The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA is pleased to present "The ABCs of German American Education in PA Prior to to Public School Movement of 1834," a symposium on education and literacy among the German speaking settlers of southeastern PA prior to 1834.  Topics include German and English in the classroom, gender issues, curriculum and schoolmasters.
Speakers for the day will be Dr. Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe "Little Books and 'the Book': Kinder lehre in 18th century PA";
Dr. George Boudreau on the comparison and contrast of education in the 18th century Quaker/English community and the German community in PA; Joel Alderfer on "Kommt Liebe kinder, Kommt Herbey:  Education in the Mennonite Communities of Southeastern PA to 1840"; Dr. Allen Viehmeyer on Schwenkfelder Secular Education and Educational Tools between 1700 and 1834; Charlene Donchez Mowers on Moravians and Education in the 18th Century; and Michael Showalter on education at the Ephrata Cloister "A Door was Opened...to work upon the Young People." 
 
DATE & TIME: Saturday June 30, 2007 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
COST:  $30 includes lunch and break refreshments; SPECIAL $15 RATE FOR STUDENTS!
LOCATION:  Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, 105 Seminary St. Pennsburg PA 18073  approximately one hour (give or take) from Philadelphia; 30 minutes south of Allentown; 90 minutes from Lancaster, PA. 
TO REGISTER:  call 215-679-3103 -- we accept VISA/MC/Discover or go to www.schwenkfelder.com or contact me, Candace Perry, for more info.
 
Candace Perry
Curator
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
 
 
 
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