Aquidneck History - Teacher Resource Kits

The Aquidneck History Teaching Kits are available for loan to teachers from ACE schools through the Janet L. Robinson Curriculum Resource Center, at Salve Regina University's McKillop Library.

• A curriculum guide with differentiation plan and creative lessons based on NCSS Standards
• The NCSS publication Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
• The ACE publication, A Bibliography of Resources Pertaining to the Social History of Aquidneck Island
• A variety of materials, resources and trade books to accompany the lessons
• Teacher's Journal so that reflections and suggestions may be shared among teachers

• Kit #1: Prehistoric Aquidneck Island, Native American and European Settlements
• Kit #2: The City and Countryside & the Revolution
• Kit #3:The Impact of Immigration on Aquidneck Island c.1820-1889
• Kit #4:The Gilded Age in Newport Rhode Island, 1880-1920
• Kit #5:The Turn of the Century and Aquidneck Island Today & Tomorrow