The Resource Learning to read and write in Colonial America, E. Jennifer Monaghan
Learning to read and write in Colonial America, E. Jennifer Monaghan
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The item Learning to read and write in Colonial America, E. Jennifer Monaghan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "E. Jennifer Monaghan brings to life the process of learning to read and write in colonial America. Ranging throughout the colonies from New Hampshire to Georgia, she examines the instruction of girls and boys, Native Americans and enslaved Africans, the privileged and the poor, revealing the sometimes wrenching impact of literacy acquisition on the lives of learners." "For the most part, religious motives underlay reading instruction in colonial America while secular motives led to writing instruction. Monaghan illuminates the history of these activities through a series of deeply researched and readable case studies. An Anglican missionary battles mosquitoes and loneliness to teach the New York Mohawks to write in their own tongue. Puritan fathers model scriptural reading for their children as they struggle with bereavement. Boys in writing schools, preparing for careers in counting houses, wield their quill pens in the difficult task of mastering a "good hand." Benjamin Franklin learns how to compose essays with no teacher but himself. Young orphans in Georgia write precocious letters to their benefactor, George Whitefield, while schools from Rhode Island to South Carolina teach enslaved black children to read but never to write." "As she tells these stories, Monaghan clears new pathways in the analysis of colonial literacy. She pioneers in exploring the implications of the separation of reading and writing instruction, a topic that still resonates in today's classrooms."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 491 pages
- Contents
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- Literacy and the law in orthodox New England
- Literacy and the Indians of Massachusetts Bay
- Books read by children at home and at school
- Death and literacy in two devout Boston families
- The literacy mission of the S.P.G
- Literacy and the Mohawks
- Schools, schoolteachers, and schoolchildren
- The rise of the spelling book
- Literacy instruction and the enslaved
- Writing instruction
- The new world of children's books
- Literacy in three families of the 1770s
- Isbn
- 9781558494862
- Label
- Learning to read and write in Colonial America
- Title
- Learning to read and write in Colonial America
- Statement of responsibility
- E. Jennifer Monaghan
- Subject
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- Alphabétisation -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Alphabétisation -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Bildung
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 17th century
- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- History
- Lesefähigkeit
- Literacy
- Literacy -- United States -- History -- 17th century
- Literacy -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Livres et lecture -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Livres et lecture -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- USA
- United States
- 1600-1799
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "E. Jennifer Monaghan brings to life the process of learning to read and write in colonial America. Ranging throughout the colonies from New Hampshire to Georgia, she examines the instruction of girls and boys, Native Americans and enslaved Africans, the privileged and the poor, revealing the sometimes wrenching impact of literacy acquisition on the lives of learners." "For the most part, religious motives underlay reading instruction in colonial America while secular motives led to writing instruction. Monaghan illuminates the history of these activities through a series of deeply researched and readable case studies. An Anglican missionary battles mosquitoes and loneliness to teach the New York Mohawks to write in their own tongue. Puritan fathers model scriptural reading for their children as they struggle with bereavement. Boys in writing schools, preparing for careers in counting houses, wield their quill pens in the difficult task of mastering a "good hand." Benjamin Franklin learns how to compose essays with no teacher but himself. Young orphans in Georgia write precocious letters to their benefactor, George Whitefield, while schools from Rhode Island to South Carolina teach enslaved black children to read but never to write." "As she tells these stories, Monaghan clears new pathways in the analysis of colonial literacy. She pioneers in exploring the implications of the separation of reading and writing instruction, a topic that still resonates in today's classrooms."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Monaghan, E. Jennifer
- Dewey number
- 302.2/244/0973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LC151
- LC item number
- .M66 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies in print culture and the history of the book
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Literacy
- Literacy
- Books and reading
- Books and reading
- Alphabétisation
- Livres et lecture
- Alphabétisation
- Livres et lecture
- Books and reading
- Literacy
- United States
- Bildung
- Lesefähigkeit
- USA
- Label
- Learning to read and write in Colonial America, E. Jennifer Monaghan
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-460) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Literacy and the law in orthodox New England -- Literacy and the Indians of Massachusetts Bay -- Books read by children at home and at school -- Death and literacy in two devout Boston families -- The literacy mission of the S.P.G -- Literacy and the Mohawks -- Schools, schoolteachers, and schoolchildren -- The rise of the spelling book -- Literacy instruction and the enslaved -- Writing instruction -- The new world of children's books -- Literacy in three families of the 1770s
- Control code
- ocm57143087
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 491 pages
- Isbn
- 9781558494862
- Lccn
- 2004027600
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o57143087
- (OCoLC)57143087
- Label
- Learning to read and write in Colonial America, E. Jennifer Monaghan
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-460) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Literacy and the law in orthodox New England -- Literacy and the Indians of Massachusetts Bay -- Books read by children at home and at school -- Death and literacy in two devout Boston families -- The literacy mission of the S.P.G -- Literacy and the Mohawks -- Schools, schoolteachers, and schoolchildren -- The rise of the spelling book -- Literacy instruction and the enslaved -- Writing instruction -- The new world of children's books -- Literacy in three families of the 1770s
- Control code
- ocm57143087
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 491 pages
- Isbn
- 9781558494862
- Lccn
- 2004027600
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o57143087
- (OCoLC)57143087
Subject
- Alphabétisation -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Alphabétisation -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Bildung
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 17th century
- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- History
- Lesefähigkeit
- Literacy
- Literacy -- United States -- History -- 17th century
- Literacy -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Livres et lecture -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Livres et lecture -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- USA
- United States
- 1600-1799
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