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Explore how expanding public education positively altered American daily life in the late 1800s, focusing on changes in schools and colleges and the education of immigrants. Discover the influential figures like Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois who shaped the educational landscape during this period.
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DO NOW (top of page 22) • Does everyone have a right to a free, public education? • Why/Why not? • Explain (3 lines)
Goal • SWBAT to describe how expanding public education helped change daily life for people in the US?
Vocabulary Builder • Americanize – • Curriculum – • Immigrants –
Vocabulary Builder • Americanize – The process of becoming American. • Curriculum – the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college. • Immigrants – movinginto another country or region to which they are not native
Booker T. Washington > Born to a slave on April 5, 1856 > Put himself through school and became a teacher. > In 1881, he founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama (now known as Tuskegee University), > A political adviser and writer, Washington clashed with intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois over how to raise up the races.
"W. E. B." Du Bois • William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community
Niagara Movement • Insisted that blacks should seek a liberal arts education. • Founded in 1905 by W.E.B. Du Bois • It was named for the "mighty current" of change the group wanted to effect • Named after meeting place in 1905.
Expanding Public Education(Title page 23) A.) Provide two examples of how public education changed in the late 1800’s. 1. 2. B.) Name two (2) ways in which colleges changed during the late 1800’s. 1. 2.
Expanding Public Education(Title page 23) A.) Provide two examples of how public education changed in the late 1800’s. 1. Number of schools increased 2. High School Curriculum expanded 3. High number of immigrants educated
Expanding Public Education(Title page 23) B.) Name two (2) ways in which colleges changed during the late 1800’s. 1. Number of students (increased by 4) from 2% in 1900 2. Type of subjects changed from Greek/Latin to all types of subjects. 3. Black colleges started i.e. Howard, Atlanta and Fisk U.
Reflection (bottom page 22) • How do you think education will/can change your life? • Explain using real-life examples • 3 lines