Progressive Education During World War I

The rapid reforms taking place in America, as well as the hatred of Germany and Dewey's book, sparked immense liberal changes and the censorship of Germany in American education. Progressive education was created because educational reformers and society began changing their perspectives on schools. Children’s ideas and welfare became the main focus of school. The fear of Germany during World War I also caused schools to censor positive information about Germany. Progressive education provided the basis of society’s beliefs and ideas during World War I and would continue to affect America throughout history.

World War I is an extremely important and influential war that continues to affect modern society of the entire world through progressive

In order to explain how racism affected the process of integration for African Americans, A Little Princess includes an African-American girl named Becky. Becky is the servant at the boarding school in New York that the main character, Sara Crewe, attends. Becky is not allowed to talk to anyone at the school, and, in most scenes, she is cleaning the floors, preparing dinner, and buying food. The depiction of African Americans during World War I through Becky is historically accurate. During the war in America, most African Americans worked labor jobs, and African American females usually performed domestic jobs, such as the jobs Becky does (Williams). The Great Migration also caused many African Americans to move to industrial cities such as New York; therefore, A Little Princess is historically accurate in placing Becky in New York City (Williams). Another element of racism incorporated into A Little Princess is racial etiquette. In the movie, Becky never looks any of the white girls in the eyes. She rarely speaks to any of the students, but if she does, she refers to them as “Miss” rather than the girl’s name. The racial etiquette in the movie is similar to racial etiquette displayed during the 1900’s. In both history and A Little Princess, blacks were extremely polite and visibly showed their inferiority to whites. Although the jobs Becky performs, the placement

By displaying the horrid effects of shell shock, including nightmares and blindness, the movie shows the awful maladies suffered by Captain Crewe. Racism affects the small servant girl, Becky, who is left isolated and tormented throughout the entire movie, until Sara and the other girls begin to accept her. Miss Minchin’s ban on Sara’s self-expression in A Little Princess causes Sara to be alone and rejected. Through A Little Princess, World War I and its effects are displayed. The legacy of World War I is one of the most influential events that continue to impact modern American society. Fortunately, A Little Princess contains more history than Hollywood and successfully shows most of the important aspects of WWI. I [no personal pronouns]would recommend A Little Princess for people looking to learn about the history of World War