After reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to
- List some of the most important early educators in the world and explain their contributions to education. (INTASC 4: Teaching Methods)
- Detail the major educational accomplishments of the early Eastern societies, the ancient Greeks, the ancient Romans, and the Europeans of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Reason. (INTASC 3: Diversity)
- Analyze what life was like for the colonial schoolteacher, student, and parent.
- Articulate the roles government (local, state, and national) played in colonial America soon after winning the War of Independence, in the 1800s, and in the early twentieth century.
- Analyze how an understanding of early American educational history might be used to improve teaching today. (INTASC 9: Reflection)
