The Common school 1770-1890 /
In the aftermath of the Revolution, a newly independent America confronted one of its most daunting challenges: how to build a united nation out of thirteen disparate colonies. This program profiles the passionate crusade launched by Thomas Jefferson and continued by Noah Webster, Horace Mann, and o...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Stone Lantern Films. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2005], c2000.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (55 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Series: |
School: The Story of American Public Education.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Radical Idea of Free Education (3:33)
- Colonial Education (3:52)
- Building a Nation (3:14)
- Thomas Jefferson (4:24)
- Horace Mann (2:31)
- Need for Reform (4:16)
- Common School (3:25)
- Religious Conflict (3:00)
- Separation of Chrch and State (4:21)
- Issue of Race (3:20)
- Groundwork for Integration (5:21)
- Westward Expansion (2:16)
- Women as Teachers (4:40)
- Improvements and Potential (3:34)
- song bus (0:25)
- intro (0:37)