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The story of the American colony of religious tolerance
I always think of Rhode Island as the first of the second-generation of American colonies.Every American history textbook dutifully explains about the first permanent establishments in the United States at Jamestown, Virginia and Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay.As often as not, the history books will also explain how Roger Williams, who immigrated with his family to Massachusetts Bay fled from the colony five years later when facing deportation for his views.Williams founded a settlement at the head of Narragansett Bay and named it Providence.Eventually with the settlement of Portsmouth founded by Anne Hutchinson's group and William Coddington's group at Newport there was the creation of another English colony in New England.However, the lesson that the Puritans, who fled religious persecution in England, failed to practice what they preached in the New World was rather obvious and made an impression as did the unique identity of Rhode Island in colonial history.

Andrew A. Kling's book on "Rhode Island" for "The Thirteen Colonies" series is another outstanding look at one of the "lesser" colonies that get brief mention in your standard American history textbook.The introduction establishes how "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" was founded by the desire for political and religious freedom, before providing the standard five chapters for this series: (1) Beginnings covers both the discovery of the region by European explorers as well as the native tribes who were living there when Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson established settlements; (2) A "Lively Experiment" details the various charters that governed the colony and the conflict known as King Philip's War between the settlers and the Wampanoag and Narragnsett tribes; (3) Daily Life in the Growing Colony covers how education was often linked to religious doctrine in Rhode island, seasonal chores, and the colony's role in the Triangle Trade; (4) First in Freedom: Rhode Island and the Revolution starts with the general colonial reaction to the Sugar Act and then discusses what specifically happened in the colony, such as the "Gaspee" Incident, General Nathan Greene who hailed from the colony, and the Battle of Rhode Island; and (5) To Ratify or Not to Ratify? begins with the debate over becoming a state and the changes in the Rhode Island economy.

Kling ends the book in the same spirit as it began, noting that the statue on top of the new state capitol building was the "Independent Man" representing all of the people, rather than Roger Williams, Thomas Dorr, Samuel Slater, or another major figure in the state's history.This series does an excellent job of exploring the history of each colony, working in primary and secondary source quotations, along with a time line, historic illustrations, annotated bibliographies, and an index.As always, the less you know about a particular colony from your American history textbook, the more you will pick up from these books.Of course, that seems obvious, but more importantly Kling provides a clear conception of Rhode Island as a colony distinct from all the others.For young students assigned to research Rhode Island, Roger Williams, or other subjects associated with the colony, this book is the ideal place to start. ... Read more

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Title: Manual of Education : a Brief History of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, Including a Synopsis of Annual and Other Meetings, List of Officers and Members Together With the Constitution and CharterPublisher: Providence : Providence PressPublication date: 1874Subjects: Rhode Island Institute of InstructionNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This volume, edited by Arnetha Ball of Stanford University, examines Brown v. Board of Education historically, politically, and culturally from a literacy perspective.

• Features primary chapters from senior scholars, and commentaries by junior scholars.
  
• Contributors include Edmund Gordon, Beatrice Bridgall, John Baugh, Kris Gutierrez, Joyce King, Gloria Ladson-Billings, James Anderson, and Guadalupe Valdes.

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Each state manual contains a general discussion of life and health insurance concepts and principles common to all jurisdictions. The final chapter explains the insurance code of a particular state and shows how that state regulates insurance transactions. Key features include take note highlights, test topic alerts, key terms, unit quizzes, discussion questions and practice finals. ... Read more

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This is the story of struggle and weary triumphof one school's battle against the alarming drop-out rates that persist in our urban and inner-city schools. ... Read more

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Inner City Education Reality
If you want an inside view of what it is like teaching at an inner city school, "Against the Current" will do it for you.The amazing part about this book is that the director of the program is a quadriplegic.I thought John Hockenberry's book, "No Highway" demonstrated a paraplegic with grit-The Urban Coolaborative Program director, Rob DeBlois, is an amazing individual and educator.As a 25 year middle school educator, I had a difficult time grasping the background of the middel school kids DeBlois and his staff had to deal with.If you want to learn about true poverty, Providence city schools and stellar educators, pick up "Against the Current." ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Techniques, published by Association for Career and Technical Education on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 434 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: STATE UPDATE.(education news)(Brief Article)
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: Association for Career and Technical Education
Volume: 76Issue: 3Page: 43

Article Type: Brief Article, Biography

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This digital document is an article from Cities of the United States, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 505 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides a wide range of hard-to-locate data to answer questions concerning American cities. Includes thorough coverage of the area's largest or fastest-growing cities, or those with a particular historical, political, industrial or commercial significance. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Cities of the United States, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 729 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides a wide range of hard-to-locate data to answer questions concerning American cities. Includes thorough coverage of the area's largest or fastest-growing cities, or those with a particular historical, political, industrial or commercial significance. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Cities of the United States, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 843 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides a wide range of hard-to-locate data to answer questions concerning American cities. Includes thorough coverage of the area's largest or fastest-growing cities, or those with a particular historical, political, industrial or commercial significance. ... Read more