public education & american culture
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Public Education & American Culture. 1870s – first U.S. kindergarten programs: do you remember kindergarten? Expression through stories, games, songs (geography) http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=apIzM6rywf0 Creativity yields a head start to education Behavior is addressed and learned - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Public Education & American Culture1870s – first U.S. kindergarten programs:
do you remember kindergarten?– Expression through stories, games, songs (geography)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apIzM6rywf0 – Creativity yields a head start to education– Behavior is addressed and learned– Kindergartens = centers for learning & discipline– Obedience is trained
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Educating Americans– Before 1870 = less than ½ U.S. children attend school– As cities & industry grew, nation needed an educated
workforce• State improved public schools
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Compulsory Education–Compulsory Education Laws: Required children
to attend school, usually through 6th grade.– English taught to young immigrants–Rights of citizens & Constitution was taught too
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Catholics• Afraid that public schools stressed Protestantism• They open their own parochial: church sponsored
schools
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School Day
– 8am-4pm– “Three R’s” – reading, ‘riting (…) & ‘rithmetic• Problem? 1/3 of these words start with “R”…school? Hmm….
– Reading, religion, ethics, values– Discipline & obedience – sit upright, hands folded, corporal
punishment ALLOWED! (Connection?)
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Higher Learning
– After Civil War, public high schools were on the rise– Private colleges for men and women opened– Trade schools: “shop work” – electricians, carpenters
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Newspaper Boom
– Directly linked to the growth of cities– Reports of major events of the day– Local gov’t, business, fashion, sports– Immigrants learn to read English from the daily paper– Why do YOU think youngsters would want to be
interested in being paperboys or “newsies” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av77_epf3l4
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Two Newspaper Giants
Joseph Pulitzer (Hungarian immigrant)- 1st modern, mass-circulation paper• Bought “New York World”• Slashed prices & added comic strips• Pictures and “scare” headlines attract attention to scandal
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Two Newspaper Giants
William Randolph Hearst – challenges Pulitzer• Scandal, crime stories, gossip• Criticism – more scandal than news every day
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Yellow JournalismYellow journalism: news reporting,
often biased on untrue, that relies on sensation stories and headlines
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Clever ideas in education…
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Women
– Newspapers competed for women readers – Fashion, social events, health, homemaking, family matters– Most were afraid to take bold positions that may anger some other readers
(women’s rights)
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New Reading habits– Growth of magazines to specific demographics:• “Ladies’ Home Journal” “Harper’s Monthly”
– What are your favorite magazines? WHY???Dime novels: low-priced paperback books offering
thrilling adventure stories• Horatio Alger (writes 100+) “rags to riches” stories• Offered the hope that even the poorest person could succeed in
the U.S.
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New American Writers
Realists: writers who tried to show the harsh side of life as it was
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Realists• Many had worked as newspaper reporters• Had seen poverty/ wanted to make people aware of the costs of
urbanization & industrial growth– Paul Laurence Dunbar- 1st African American to make a living as a writer– “We Wear the Mask”
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Mark Twain • Most famous & popular writer of this time• “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”• Used local color
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Local colorLocal color: speech and habits of a particular region»Southerners who lived & worked along
Mississippi River»Many books banned as “bad influence” &
“taboo”
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Painting Everyday LifeThis generation of writers try to capture the
gritty side of modern life– Writing & drawing/ painting• Battle scenes• Depression• Racism• Human anatomy• Sports arenas• African American sharecroppers
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Now That We Have an Appreciation for Literature & Poetry…Create an “AABCCB” poem about what you’ve learned today about
education. Can’t think of anything?... create one based on what you’ve learned about the meatpacking industry.
INCLUDE at least one picture or drawing
Have fun with this!!! Make it creative! MINIMUM: two sets
Here’s an example of 1 set of an “aabccb” poem…..Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffetEating her curds and whey.
Along came a spiderAnd sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffett away.