| A | B |
|---|
| Reformation | rebellion against Catholic Church, 1500s |
| Protestants | follower of Luther who pushed literacy |
| Boston Latin | first "high school"; called "grammar" school |
| Harvard | first university in America; in Boston |
| "Petty" or "Dame" schools | early schools run by women in homes |
| Primer | early textbook with moral lessons |
| Common Sense | early best seller in US; Example of US literacy |
| Thomas Mann | Started the Common Schools movement |
| Martin Luther | encouraged literacy to read the Bible |
