Horace Mann and the Common School Movement

Name ___________________________ Date _____________ Period ______
 Horace Mann was considered
“________________________”
 He was the _________________
for the establishment of the
_________________________
 Common school –
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There was much controversy and protest over the idea of the
common school.
o _________________________ were mad!
 Why?
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o _________________________ were mad!
 Why?
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o _________________________ was mad!
 Why?
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o _________________________ were mad!
 Why?
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He wrote ______________ about the __________ conditions
of schools which _____________ school districts and led them to
update facilities and create a _______________________.
He was the first person to work for _____________________
and more stringent teacher _____________________.
He founded the __________________.
Normal School –
Pedagogy –
Championed newer _____________________ to improve
____________________.
He ______________ routine practice of ______________
Corporal punishment –
He sought ways to positively ___________ students to learn.
He emphasized _____________ subjects useful to children and to
adult society.
He worked tirelessly to make _________________ a reality in
America.
He worked for the abolition of _____________.
He promoted ___________ educational and economic rights.
He fought alongside the movement to limit the _____________
impact of _____________.