World History

John Lord's Beacon Lights of History Volumes 1-14. at Manybooks.net or at
Project Gutenberg.

HT to Beauty and Grace Academy.

American History Links Ages 8-12

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Free Sheet Music and Songs for Early Childhood

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A first book in American history : with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans/19th Century Books

Short stories about great Americans such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, etc. Click here.

The Common School Arithmetic/19th Century Books

Lots of word problems. Click here.

Byerly's new American Spelling Book/19th Century Books

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A Child's History of England/Project Gutenberg

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The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls

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The Mary Frances Cook Book

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HT to Wendy.

50 Famous People A Book of Short Stories/Project Gutenberg

"Every boy and girl should remember the name of Benjamin Franklin. He was a great thinker and a great doer, and with Washington he helped to make our country free. His life was such that no man could eversay, 'Ben Franklin has wronged me.' "

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Tales From Shakespeare for Children by Charles Lamb

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The American Class Book/19th Century School Books

The American class book, or, A collection of instructive reading lessons : adapted to the use of schools : selected from Blair's class book, etc. by Thomas Kimber.

Wonderful short writings covering various topics. All have a high moral tone. I plan to use some of these when my son gets a little older.


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The Story of the Pony Express/Project Gutenberg

"This little volume has but one purpose - to give an authentic, useful,
and readable account of the Pony Express. This wonderful enterprise
played an important part in history, and demonstrated what American
spirit can accomplish. It showed that the "heroes of sixty-one" were not
all south of Mason and Dixon's line fighting each other. And, strange to
say, little of a formal nature has been written concerning it."

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Fun and Nonsense/Project Gutenberg

"Fun and Nonsense are a pair
Of merry little twins,
And when they come to visit us
They bring their friends, the Grins.
They're coming now to visit you.
This page we'll call the door.
To open wide, just turn the leaf.
Why, we have met before!"

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History of the United States by Beard/Project Gutenberg

Topical approach, interesting big picture wide swath coverage of history from Migration and American Colonization to Progressive Democracy and the World War. Comprehension questions at the end of sections. Click here.