Armed with Bible and primer, missionaries and teachers in colonial America sought, in their words, “to Christianize and civilize the native heathen.” Both the attempts to transform Indians via schooling and the Indians' reaction to such efforts are closely studied for the first time in Indian Education in the American Colonies, 1607–1783. Margaret Connell Szasz’s remarkable synthesis of archival and published materials is a detailed and engaging story told from both Indian and European perspectives. Szasz argues that the most intriguing dimension of colonial Indian education came with the individuals who tried to work across cultures. We learn of the remarkable accomplishments of two Algonquian students at Harvard, of the Creek woman Mary Musgrove who enabled James Oglethorpe and the Georgians to establish peaceful relations with the Creek Nation, and of Algonquian minister Samson Occom, whose intermediary skills led to the founding of Dartmouth College. The story of these individuals and their compatriots plus the numerous experiments in Indian schooling provide a new way of looking at Indian-white relations and colonial Indian education.
"This book treats the subject of education in colonial America in so broad and diverse a fashion that it is, in effect, a history of American culture from 1607 to...
For a brief account of MacPherson , see Collins Encyclopedia , 671–72 . There are many versions of the story quoted . This one is borrowed from Squire , Mythology , 210–11 , and Rolleston , Celtic Myths and Legends , 255-57 .
The author has assembled a unique collection of documents relating to the problems of Indian education of the years.
Sketch of Cherokee history and culture based on , especially , William L. Anderson , ed . , Cherokee Removal : Before ... 1991 ) ; William G. McLoughlin , Cherokee Renascence in the New Republic ( Princeton : Princeton University Press ...
A History of Colonial Education, 1607-1776
Describes the daily life and important events in the American colonies during the time of British rule.
"Discusses the school life of children who lived in the 13 colonies, including lessons, books, teachers, examinations and special days"--
Beginning with a description of Indian education before contact, DeJong's highly informative and readable selections dramatize a struggle that continues today-a struggle ultimately aimed at the control of a people.
... Our Hostile Indians : A Record of Personal Observations , Adventures , and Campaigns among the Indians of the Great West , with Some Account of Their Life , Habits , Traits , Religion , Ceremonies , Dress , Savage Instincts , and Customs in ...
Includes cross-curricular activities for each chapter.