Jurmain, Suzanne. The forbidden schoolhouse: the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Print.
Nonfiction
AGES: Scholastic age level equivalent 6.2, 920L
SUMMARY:
During the time of the Civil War, Canterbury, CT resident, Prudence Crandall, was schooling African American students. The Forbidden Schoolhouse combines primary sources in the form of newspaper articles, quotes, and pictures to create a book that outlines her dramatic true story. Suzanne Jurmain does a great job of relating Prudence Crandall's story to students, in her epilogue she discusses how Crandall's story has impacted schools today and writes about each of Crandall's students experiences as well. Great novel to use to showcase a piece of Connecticut history and to showcase Civil War issues.
VOCABULARY:
prosecution, Canterbury, CT, Civil War, abolitionist, Quakers, telegram, Nat Turner, American Colonization Society, authorities, petition, prejudice, William Lloyd Garrison, Booker T. Washington
TEACHING STRATEGIES: (small group instruction)
Before: discuss what primary sources are and why we use them/ discuss the Civil War and that students will be looking at a women's story from the Civil War time period
During: have students think about how they would feel if they were not allowed to go to school/ have students write out a timeline of Prudence Crandall's life as they read
After: Have them analyze the primary sources of the novel and write about how they fit in and tell Prudence's story/ Have them do further research to add more to Crandall's story and how it ties to the Civil War
ONLINE RESOURCES:
http://suzannejurmain.com/- all about the author, Suzanne Jurmain
http://www.ct.gov/cct/cwp/view.asp?a=2127&q=302260- learn all about Prudence Crandall and the Prudence Crandall Museum
http://www.kids.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2577&q=428212- interactive website about Prudence Crandall for kids
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