1. By: Crystal Pereira

2.  Students were in rooms of 30-40 per classroom  Students who excelled would help teach kids of lower levels  Teachers got an annual pay of around $325  Being a teacher was not a job people respected very much  Kids weren’t separated by grade

3.  The American Federation of Teachers  The first national teachers’ union in the country  They were progressive because they challenged the way school was being run

4.  Teachers weren’t considered professionals to others  Teachers weren’t trained too well  Students were growing in numbers because of immigrants  Students who excelled were teaching lower levels

5.  Mr. Pruneda grew up not speaking English very well and went to school in America  He doesn’t believe that we should have Bilingual Education because people should learn to adapt to the environment and learn English.

6. THENNOW  30-40 kids per class  Teachers were not trained very well  Some of the people teacher were students themselves.  Standards were not set too high  Not a lot of schools existed  Different grade levels were all in one room  Didn’t have as much technology  Classrooms have better student-teacher ratios.  Teachers go through extensive training  We have more schools with better standards  We have levels for students (Grade levels: Elementary, High School)  We use more technology in our classes

7.  Web Sites:  American History - American Federation of Teachers. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2011..  Cultural History - Decade 1900 - 1909. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2011..  History of education in the United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2011..  Division of School Into Grades. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2011..  Images:  http://www.franzosenbuschheritageproject.org/Histories/Broadview/Br oadview_School_1900.jpg  http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6iyyhNHJjtI/SkoxPxDzg5I/AAAAAAAAAy4 /3-rTkMbdEUw/s400/HollandClassroom1900.jpg  http://oceanspringsarchives.net/demo/sites/default/files/u4/TeachSup er/1900%20school-class%201916.jpg