Your group is researching the New York Public School debate of 1840:
Primary Sources:
Protestant Perspective on the NY Public School Society Debate (Google search this phrase)
Catholic Perspective on the NY Public School Society Debate (Google search this phrase)
Cartoon from School (paper copy)
Secondary Sources:
Excerpt from School, http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/photo_gallery/photo2.html
Paper, “19th Century New York Debates Religious Schools”
http://people.hofstra.edu/alan_j_singer/docket/docket/11.1.23_19th_Century_New_York_Debate
s_Public_Funding_for_Religious_Schools.pdf
Questions:
What was the central issue of this debate?
What was the Catholic position?
What arguments did Catholics use to support their position? Find at least 3 quotes from your
primary sources to illustrate this.
What was the Protestant position?
What arguments did Protestants use to support their position? Find at least 3 quotes or images
from your primary sources to illustrate this.
Use chart paper to illustrate this debate for your classmates, including your supporting
examples from the primary sources.