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Teaching on Principle and Promise:
The Foundations of Education

Mary-Lou Breitborde, Salem State College
Louise Swiniarski, Salem State College
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Chapter 7: School and Society in American History: The First Hundred Years

http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/
The Blackwell Museum of Educational History includes information on early teaching materials, one-room schoolhouses, and other artifacts.

http://my.voyager.net/~jayjo/primer.htm
Contains the entire text of The New England Primer of 1777

http://www.hudsonvalley.org/education/Background/abt_irving/abt_irving.html
Historic Hudson Valley Educators' Sketchbook Website contains text of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and lesson plans.

http://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/horace.html
Website of the Public Television series "Only a  Teacher" which includes information on historic American educators and video-clips from the series.

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/index.html
Website accompanying the Public Broadcasting Series "School," containing a wealth of information about important figures in American educational history, curriculum and classroom materials through the years, and the historical roots of contemporary issues such as school choice and bilingual education.

http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/MaryBethune/index.cfm
Information on Mary McLeod Bethune, who founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro Girls, now Bethune-Cookman College.  Includes transcripts of interviews, photographs, and lesson plans.

http://home.epix.net/~landis/index.html
Contains background information on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, including history, primary documents such as letters from boarding school children to their parents, and information on alumni/ae.

http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/education.html
  This website offers a list and links on Native American resources and organizations, including sites maintained by Indian-operated schools with Native curricula.




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