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Historical Digures and History of Education

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Apprentice   Someone who learns how to do a job through hands-on experience under the guidance of a skilled worker  
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Ben Franklin   Established the first public library and created the notion that an education should be available to all  
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Common Schools   Public School available to children from all levels of society  
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Dame Schools   In early America, schools were run by women in their own homes. Boys and Girls could attend.  
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Dick and Jane Readers   A set of reading books used in the 1930s  
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Friedrich Froebel   Developed the idea for Kindergarten  
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Horace Mann   Established normal school and introduced the concepts of nonsectarian schools  
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HornBooks   A flat wooden board used during the colonial period that usually contained the alphabet, a prayer, and roman numerals  
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John Dewey   Advocated for democracy and social reform within the educational system  
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Maria Montessori   Italian physician who gained international fame for her philosophy of teaching, which allowed students to learn in a noncompetitive and relaxed atmosphere  
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McGuffery Readers   The first widely used textbooks during the American Common School Period  
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Montessori Method   The teaching principles developed by Maria Montessori emphasizing self-directing learning through sensory experiences  
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Normal Schools   Schools that prepared men and women with the necessary skills to become teachers  
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Progressives   Members of a reform movement in the 1800s  
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Thomas Jefferson   Played a major role in establishing the current American educational system  
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