Chapter 6 - American Education: From Revolution To The Twentieth Century

Chapter 6, just like chapter 5, was full of interesting historical information. One thing I will now always remember was who invented the dictionary; Noah Webster. Back then, their dictionary was called the "blue-back speller" because of the color of the book's binding. That fact will definitely stick with me. There were many different types of schools as well. For example, monitorial schools, charity schools, Sunday schools, infant schools and academies. An interesting thing about those days, that is very different from now a days, is that men often made twice as much money than women did, for doing the SAME job! If things were like that now, I don't think I would be a very happy woman! HAHA! The part of this chapter that I found most interesting was the part about the education of minorities in America. The main social groups I learned about were the Native Americans, the Hispanic Americans, the Asian Americans, the African Americans, as well as women. The education for these groups of people was often neglected, segregated, and not fair to them at all. They were not allowed to learn anything but English and were forced to assimilate into the American society. Often the ones that dropped out and went back to their homes found that what they were taught in the schools was useless. Personally, I think education has come a long way and will only keep improving as time goes on! :)

Dano