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Expanding Public Education
US.11 Using textual evidence, compare and
contrast the ideas and philosophies of Booker
T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. (C, P)
Objective
Reforms in Public Education led to a rise in
national literacy and the promotion of public
education.
The public education system is the foundation
of the democratic ideals of American Society.
Thomas Jefferson
“What are the objects of an useful American
education? Classical knowledge, modern
languages & chiefly French, Spanish &
Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy;
Natural History; Civil History; Ethics.”
Thomas Jefferson, Oct. 15. 1785
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
Who was Booker T. Washington?
http://www.biography.com/people/booker-twashington-9524663#synopsis
Tuskegee Institute
http://www.tuskegee.edu/about_us.aspx
What was Booker T. Washington's
“Compromise”?
What did Booker T. Washington's believe was
the key to blacks acquiring status in a
predominately white America?
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 - 1963)
Du Bois did not agree with Washington
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sho
ws/race/etc/road.html
Mr. Hughes Explains It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGLm7V
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A Speech to Counter a Speech
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0history/h
wny-niagara-movement.html
Niagara Movement
Address to the Country - Issued at second conference,
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, 1906
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBJp5aH
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Compare and Contrast
How do we compare and contrast the views
of Booker T Washington and W. E. B. Du
Bois on the subject of the education of
African Americans?
Expanding Public Education
US.11 Using textual evidence, compare and
contrast the ideas and philosophies of Booker
T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois. (C, P)
Objective
Reforms in Public Education led to a rise in
national literacy and the promotion of public
education.
The public education system is the foundation
of the democratic ideals of American Society.