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Unit 2
The School
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Chapter 3
The Early History of Education in America
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The American Colonial Period (1600–1776) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
The American Early National Period (1776–1840) . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The American Common School Period (1840–1880) . . . . . . . . . . 68
The American Progressive Period (1880–1921) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
The 1920s and the Great Depression Era (1921–1940) . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 3 Review and Assess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 4
The Modern History of Education in America
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American Education During the 1940s and 1950s . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
American Education During the 1960s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
American Education During the 1970s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
American Education During the 1980s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
American Education During the 1990s and Beyond . . . . . . . . . . 93
Chapter 4 Review and Assess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99