EDU 103
Issues and Practices of American Education
CHAPTER FIVE – PART I
Pages 148-165
Assignment
Please bring your typed responses to the following items with you the day the chapter is
discussed in class. The assignment is due when class begins.
A. What’s New? Conduct some research (web or reference book) on ONE of the
educational leaders presented in this chapter. Write a 150-word summary of the leader’s
life and contributions to education. Cite source – APA format.
B. Your Turn to Take a Position: Take a personal position on the character education.
Make sure you include: (a) your definition of character education, (b) the proper role that
religion, parents, and other nonschool in stitutions should play in it, and (c) what teachers
can or should do in this regard. (150-200 words).
C. This ‘n That: What technology was available in your former high school? As a student,
in what ways did you use technology? How will you use technology in your future
classroom? You may refer to chapter 13 in your textbook to assist you in writing your
response.
D. Your Creation: Create a timeline of the most important educational events and people
in this section of reading – be very specific with dates.
Chapter Quiz Study Guide
You are responsible for reading the chapter as well as other assigned pages for the
chapter quiz and/or formal examinations.
Important concepts for this assignment include: The Colonial Period, The Southern
Colonies, The Middle Colonies, The New England Colonies, The Early National Period,
The Common School Movement, Old Deluder Satan Act, character education, vouchers,
Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Horace Mann, normal schools,
comprehensive high school, Latin grammar school, English Classical school, academy,
The Committee of Ten, Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education, junior high schools,
middle schools., Benjamin Franklin, John Calvin, John Amos Comenius, John Locke,
Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Johann Pestalozzi
Revised Fall 2007
