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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Thomas Jefferson live?

2. When did this person live?

3. Jefferson received a degree in which area?

4. In which year did Gandhi die?

5. Jefferson attended which college?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Maria Montessori live? What was the landscape of the women's movement in Italy at that time?

2. What was the basic educational background of Maria Montessori?

3. What were Dewey's key steps to solving problems?

4. Why was Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi's work centered on educating the heart and senses?

5. When did Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi live? How was Switzerland changing during this time? How was Pestalozzi affected?

6. When did Jean-Jacques Rousseau live? What major events occurred during Jean-Jacques Rousseau's lifetime? How were educational ideas changed?

7. Discuss Rousseau's book, "Emile" and its premise.

8. How did Addams develop her curriculum for Hull House? What was the basis of the curriculum?

9. What was the basic educational background of John Dewey?

10. When did W.E.B. Du Bois live? What major events occurred during this time and how did they affect the African-American community?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the drastic changes that took place for children before, during and after the Industrial Revolution. How did child labor laws affect education? What were the pros and cons of requiring children to attend school instead of work? How did it affect America on a societal and commercial level?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast at least three of the educators in the book from different eras. Educators might include Jefferson, Confucius, and Plato.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the conflict of religion in schools. Examine which educators struggled to loosen the grasp of the church on various educational systems and its effects, both good and bad.

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