By Jackson "JT" Turner
Learning Targets
1. Students will be able to know why Mann believed the States needed a "Common School"
2.Students will be able to identify examples of why Horace Mann is still important in todays classroom
Former U.S. Representative Horace Mann (May 4th 1796-August 2nd 1859)
Just why is Horace Mann Important to us in Tled301 and Life?
It is important to understand that at an extremly basic level a Common School is just like what it sounds: A modern day Public School, or School for everyone no matter, Income, Race,Disability and Background.
An example of one of the First Horace Mann Schools(creative commons)
Refrences
Baines, L. (2006). Does Horace Mann Still Matter? Educational Horizons, 84(4), 268–273. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42923671
Broadcasting system, P. (n.d.). PBS online: Only a teacher: Schoolhouse pioneers. PBS. Retrieved February 13, 2023, from https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/horace.html`
`Vinovskis, M. A. (1970). Horace Mann on the economic productivity of education. The New England Quarterly, 43(4), 550–571. https://doi.org/10.2307/363132
Question #1
Q1.Why did Horace Mann believe Common School , or Universal Education to be necessary?
A.Political Harmony
B.Social Harmony
C.No answer
D.A and B
Q2:Why is it Important for us as Education students in the 21st Century, to understand Horace Manns beliefs?(only one is true)
A.Political and Social Harmony will come from this
B.It is crucial to understanding American Politics
C. it can help you understand how to judge someone
D. It will allow you to understand how learning became learning for everyone and not just the elite
Answer Key 1:A and B. 2:D