266 Education in Early America

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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How did early Americans educate their children? How and when did Americans create a formal system of public education? You sent me these questions for Episode 200: Everyday Life in Early America. You also said you wanted to know more about how early American boys and girls learned the trades they would practice later in life. Johann Neem, a Professor of History at Western Washington University and author of Democracy’s Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America, joins us to further explore how early Americans educated their children and how early American children learned the trades they would practice later in life. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/266 Sponsor Links Omohundro Institute The Ben Franklin's World Shop Complementary Episodes Episode 050: Marla Miller, Betsy Ross Episode 083: Jared Hardesty, Unfreedom: Slavery in Colonial Boston Episode 169: Thomas Kidd, The Religious Life of Benjamin Franklin Episode 200: Everyday Life in Early America Episode 207: Nick Bunker, Young Benjamin Franklin Episode 239: Joseph Adelman, Post & Travel in Early America Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin’s World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter *Books purchased through the links on this post will help support the production of Ben Franklin's World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's world.
0:18.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:26.0	And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.
0:29.0	How did early Americans educate their children?
0:32.0	How did boys and girls learn the trades that they would practice? did early Americans educate their children?
0:32.6	How did boys and girls learn the trades that they would practice later in life?
0:36.6	And how and when did Americans create a formal system of public education?
0:41.2	These are questions you sent me for episode 200, which was our listener question and answer
0:45.4	episode about different aspects of early American life.
0:48.8	In fact, you sent me a lot of questions for that episode. You asked me to get answers to questions
0:54.6	about the post office, transportation, health and hygiene, and of course to these
0:59.2	questions about education in early America. I had so much material for episode 200 that I had to make some really
1:06.6	hard cuts as I edited the episode together. Because if I hadn't made some hard cuts, we would have had a multi-hour episode.
1:15.0	So one of the hard decisions and cuts I had to make was to Johann Neem's answers to your questions about
1:20.7	how early Americans learn trade skills.
1:23.0	But I saved your questions and Johann's answers to them,
1:27.0	knowing that one day I'd have an opportunity to share them with you.
1:31.0	Well, that day is today.
1:34.0	Today I offer you a different kind of episode.
1:36.0	It's an episode that doesn't feature our customary introductory time warp or concluding segments,
1:42.0	but it does offer you an entire conversation. time warp or concluding segments.
1:42.5	But it does offer you an entire conversation with Johann Neim
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