GWD 7-10 B or E?

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GWD-7-Q10:

According to the passage, within the field of educational history, Thomas Woody’s 1929 work was

                       

A.      innovative because it relied on newspaper advertisements as evidence

B.     exceptional in that it concentrated on the period before the American Revolution

C.     unusual in that it focused on educational attitudes rather than on educational practices

D.     controversial in its claims regarding educational opportunities for boys

E.     atypical in that it examined the education of girls

Prior to Kerber’s work, educational historians barely mentioned women and girls; Thomas Woody’s 1929 work is the notable exception. 

 

WHY NOT B?

American Revolution    (1775-1783)

Thomas Woody’s 1929

 (25)     work is the notable exception.  Examining

newspaper advertisements for acade-

mies, Woody found that educational

opportunities increased for both girls

and boys around 1750. 

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