Bibliograph

The forbidden schoolhouse, the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students., Suzanne Jurmain

Type

Label

The forbidden schoolhouse, the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students., Suzanne Jurmain

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [138-144) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The forbidden schoolhouse

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

56941929

Responsibility statement

Suzanne Jurmain

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 6.9, 3, 102931

Sub title

the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students.

Summary

They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her schoolhouse was set on fire-by whom and how remains a mystery. The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for breaking the law. Her crime? Trying to teach African American girls geography, history, reading, philosophy, and chemistry. Trying to open and maintain one of the first African American schools in America. Exciting and eye-opening, this account of the heroine of Canterbury, Connecticut, and her elegant white schoolhouse at the center of town will give readers a glimpse of what it is like to try to change the world when few agree with you

Target audience

juvenile

Classification