Education in Colonial America

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Education in Colonial America

• SHED 479-579
• Harley Davis, Ed.D.
• Texas AM University - Commerce

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• ENGLISH SETTLERS greatest influence on
  Education System that emerged in the Colonies
• Harvard University 1636
• First Education Laws
• Massachusetts Law of 1642 1647
• Elementary Schools
• Town Schools
• Dame Schools
• Charity or Pauper Schools
• New England Primer
• Secondary Grammar Schools
• University Curriculum

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• FRENCH (Jesuits) went into the wilderness to
  convert and educate the Native Americans
• SPANISH Mission Schools that included
  agricultural and vocation skills
• Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)\
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
• Noah Webster (1758-1843)

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