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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. ... Read more

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Lists Vermont's libraries with special or unusualcollections.Includes activities that teach students about the importanceof libraries, the Dewey Decimal System, the Library of Congress, Books- in-Print, contributions of Andrew Carnegie and how and why to uselibraries.Listing includes many libraries with special collections aboutVermont.Free teacher's guide. ... Read more

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Taking a tour of Vermont, the Green Mountain State
Naming the original thirteen colonies is not as difficult as naming the twelve apostles, but not as easy as listing the seven dwarves or Santa's reindeer.When you name the thirteen colonies you probably proceed from north to south, beginning with Maine and ending with Georgia.The only problem is that Maine was not one of the original colonies (it was considered part of Massachusetts).The other state that was not a colony is Vermont, which was a disputed area claimed by both New York and New Hampshire.The area was part of the New Hampshire Land Grants on 1749, but in 1770 the king of England rules the land officially belonged to New York, at which point Ethan Allen and the 200 man militia known as the Green Mountain Boys threw out the "Yorkers" and took over the region by force and established a small republic.Eventually Vermont would become the first state to join the original thirteen and the rest is history, and is covered by Jan M. Czech in Chapter Three.

The brief opening chapter of this From Sea to Shining Sea, Second Series volume introduces young readers to the Green Mountain state.Czech asks "What comes to mind when you think of Vermont?" and in addition to the Green Mountain Boys there is Ben and Jerry's Ice-Cream and "leaf peepers."Chapter Two, The Land of Vermont, divides the state into six distinct land regions: the Champlain Valley, the Northeast Kingdom, the Vermont Piedmont, the Vermont Valley, the Taconic Range, and the Green Mountains.The chapter also looks at the Rivers and Lakes, and Climate, thereby covering the basic geography of Vermont.Chapter Three, Vermont Through History, covers the details on how the state went from being a land grant and a republic to a state, covering how major events in American history from the Civil War to the Great Depression and World War II affected its people.

Chapter Four, Governing Vermont, briefly looks at the three branches of government, and devotes most of its time to giving us a tour of the capital city of Montpelier.A map of downtown Montpelier shows you the relative location of major sites, so that you can get from the Vermont State House to Observation Tower in Hubbard Park.The final chapter looks at The People and Places of Vermont, including the jobs in manufacturing, tourism and agriculture that dominate the economy.The final thing Czech does is takes us on a tour of Vermont, so you can get an idea of what there is to visit in each section of the state.This is also the chapter where you get the book's recipe, which is for Sugar on Snow (to wit, maple syrup on clean, fluffy, freshly fallen snow; a Vermont tradition is to take a bite of the sugar on snow and then a bite of a dill pickle...).

Throughout the book you will find tidbits of information in little sidebars devoted to Famous Firsts (first postage stamp used in the U.S. was made in Brattleboro), Who's Who in Vermont? (Perry Merrill, patron saint o the ski industry), and lots of Extra! Extra! Entries (General Stark's victory at the Battle of Bennington was a turning point in the Revolutionary War).When you get to the back of the book you will find a two-page Vermont Almanac, which gives you quick access to basic facts on things like geographic center, number of counties, and state symbols.This is followed by a Timeline that covers Vermont State History on the top and U.S. History on the bottom, a Gallery of Famous Vermonters such as Chester a. Arthur and Norman Rockwell, and a Glossary of terms from "agriculture" to "tyrannical."Finally, Czech provides some web sties, books, and addresses that you can turn to For More Information if you are researching Vermont for school.All things considered the books in the From Sea to Shining Sea series are turning out to be more history books than geography books, which is fine with me, but if you really need something that focuses more on geographical details this might not be your first choice as a reference book. ... Read more

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Annotations to the Laws of the State of Vermont Title 21. Labor and Title 22. Libraries and History. ... Read more

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With its small native population, proximity to major metropolitan areas, and bucolic rural beauty, Vermont was fated to be a tourist mecca, forever associated in the popular imagination with maple syrup, fall colors, and ski bunnies. Tourism, for good and ill, has always been the decisive factor in the conception of rural Vermont. What is surprising, however, is the degree to which we have accepted this notion of rural Vermont as a somehow timeless entity. Blake Harrison's rich and rewarding study instead presents the construction of Vermont's landscape as a complex and ever-changing dynamic informed by progressive, modernist, and reformist thought, competing views of economic expansion, rural and urban prejudice and social exclusion, and (more recently) by land use planning and environmentalism. This broad-based study includes the early history of Vermont tourism, the concomitant abandonment of farms with the rise of the summer home, the creation of an "unspoiled" Vermont (from billboards, at least), the impact of Vermont's ski industry on tradition-bound tourism, and later efforts to legislate growth and protect an increasingly static ideal of a rural Vermont.

While grounded within a specific Vermont view, Harrison has much to contribute to broader studies of rural places, tourism, and landscapes in American culture. His analysis of how physical landscapes affect and are affected by our imagined landscape, and the insight afforded by his juxtaposition of leisure and labor, will deeply inform our understanding of rural tourist landscapes for years to come. This is a truly interdisciplinary work that will satisfy and challenge historians and geographers alike. ... Read more

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A step-by-step guide on how to set up your own library ofstate related books and other materials.Includes tips on using the DeweyDecimal System, creating card catalogs, budgeting and acquiring materials+ gives resources for books, art, music, rare books, technology,autographs, etc.Excellent classroom activity.Free teacher's guide givesspecific suggestions and instructions on how to get max educational valuefrom this book.Hey, if it's your library, you won't have to pay any latereturn fees! ... Read more

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Green Mountains majesty
Vermont is more than cheese, maple syrup and ski slopes. It is filled with enormous history and rich New England culture. This book will explain all that to you and your students, if you're a teacher.

The "Portrait of America" series is a wonderful introduction for pre-teens to the 50 states and to the places and events that shaped the history of the United States. This "Vermont" installment is particularly good. The book is broken down into sections like "History", "Culture", "Economy" etc., and each section is thoughtfully written and edited. The "History" section is especially good and is very inclusive, and details many of the Revolutionary War events.

This book, as well as the entire "Portrait of America" series, will prove to be a valuable teaching tool to all primary school educators. ... Read more

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A unique evolutionary history, told through the mutual interaction of Vermont's natural and human components. ... Read more