1783-1815: Education
1783-1815: Chapter Five: Education
by ROBERT J. ALLISON
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 150
OVERVIEW 156
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
The Lancastrian Method 158
Benjamin Rush 159
The Litchfield Female Academy 160
New York Free School Society, 1805 162
Education for All 163
National University 164
The New York Law, 1795 164
Noah Webster and American Cultural Independence 165
Sunday Schools 167
Thomas Jefferson’s Plan 168
Rules for a Philadelphia Sunday School, 1791 170
In the Classroom 171
Writing Teachers 171
Pen and Ink 172
HEADLINE MAKERS
Caleb Bingham 173
Timothy Dwight 173
Samuel Knox 174
Francis Joseph Nicholas Neef 175
PUBLICATIONS 176
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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