Artifact+Project+2

= 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 - Caitlyn
 * 2) Horn Books * (Sample)
 * 3) Thomas Jefferson - Purpose of schooling for the common man  (1787 letter to James Madison) - Amanda
 * 4) Webster's Dictionary  - 1828 - Alina
 * 5) Education of African Americans - 19th century - Sami
 * 6) Horace Mann
 * 7) 19th Century Common School - Lauren
 * 8) First Normal Schools - Ryan
 * 9) McGuffey Reader - Kasey
 * 10) Taylorism and Public Education
 * 11) Feminization of Teaching  (20th century) - Hailey
 * 12) First Kindergartens in America - Cournei
 * 13) Immigrant and Bilingual Education (early 1900s) - Joseph
 * 14) " Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education " _Mikaela
 * 15) John Dewey and Progressive Education - Mary
 * 16) Beginnings of IQ Testing - Kevin
 * 17) Segregated Schools  (first half of 20th century) - Amy
 * 18) Sputnik and American Education  - RJ
 * 19) Brown v. Board of Education - Joanna
 * 20) War on Poverty and public education  (1960s)
 * 21) Engel v. Vitale -Mariah
 * 22) Head Start - Hannah
 * 23) Learning Disabilities Act of 1969 - Marie
 * 24) Lau v. Nichols
 * 25) " A Nation at Risk " Report - Lucas
 * 26) " No Child Left Behind " - Christina
 * 27) " Teach for America " - Chanel
 * 28) " Common Core <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">" Movement - Anna
 * 29) Charter Schools Movement - Brittany