EDUC247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: American Indian Boarding Schools, Demography Of The United States, Puritans

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Education
• Course: EDUC247
• Professor: Hampel Robert

Document Summary

I. ix. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. xv. xvi. The last thing owners wanted was to give the slaves anti-slavery writing. Today many names could be used for both sexes- not the case back then. 90% of the names are from the bible but as you move south fewer and fewer are from the bible and more are from warriors and kings. Regional variations: how parents gave names to their children and what it reveals. Language reform: our words came from anglo-saxon, latin, french, many people speak english as second language in america. Learning outside school: women may be tutored for ornamental education (dancing and music mostly upper class, men had a much higher advantage than women and rich did as well. Puritan families: george washington was born into wealth so wrote a book on how to act like a gentleman.