AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint History of American Education

Checkpoint: History of American Education

Resource: Interactive Timeline  and Ch. 5 of Introduction to Teaching

Identify the three major periods and the two major eras in the history of American education as discussed in Ch. 5 of Introduction to Teaching

Copy and paste the following Web site address for the history of American education timeline into your Web browser: http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_johnson_introfound_13/0,9143,1377249-,00.html

Select and list one event within each of the five historical periods or eras that stand out to you. List the events in chronological order, and identify the period or era for each event.

Discuss, in 250 to 300-words, how one of the events has shaped today's classroom and how that event is still reflected in today's classroom.