As American as public school, 1900-1950.AS AMERICAN AS PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1900-1950. 2002 55 minutes. Video/DVD. Through the use of historical documents and diaries, this video presents a view of American education from 1900 to the 1950s. America welcomed a massive wave of immigrants at the turn of the century, which proved to be a catalyst for change. School programs based on "toeing the line" were being challenged by John Dewey and other progressives who considered education of the whole child through activity to be the goal of schooling. The need for an educated workforce gave rise to the Gary Plan Gary plan: see progressive education. , work-study-play. Steel mill owners in Gary, Indiana Indiana, state, United States Indiana, midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan (N), Ohio (E), Kentucky, across the Ohio R. (S), and Illinois (W). , determined what role schools play in their community. In New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Mayor John Hyland took issue with this approach and insisted that labor was being short-changed. The city concentrated on programs of "Americanization" and development of the English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. , publishing their own textbooks to facilitate the assimilation Assimilation The absorption of stock by the public from a new issue. Notes: Underwriters hope to sell all of a new issue to the public. See also: Issuer, Underwriting Assimilation of immigrant children into the mainstream education system. Social efficiency became a central school issue. Extensions: This video provides rich historical background for discussion and further research. Excellent for inservice and preservice study. |
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