首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The founders of the Republic viewed their revolution primarily in political rather than economic or social terms. And they talke
The founders of the Republic viewed their revolution primarily in political rather than economic or social terms. And they talke
admin
2010-05-14
32
问题
The founders of the Republic viewed their revolution primarily in political rather than economic or social terms. And they talked about education as essential to the public good--a goal that took precedence over knowledge as occupational training or as a means to self- fulfillment or self-improvement. Over and over again, the Revolutionary generation, both liberal and conservative in outlook, asserted its conviction that the welfare of the Republic rested upon an educated citizenry and that schools, especially free public schools, would be the best means of educating the citizenry in civic values and the obligations required of everyone: in a democratic republican society. All agreed that the principal ingredients of a civic education were literacy and the inculcation of patriotic and moral virtues, some others adding the study of history and the study of principles of the republican government itself.
The founders, as was the case of almost all their successors, were long on exhortation and rhetoric regarding the value of civic education, but they left it to the textbook writers to distill the essence of those values for school children. Texts in American history and government appeared as early as the 1790s. The textbook writers turned out to be very largely of conservative persuasion, more likely Federalist in outlook than Jeffersonian, and almost universally agreed that political virtue must rest upon moral and religious precepts. Since most textbook writers were New Englanders, this meant that the texts were infused with Protestant, and above all, Puritan outlooks.
In the first half of the Republic, civic education in the schools emphasized the inculcation of civic values and made little attempt to develop participatory political skills. That was a task left to incipient political parties, town meetings, churches, and the coffee or ale houses, where men gathered for conversation. Additionally, as a reading of certain Federalist papers of the period would demonstrate, the press probably did more to disseminate realistic as well as partisan knowledge of government than the schools. The goal of education, however, was to achieve a higher form of unum for the new Republic. In the middle half of the nineteenth century, the political values taught in the public and private schools did not change substantially from those celebrated in the first fifty years of the Republic to the textbooks of the day, their rosy hues if anything became golden. To the resplendent values of liberty, equality, and a benevolent Christian morality were now added the middle-class virtues-- especially of New England--of hard work, honesty and integrity, the rewards of individual effort, and obedience to parents and legitimate authority. But of all the political values taught in school, patriotism was preeminent; and whenever teachers explained to school children why they should love their country above all else, the idea of liberty assumed pride of place.
The passage deals primarily with the ______.
选项
A、content of early textbooks on American history and government
B、role of education in late eighteenth and early mid-nineteenth century America
C、influence of New England Puritanism on early American values
D、origin and development of the Protestant work ethic in modern America
答案
A
解析
主旨题。文章主要提及美国18世纪后期及19世纪早期教材有关历史及政府的内容。A正确地归纳出了这个主题。B的内容不能成立,因为文章没有谈及教育的一般作用,仅是提到了教育起到塑造民众行为规范的作用。C的内容仅是文章的一部分。D也是错的,文中提及了the origin of the work ethic,但这不是文章的主题。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/4v3YFFFM
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Thesedayssearchingforanumber【C1】______telephonedirectoryseemsveryold-fashioned.Voicerecognitionsystemsarebecoming
A、Becausesheisasuccessfulcross-culturalnovelist.B、BecauseshehasneverbeentoGermanybefore.C、Becausethisisthepla
A、WinterVacation.B、CarolsbyCandlelight.C、NewYear’sEveCelebration.D、SydneytoHobartYachtRace.A
LasVegaswasfounded【B1】______yearsagoandwasofficially【B2】______in1905.Sincethen,LasVegashastransformeditselfint
Bluetoothisthenewestkidonthetechnologyblock,anditholdsalotofpromisefortheassistivetechnologyindustry.Named
IfJapan’seconomyhasbeenpulledsteadilyoutofthesloughintowhichithadfallenformorethanadecade,Japan’scorporate
A、Theyexaggeratedwhattheyfeelandthinkabouttheirenvironmenttoachieveextraordinaryartisticeffects.B、Theirthoughts
ForquiteafewyearswehavebeentalkingaboutaddictiontotheInternet.Nowweareputtingtogether【C1】______thosestudents
ThemanMr.Cheneyaccidentallyshotandinjuredis
A、InthesouthernstateofTumailimo.B、IntheminingtownofTumailimo.C、InthejunglessoutheastofCaracas.D、Tokilometers
随机试题
板桩建筑物中锚碇板一般是预制的钢筋混凝土板块,它的断面形状主要有()。
甲、乙、丙合作创作一首歌曲。甲欲将该作品交某音乐期刊发表。乙以该期刊发表过批评其作品的文章为由表示反对。丙未置可否。下列有关该事件的表达中正确的是()。A.如果乙坚持反对则甲不能将作品交该期刊发表B.甲有权不顾乙的反对而将作品交该期刊发表C.
膀胱挛缩的诊断标准为
A.缺铁性贫血B.巨幼红细胞性贫血C.恶性贫血D.溶血性贫血E.再生障碍性贫血维生素K1可引起
屋面防水工程应由()施工。
物业服务固定资产指在物业服务小区内由物业服务企业拥有的、与物业服务直接相关的、使用年限在()年以上的资产。
以下劳动关系中,哪个不适用劳动法的规定?()
武昌起义
下列描述中正确的是
Sevenyearsago,anEnvironmentalProtectionAgencystatisticianstunnedresearchersstudyingtheeffectsofairpollutiononhe
最新回复
(
0
)