Task 4 letters are mixed, write the word. then translate the text. in the wake of the american revolution, many americans believed the time was ripe to reform many basic (nssiutiotitn). education, in the sight of many, was in need of change, and during the 1780’s noah webster was at the forefront of the movement to (reodmel) the american educational system. as a young man webster was concerned with the moral education of america’s children. the texts that (orecatdus) used were, to webster, “old and unsuitable for revolutionary america, written more often than not by englishmen.” webster saw all this in the early 1780s and set out to change it. his ) upon american education cannot be overestimated. it rests primarily in his spelling book. this little book, which (tghaut) millions of americans to spell, sold more copies and influenced more young lives than any other (sulaecr) book in american history. webster, however, wanted far more than just to teach americans how to spell. his texts were designed to educate the masses to be (ruvituos). on several occasions during his career, webster recorded his thoughts on the ) of education. as a young man caught up in the world of revolutionary america, he saw education as a means of severing (ltlcurau) ties with england and as a way of establishing a uniquely american (techracar).
