Chapter 6

The presentation of Chapter 6 was about the history of  of education in the United States. It was an informative presentation.
The history of education has changed quite a bit since it first began - it first began with the "3 R's " - reading, writing and arithmetic. Religion was also a big part of schools.
Eventually, the separation of church and state occurred in the early national period.
During the common school movement a standard curriculum was created in addition to the "3 R's".
Something I found interesting during the presentation  was that in just 1982, high school was "redefined". The NEA, realized students needed more skills. Not all high school students went to college and the NEA felt that students should have more skills if they decided not to go to college.
After the presentation we saw a video about Native American Indians and the history of boarding schools. It is something that I had already learned about in the past in a Native American History class. American Indian children were forced to go to boarding schools and assimilated to the "English ways". They were unable to speak their native language and were forced to speak English and also become Christian. Fortunately, many Native Americans returned to their culture in their adult years.