Artifact+Project

=Purposes of American Education Artifacts= a. Select a topic from the list below.

b. Research the item and find an artifact (a historical image, video, or text that symbolize the topic)
 * Use your Googling skills!!

c. Figure out how the topic connects to one or more of the historical themes
 * Evolving curriculum (what should be taught)
 * Who gets taught? (inclusion/exclusion)
 * Who should teach? (teacher preparation & professionalization)
 * How to teach? (methods of teaching; traditional/progressive pendulum)
 * Why school? (purposes of schooling)

d. Create a 1-minute elevator speech describing your artifact, why it matters, and how it connects to the historical themes. Also, create a resource page on the wiki.
 * Frame your speech around a compelling question that connects to schooling today
 * **Include links to the resources you used.**
 * Explain what your artifact is, why it matters, and how it connects to the historical themes

Tech Tips

 * To edit the page: be sure you're logged in, click "edit" at the top of the page, edit the document, click "save"
 * To upload an image: 1) log in, 2) click "edit," "click on the "file" icon, upload your saved image (be sure you have a unique, descriptive, file name NOT something generic like 001.jpg ) 3) wait for the icon to appear on the upload page (this might take a few seconds), 4) click on the newly uploaded file to insert it into the page.

Topics

 * 1) Massachusetts Act of 1642 - Alex A
 * 2) Horn Books* (Sample)
 * 3) Thomas Jefferson - Purpose of schooling for the common man (1787 letter to James Madison)
 * 4) Webster's Dictionary - 1828 - Chris
 * 5) Education of African Americans - 19th century
 * 6) Horace Mann
 * 7) 19th Century Common School
 * 8) First Normal Schools - Sophie
 * 9) McGuffey Reader - Maryclare
 * 10) Taylorism and Public Education - Autumn
 * 11) Feminization of Teaching (20th century) - Daniella
 * 12) First Kindergartens in America - Jacqueline
 * 13) Immigrant and Bilingual Education (early 1900s) - Alexis
 * 14) "Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education" - Morgan G
 * 15) John Dewey and Progressive Education - Makenzi
 * 16) Beginnings of IQ Testing - Noelle
 * 17) Segregated Schools (first half of 20th century) - Mary Claire
 * 18) Sputnik and American Education - Al;ex
 * 19) Brown v. Board of Education - Brian
 * 20) War on Poverty and public education (1960s) - Maddie
 * 21) Engel v. Vitale - Dawn
 * 22) Head Start - Kelsey
 * 23) Learning Disabilities Act of 1969 - Russell
 * 24) Lau v. Nichols - Morgan
 * 25) "A Nation at Risk" Report - Tracey
 * 26) "No Child Left Behind" - Emmett
 * 27) "Teach for America" - Saah
 * 28) "Common Core" Movement - Megan
 * 29) Charter Schools Movement - Danielle