I. Institutions (Social Structures) in Jeffersonian Times

        A. Household Economy

B. Primarily Rural

          C. Community and family control

          D. Direct Democracy

                   1. All participated in governance (except . . . )

 

II. Culture in Jeffersonian Times

          A. Classical Liberalism: 6 key principles

                   1. Faith in reason (revolution)

                   2. Natural law

                   3. Republican virtue

                   4. Progress

                   5. Nationalism

                   6. Freedom

III. Jefferson’s Plan for Public Education

          A. Reason –> Truth

          B. Education: “shape” human capacity for reason

          C. “Natural Aristocracy”

          D. Jefferson’s plan

                   1. Elementary Schools

                   2. Grammar Schools

                   3. University

                   4. Self-Education (life-long learning)

 

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