Foundations discussion guide edpl 301 foundations of education User Manual
Chapter 5, pp. 102-133
Spring states, “The common school movement of the 1830s and 1840s was, in part an attempt to
halt the drift towards a multicultural society.” Do you agree or disagree with his statement?
Why?
How were Irish Catholics characterized? Who were the “dangerous classes”, and why were they
considered dangerous?
What were Seward’s arguments for educating Catholic immigrants, and what did he propose to
do?
Why did Catholics consider it important to start their own schools? What was the basis of their
claim of double taxation? How did they propose to deal with this issue? What was the political
outcome?
Spring states, “The common school movement of the 1830s and 1840s was, in part an attempt to
halt the drift towards a multicultural society.” Do you agree or disagree with his statement?
Why?
How were Irish Catholics characterized? Who were the “dangerous classes”, and why were they
considered dangerous?
What were Seward’s arguments for educating Catholic immigrants, and what did he propose to
do?
Why did Catholics consider it important to start their own schools? What was the basis of their
claim of double taxation? How did they propose to deal with this issue? What was the political
outcome?
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