Northwest Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 This ordinance established that the Northwest Territory would be surveyed into square townships, which would be 6 miles on eachside Jefferson's Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge, introduced in the Virginia legislature in 1779, proposed the establishment of asystem of public schools for the state. Free Schools Rush wanted to establish a system in Pennsylvania, and eventually the entire nation, thatwould provide public support for free schools. Monitorial schools originated in England and were brought to America by a Quaker, Joseph Lancaster. In the Lancasterian monitorialsystem, one paid teacher instructed hundreds of pupils through the use of monitors, or student teachers, who were chosen for theiracademic abilities.  Sunday school, a form of charity school, was begun in 1780 in England by Robert Raikes. The first Sunday school in Americaopened in 1786 in Virginia. Its purpose was to offer moral instruction and the rudiments of reading and writing to children who workedduring the week, primarily in the factories of the larger cities Free Schools Sunday School These events are still significant today because public education is still “free”. Yes we have to pay taxes to keep the schools going. Unless you attend private school your public education is paid for by the hard working tax payers. If I could change the outcome of one of my chosen events I would choose___ because____. I would choose Sunday schools to be changed because no child should have to get out there and work hard at such a young age. They should have been granted the same rights to attend school during the week as the other children. What would you say is the most important result of each of your chosen events?  In my opinion the most important result of my events would be the free education. Every child deserves a right to a free education and this was the most important thing our founding fathers did for education. References Webb. L. D. (2014).  History of American education: Voices and perspectives. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. The Sunday school, a form of charity school, was begun in 1780 in England by Robert Raikes Its purpose was to offer moral instruction and the rudiments of reading and writing to children who workedduring the week, primarily in the factories of the larger cities The Sunday school was seen as serving a secular purpose by providing these workingchildren—boys and girls aged 6 to 12 or 14—with an alternative to roaming the streets on Sunday. Both wanted free education for the children. Emphasized in reading and writing Was offered to boys and girls Rush wanted to establish a system in Pennsylvania, and eventually the entire nation, thatwould provide public support for free schools. every town of 100 or more families a free school beestablished where children would be taught to read and write English and German An academy was to be established ...

1. Northwest Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787
This ordinance established that the Northwest Territory wo
uld be surveyed into square townships, which would be 6 miles
on eachside
Jefferson's Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowled
ge, introduced in the Virginia legislature in 1779, proposed the
establishment of asystem of public schools for the state.
Free Schools
Rush wanted to establish a system in Pennsylvania, and eventual
ly the entire nation, thatwould provide public support for free sc
hools.
Monitorial schools originated in England and were brought to A
merica by a Quaker, Joseph Lancaster. In the Lancasterian moni
torialsystem, one paid teacher instructed hundreds of pupils thro
ugh the use of monitors, or student teachers, who were chosen f
or theiracademic abilities.
Sunday school, a form of charity school, was begun in 1780 in E
ngland by Robert Raikes. The first Sunday school in Americaop
ened in 1786 in Virginia. Its purpose was to offer moral instruct
ion and the rudiments of reading and writing to children who wo
rkedduring the week, primarily in the factories of the larger citi
es

2. Free Schools Sunday School
These events are still significant today because public education
is still “free”. Yes we have to pay taxes to keep the schools
going. Unless you attend private school your public education is
paid for by the hard working tax payers.
If I could change the outcome of one of my chosen events I
would choose___ because____.
I would choose Sunday schools to be changed because no
child should have to get out there and work hard at such a
young age. They should have been granted the same rights to
attend school during the week as the other children.
What would you say is the most important result of each of your
chosen events?
In my opinion the most important result of my events
would be the free education. Every child deserves a right to a
free education and this was the most important thing our
founding fathers did for education.
References
Webb. L. D. (2014). History of American education: Voices
and perspectives. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
The Sunday school, a form of charity school, was begun in 1780
in England by Robert Raikes
Its purpose was to offer moral instruction and the rudiments of r
eading and writing to children who workedduring the week, pri
marily in the factories of the larger cities
The Sunday school was seen as serving a secular purpose by pro

3. viding these workingchildren—
boys and girls aged 6 to 12 or 14—
with an alternative to roaming the streets on Sunday.
Both wanted free education for the children.
Emphasized in reading and writing
Was offered to boys and girls
Rush wanted to establish a system in Pennsylvania, and eventual
ly the entire nation, thatwould provide public support for free sc
hools.
every town of 100 or more families a free school beestablished
where children would be taught to read and write English and G
erman
An academy was to be establishedin each county "for the purpos
e of instructing youth in the learned languages (Latin andGreek)
, and thereby preparing them to enter college
Five Events
· Northwest Land Ordinances of 1785 to 1787
· Thomas Jefferson's Bill for the More General Diffusion of
Knowledge 1779
· Benjamin Rush' Free Schools
· The Frontier Movement 1986
· Horace Mann 1796-1859

4. B.
Thomas Jefferson's Bill Benjamin
Rush's Free Schools
(
Both planned for one school in each area containing 100
families.
Both schools include reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Both wanted to connect the entire school system together.
Both included teaching Latin.
) (
Public support for free schools.
Curriculum included reading and writing in English and German
as well as arithmetic.
Higher education included four colleges in which men would be
taught mathematics and higher level
sciences .
) (
Relied on taxes to build elementary schools in areas populated
by 100 families or more.
For white children the first three years of schooling were free.
The bill proposed separating the state into 20 districts and
wanted each district to provide a grammar school at public
expense.
Focused on reading, writing, arithmetic, and history.
)

5. · These events are still significant today because we can see the
effects in how our school systems are run today. We have
schools that feed into one another to provide more students and
our education up through high school is free.
· If I could change the outcome of one of my listed events I
would change Benjamin Rush' failure of free schools because it
could have drastically improved the way that our schools are
run today. It would have provided even more of a head start to
see how the flow of school systems work.
· What would you say is the most important result of each of
your chosen events?
I would say that the most important result of both of these
events is that the idea of having a school system that connected
and flowed was brought up early on. It was an idea that
blossomed into our school systems today and has greatly
impacted the way that our systems run. Having free schooling,
using tax money for schools...
Webb. L. D. (2014). History of American education: Voices
and perspectives. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.