MODULE 3

Question 1

John Locke

Answer 1

theorized childhood education - had experience teaching
was concerned about the state of the body as well as the mind
articulated significant changes in approaches to literacy
believed all ideas are learned, not innate - emphasized raising a healthy child

Question 2

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Answer 2

philanthropist and theorist - 70 years after Locke
advocates for natural education - adult acts as a guiding figure that provides circumstances for the child to learn on his own without corruption
emphasis on shaping the child’s will through the authority
- history of sandford and merton (2 children, 2 different paths)

Question 3

Rational Moralists

Answer 3

reflected Locke and Rousseau
interested in producing literature for children designed to foster empirical observational and logical decision making
growing interest in domestic realism as a literary form
represent a more liberal and democratic culture
guiding figure (authority)
- Edgeworth, Wollstonecraft, Abbott

Question 4

Sunday School Moralists

Answer 4

Closely aligned children’s literature and Christianity
began as a program designed to promote literacy in the lower class
increasingly politically significant
inculcating spiritual/religious values
Barbauld, Trimmer

Question 5

Cheap Repository Tracts (Black Giles, the Poacher)

Answer 5

Written by Hanna More
reflects sunday school moralists
stories, ballads, Sunday readings
details of village life
those who are Godless are wasteful and doomed
virtue is its own reward

Question 6

A Little Pretty Pocket Book

Answer 6

Written by John Newbery
reflects Lockean principles
emphasizing lived experience of the child
morals and rules to life to fit each circumstance
History of Little Goody Two-Shoes

Question 7

A History of Little Goody Two-Shoes

Answer 7

part of a little pretty pocket book
margery - rags to riches through education
celebrates the reward of education and industry
“trotting tutoress”

Question 8

“An Account of a Fray” / the Governess; or Little Female Academy

Answer 8

Written by Sarah Fielding
reflects Lockean principles
first full-length story written in English
rational examination of individual conduct
offers a model of moral conduct

Question 9

The Purple Jar / Maria Edgeworth

Answer 9

Edgeworth - accomplished educational writer
Reflected rational moralists
Rosamund - realistically drawn child for the period
emphasis on self-regulation

Question 10

Fabulous Histories / Sarah Trimmer

Answer 10

reflects sunday school moralists
divine order, role of parents emphasized
respecting the the treatment of animals
moral lesson backed by scriptural authority
narrative that is much a cautionary tale for parents as well as the child