondary School Movement
Prepare for jobs and for college
Widespread public (tax-supported) secondary schools
Early School Reform
Improve all aspects of a citizen’s life, improve democracy
Progressive ideals
Current School Reform
Succeed in global competition; Increase equity
Federal regulations and accountability
Have students work with partners to create visual notes – each will need his/her own copy (to study). Allow about 15 minutes.
After completion, ask students…
In what period does the Massachusetts Law of 1647 (Old Deluder Satan Law) fit?
How about the 1874 Kalamazoo Michigan case?
How about the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case (separate but equal) fit?
How about the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
How about the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
How about Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (cannot exclude women)?