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PBS

Pbs: School: The Story of American Public Education: Evolving Classroom

For Students 3rd - 5th
A detailed comparison of the classroom in a nineteenth century schoolhouse to that in a twenty-first century school. Looks at many features of school life, e.g., discipline, technology, homework, testing, etc. Supported with many images...
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Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College: Mary Lyon

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual exhibition profiling Mary Lyon, a school teacher who in 1837 founded Mount Holyoke Female Seminary to enable women to have an education equal to that of men. Well organized with colorful imagery.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Struggle for Public Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
The ideal of public education has been one in the United States from the very earliest settlements. Read two teachers' view of the state of education as they taught in the early 1800s. Find out who supported the idea of free schooling...
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Other

Museum of Afro American History: The Abiel Smith School, 1835 1855

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide presentation which explores the origins and history of the first school building built to educate African American children in Boston.
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Other

Chesapeake College: 19th Century Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about education in 19th century America, and the movement to develop a public education system. Has quite a few links to other sites and to some primary resources. Some of the links no longer work, but might be located by...