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 * Horace Mann**




 * Section 1: Photo Booth Interview**

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 * Document Based Questions**

Could the education reform be considered a revolution?

What would supposedly happen if everyone was provided with a substantial amount of education?

How were the negative factors about schools in the Americas dealt with?

What political affects did the government have on it's people on the topic of education?

How do the education reforms effect schools today?


 * Script**

Hello children and welcome! I am Horace Mann also known as the father of American public education and I was raised in Franklin, Massachusetts where I grew up living in poverty, as I was a child of a poor farming family. I was poorly educated and received no more than 8-10 weeks of schooling until I reached the age of 16 where I was privately tutored. As a result of good preparation, I was admitted to Brown University and my adventures began. I entered the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1827, and I was temporarily occupied as a legislator in which I brought about a number of political reforms. However, as my political career came to an end, I pursued in educational reforms of the public school system in Massachusetts until it spread throughout the whole United States.

Since, The school systems in the Americas and in New England were corrupted there were many issues that I encountered. The schools offered an insufficient amount of funds, while public schools closed down after only a couple of months since they didn’t have the commitment to teach, and teachers were unprepared and underpaid. To ease the situation and gain interest from the public I’ve done many things. I first organized an educational convention for teachers from every state. I then published a series of magazines known as the, Common School, to address and explore the public school problems for further improvements. Thirdly, I submit an annual report to the government and discuss the issues in order for academic changes to be made.

As stated previously, I grew up living a poor life and my school attendance was limited to 8 to 10 weeks. During this time, I didn’t receive enough education. After I had the incentive of self-motivated learning, I gained more knowledge and realized that schools weren’t performing their tasks properly especially during the Industrial Revolution, as conditions of education were extremely bad. This was what had influenced me.

In conclusion, I believe that ignorance is a crime, and thus everyone should receive a substantial amount of education in order for them to be a meaningful member in the society.


 * References**

" ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases: Login ." __ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases: Login__. 9 Dec. 2008 .

"SCHOOL: The Story of American Public Education ." __PBS__. 9 Dec. 2008 .

"Horace Mann." __UUA Server for Other Organizations' Web Sites__. 9 Dec. 2008 .


 * Section 2: Primary And Secondary Sources**

"HORACE MANN ON EDUCATION AND NATIONAL WELFARE 1848, hosted by TnCrimLaw."__Tennessee Criminal Law Resources__. 7 Dec. 2008 . //"Now surely nothing but universal education can counterwork this tendency to the domination of capital and the servility of labor. If one class possesses all the wealth and the education, while the residue of society is ignorant and poor, it matters not by what name the relation between them may be called: the latter, in fact and in truth, will be the servile dependents and subjects of the former. But, if education be equally diffused, it will draw property after it by the strongest of all attractions; for such a thing never did happen, and never can happen, as that an intelligent and practical body of men should be permanently poor. Property and labor in different classes are essentially antagonistic; but property and labor in the same class are essentially fraternal. The people of Massachusetts have, in some degree, appreciated the truth that the unexampled prosperity of the State -- its comfort, its competence, its general intelligence and virtue -- is attributable to the education, more or less perfect, which all its people have received; but are they sensible of a fact equally important,— namely, that it is to this same education that two-thirds of the people are indebted for not being to-day the vassals of as severe a tyranny, in the form of capital, as the lower classes of Europe are bound to in any form of brute force?"// "Rise of the Public School."__America - Telling America's Story - America.gov__. 7 Dec. 2008 . "Report No. 12 of the Massachusetts School Board (1848)." __Student Personal World Wide Web Pages__. 7 Dec. 2008 <http://www-scf.usc.edu/%7Eclarkjen/Horace%20

//"Born in Massachusetts in a Calvinist small town, Mann (1796-1859) had little formal education as a youth, but read a lot at the town library, where he learned enough to be admitted to Brown University. After graduation in 1819 he taught for a while, studied law and then entered politics, where he soon became a rising star in the state assembly. Then in 1835, he shocked family and friends by taking the job of secretary to the Massachusetts Commission to Improve Education (later the State Board of Education), an agency with no money or control over local schools."//


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