History of Education Links

Cato's Letters

http://www.constitution.org/cl/cato_000.htm

Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects . By John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon

Historical Documents Archive

http://w3.one.net/~mweiler/ushda/list.htm

Copies of famous and important documents, such as The Iriquois Constitution, The Virginia Charters, the U. S. Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, the Fugitive Slave Law, the Confederate Constitution, and many more

History of American Education Web Project

http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/

Student written articles about topics in American educational history. Well-worth your time to read.

Jefferson, Religion, and the Public Schools

http://members.tripod.com/~candst/tnppage/jeffschl.htm

A discussion of Thomas Jefferson's beliefs about (1) religion and education and (2) the education of Native Americans. Well worth your reading

John Locke - Second Treatise on Government

http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Locke/second/second-frame.html

Probably one of the most important philosophical underpinnings of American democracy.

Links to sites in the History of American Education

http://www.edst.purdue.edu/georgeoff/hist_am_ed/Links.htm

Some useful stuff here -- for instance a biography of Horace Mann, etc.

On-line American History

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/index.htm

You will have regular reading assignments on this site