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Debates Over Catholic Schooling and the Bible Wars
Evaluate the 1840s conflicts over Protestant bias in public school textbooks that prompted Archbishop John Hughes to build parochial school systems.
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Access, Pluralism, and Civic Learning in Antebellum America
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Evaluate the racial exclusions, religious conflicts, and alternative institutions—such as Black independent schools, lyceums, and parochial systems—that shaped antebellum civic education.
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6.1.12.EconNE.3.aNew Jersey Social Studies Standards · 6th GradeEvaluate the impact of education in improving economic opportunities and in the development of responsible citizens.
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