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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jefferson attended which college?

2. Rousseau had ____ children, whom he abandoned.

3. Who is the Advocate of Individualism, Science, and Social Darwinism?

4. Who was the Proponent of Women's Rights and Education?

5. Which country had a heavy influence on Swiss politics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's basic education history?

2. When did Mary Wollstonecraft live? What major events occurred during this time that greatly affected Mary Wollstonecraft as a woman?

3. What was the basic educational background of Mary Wollstonecraft? How did it influence her work with women?

4. When did Maria Montessori live? What was the landscape of the women's movement in Italy at that time?

5. What was the basis of Jefferson's educational platform?

6. When did Jane Addams live? What major events occurred in the United States during this time in regard to basic structure and commerce?

7. When did Jean-Jacques Rousseau live? What major events occurred during Jean-Jacques Rousseau's lifetime? How were educational ideas changed?

8. When did Paulo Freire live? What major events occurred in Brazil during Freire's life and career?

9. What was the basic educational background of Thomas Jefferson?

10. When did W.E.B. Du Bois live? What major events occurred during this time and how did they affect the African-American community?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the educators, including Montessori and Frobel, discuss addressing the entire youth experience versus simply focusing on academic achievement. Write an opinion on this philosophy. Include how this has played a part in your life, list the pros and cons of this approach, and how it may be developed to further benefit modern society.

Essay Topic 2

Create a time line of the entire book, including the educators and their offerings to the education system.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about Confucius as an educator. How did Confucius use his political connections to make changes in the educational system? How did Confucius' educational theories and systems agree and/or disagree with the Mandate of Heaven? How were the systems received by the Emperor? What systems are in place today that were made popular by Confucius?

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