Horace Mann

By Jason Craft

Portrait of Horace Mann

• Horace Mann was born on May 4, 1796 in Franklin,

Massachusetts• He died on August 32, 1859 in Yellow Springs, Ohio• Mann chose to go to Litchfield Law School at Brown

University• After his graduation he became a Educator and a U.S.

Representative• He became a U.S. Representative to help promote

education

Short Biography

• Horace Mann wanted education to be available and equal

for everyone, rich or poor, part of the birth-right of every single American child

• One of his primary goals was to have “social harmony” in every school

• Mann thought that if there was a common school, it would help in many different ways like, there would be less violence, the crime rate would go down, etc.

• The common school was to be believed as if there was no end to the social good that it would bring

Interests

Works

• He wanted to create a school that was fair to all children no matter what and he accomplished that.

• In the U.S. Horace Mann has 13 schools named after him

• Creating a common school for all kinds of children

• Becoming a U.S. Representative

• Being the Secretary of Education since it was created

Accomplishments

• “Be Ashamed to Die Until You Have Won Some Victory

for Humanity”

• “Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen”

• “Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both”

Quotes

• Horace Mann wanted kids to learn the principle of being

fair and having a common ground between all of them no matter what their differences may be

• He helped children in poverty to be able to go to school to get an education and be equal with the others while in school

• Horace Mann was a very successful man. He has 13 schools named after him in the U.S. as of today

Impact on the Public

1. What political role did Horace Mann have during his

lifetime?

2. How many schools in the U.S. were named after Horace

Mann?

3. What was Horace Mann’s drive behind creating a school

school that was equal?

4. How many political roles did Horace Mann have while he

was still alive?

5. Horace Mann wanted children to have what in the school

that he was trying to establish.

Quiz Questions

• https://www3.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/mann.html

• http://www.biography.com/people/horace-mann-9397522

References

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