Films for the Humanities and Sciences - The Common School: 1770-1890

The Common School: 1770–1890

In the aftermath of the Revolution, a newly independent America confronted one of its most daunting challenges: how to build a united nation out of thirteen disparate colonies. This program profiles the passionate crusade launched by Thomas Jefferson and continued by Noah Webster, Horace Mann, and others to create a common system of tax-supported schools that would mix people of different backgrounds and reinforce the bonds of democracy. A wealth of research illustrates how this noble experiment—the foundation of the young republic—was a radical idea opposed from the start by racial prejudice and fears of taxation. (55 minutes)

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Item#: BVL11762
Copyright date: ©2000
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-3572-4
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-5887-7

Part of the Series : School: The Story of American Public Education


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