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Title: Governing and Teaching: A Sourcebook on Colonial America (American Albums from the Collections of the Library of Congress (Turtleback)) by C. Carter Smith ISBN: 0-606-01464-0 Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media Pub. Date: January, 1991 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.15

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Summary: A wealth of source materials on Colonial America
Comment: My favorite gem in this book is an engraving by Paul Reverse showing a monument that the Sons of Liberty proposed building when the Stamp Act was repealed in March 1766. Each side of the monument has four portraits of various British officials, including King George III and William Pitt, who supported the colonists and helped bring about the repeal of the Act. The writing on the monument would describe the outrage caused by the Stamp Act as well as the gratitude and triumph the colonists felt when it was finally repealed. Of course, I have never heard of the plans for this monument, which was never built, but it is certainly indicative of the fascinating historical details you will find within these pages.

"Governing and Teaching" is a Sourcebook on Colonial America which contains a wealth of historical maps (Florida in 1564, Massachusetts in 1634), sketches (Columbus landing in the Bahamas, Patrick Henry speaking to the House of Burgesses), paintings (the Pilgrims signing the Mayflower Compact and Governor Thomas Gage of Massachusetts being thrown by his horse in a political allegory), and engravings ( and the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere) from the Library of Congress. There are also contemporary photographs of buildings from this period, such as the oldest synagogue in American and a library, both built in Newport, Rhode Island, as well as the title pages for some of the first books published in the New World, including a Bible in Algonquian and Poor Richard's Almanac, and various headlines from early newspapers.

This volume explores the roots of our government, the founding of the nation's first churches and schools, as well as the events that led to the movement for independence from Great Britain. This book is divided into three parts: (1) 1490-1649, The First Settlers, (2) 1950-1754, Change and Conflict, and (3) 1755-1776, The Way to Independence. Each begins with several pages of time lines, each of which looks at a specific period of years in terms of World History, Colonial Government, and Colonial Religion and Education. The two-page chapters consists of a couple of paragraphs of text and then one to three illustrations, each with its own detailed caption. Other volumes look at the same time period from different perspectives, such as "The Explorers and Settlers," "Battles in a New Land," "Daily Life," and "The Arts and Sciences." All of these sourcebooks are excellent supplemental volumes for studying Colonial America, supplying a wealth of details to augment what you find in your American History textbook. Again, I wish there was some way of making this material more accessible to the entire classroom. Fortunately, most of what appears in this volume is in black & white, which means that teachers (or students) can photocopy pictures for bulletin board displays or reports.