The Young Reader By John Pierpont, published in 1839, stories to teach morals. No grade assigned but looks to be advanced third - fourth grade.
Click here.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Modern Science Reader/Google Books
Introduction mentions that this text is for "college men"; however it appears appropriate for high school students.
Click here.
Click here.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Literary Reader for Higher Grades/Google Books
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The World's Story An Outline of Universal History/Google Books
Suitable for high school, or useful as a teacher's guide.
The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, Song and Art, Ed. by Eva March Tappan, published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1914
Click here.
The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, Song and Art, Ed. by Eva March Tappan, published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1914
Click here.
The Birds' Christmas Carol/Google Books
By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916
69 pages
Click here.
Positive Review.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916
69 pages
Click here.
Positive Review.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Mary of Plymouth/Google Books
Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement
By James Otis
Published by American Book Company, 1910
156 pages
Ages 8-12.
Click here.
Review and summary at The Lost Classics.
Thanksgiving
Pilgrim Stories/Google Books
Pilgrim Stories by Margaret Blanche Pumphrey, Lucy Fitch Perkins, Rand McNally and Company
Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Published by Rand McNally & Company, 1910
256 pagesClick here.
HT to Pawpaw Holler Home.
Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
A Pictorial History of Greece/Google Books
Click here.
A Pictorial History of Greece, Ancient and Modern
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by F.J. Huntington, and Mason & Law, 1851
Friday, November 14, 2008
A Pictorial History of France/Google Books
Click here.
A Pictorial History of France
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by E.H. Butler & Co., 1861
A Pictorial History of France
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by E.H. Butler & Co., 1861
A Pictorial History of England/Google Books
Click here.
A Pictorial History of England
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by J.H. Butler, 1880
448 pages
A Pictorial History of England
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by J.H. Butler, 1880
448 pages
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Picture Study in Elementary Schools By Williams Wilson/Google Books
Click here.Includes teacher notes.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
A-Z Literature & Authors
An organized website with free classic literature grouped by the origins of literature, themes, genres, and subjects. "Also, find out about periods and movements, as well as theory and criticism. Read about literature and authors from around the world." Click here.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Grammar School Algebra/Google Books
Click here.
Grammar School Algebra
By George Edward Atwood
Published by Morse Co., 1900
253 pages
Covers mathematical concepts to approximately the sixth grade.
Grammar School Algebra
By George Edward Atwood
Published by Morse Co., 1900
253 pages
Covers mathematical concepts to approximately the sixth grade.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands/Google Books
A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands ...
By Charlotte Mary Yonge
Published by The Christian Herald, 1895
314 pages
An excerpt from the introduction, What is a Golden Deed?
"...the eye gleam and the heart throb, and bears
us through the details of suffering, bloodshed,
and even barbarity, — feeling our spirits
moved and elevated by contemplating the courage
and endurance that they have called forth.
Nay, such is the charm of brilliant valor, that
we often are tempted to forget the injustice of
the cause that they may have called forth the
actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm
is often united with the utmost tenderness of
heart, the very appreciation of suffering only
quickening the sense of the heroism that
risked the utmost, till the young and ardent
learn absolutely to look upon danger as
an occasion for evincing the highest qualities.
O Life, without thy checkered scene
Of right and wrong, of weal and woe,
Success and failure, could a ground
For magnanimity be found ?
The true cause of such enjoyment is perhaps
an inherent consciousness that there is nothing
so noble as forgetfulness of self. Therefore it
is that we are struck by hearing of the exposure
of life and limb to the utmost peril, in oblivion,
or recklessness of personal safety, in comparison
with a higher object."
Click here.
By Charlotte Mary Yonge
Published by The Christian Herald, 1895
314 pages
An excerpt from the introduction, What is a Golden Deed?
"...the eye gleam and the heart throb, and bears
us through the details of suffering, bloodshed,
and even barbarity, — feeling our spirits
moved and elevated by contemplating the courage
and endurance that they have called forth.
Nay, such is the charm of brilliant valor, that
we often are tempted to forget the injustice of
the cause that they may have called forth the
actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm
is often united with the utmost tenderness of
heart, the very appreciation of suffering only
quickening the sense of the heroism that
risked the utmost, till the young and ardent
learn absolutely to look upon danger as
an occasion for evincing the highest qualities.
O Life, without thy checkered scene
Of right and wrong, of weal and woe,
Success and failure, could a ground
For magnanimity be found ?
The true cause of such enjoyment is perhaps
an inherent consciousness that there is nothing
so noble as forgetfulness of self. Therefore it
is that we are struck by hearing of the exposure
of life and limb to the utmost peril, in oblivion,
or recklessness of personal safety, in comparison
with a higher object."
Click here.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Young People's History of the Pilgrims/Google Books
Click here.
(Thanksgiving)
Young People's History of the Pilgrims
By William Elliot Griffis
Published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1920
353 pages(Thanksgiving)
The Book of Saints and Heroes /Google Books
The Book of Saints and Heroes
By Lang, Leonora Blanche Lang, Andrew Lang, Henry J. Ford
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Ontario(Canadian) Graded Readers/Project Gutenberg
- The Ontario Readers: Third Book Ontario Ministry of Education
- The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario Ministry of Education
- The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader Ontario Ministry of Education
- The Ontario High School Reader Marty, A.E.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
How to be Happy Written for Children(Christian)/Google Books
Click here.
How to be Happy: Written for the Children of Some Dear Friends
By Lydia Howard Sigourney, Lady, A Lady
Published by D.F. Robinson, 1833
128 pages
The Beautiful Land of Nod/Google Books
The Beautiful Land of Nod
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Published by W.B. Conkey, 1892
141 pages
A storybook for young children. Click here.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
A Book of Bravery/Google Books
The Book of Bravery: Being True Stories in an Ascending Scale of Courage
By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by C. Scribner's Sons, 1920
429 pages
Click here.
A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legends, History, and Science/Google Books
A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legends, History, and Science
By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by E.P. Dutton & company, 1922
316 pages
Click here.
By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by E.P. Dutton & company, 1922
316 pages
Click here.
A Short History of Science/Google Books
A Short History of Science
By W. T. Sedgwick, H. W. Tyler
Published by The Macmillan company, 1917
474 pagesClick here.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Hero Tales from American History by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Lodge/Project Gutenberg
"Hor. I saw him once; he was a goodly king.
Ham. He was a man, take him for all in all
I shall not look upon his like again." —Hamlet
Click here.
Ham. He was a man, take him for all in all
I shall not look upon his like again." —Hamlet
Click here.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Guyot Geographical Reader and Primer/Google Books
Geographical regions are covered(for the most part) rather than specific countries. Appears to be appropriate for fourth-fifth grade.
Click here.
The Guyot geographical reader and primer: a series of journeys round the world
By Mary Howe Smith, Mary Howe Smith Pratt
Published by American Book Company, 1898
282 pages
Introductory [Science Primer]/Google Books
Click here.
Introductory [Science Primer]
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Published by American book company, 1880
94 pages
Introductory [Science Primer]
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Published by American book company, 1880
94 pages
Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners/Google Books
Click here.
Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners
By Henry Enfield Roscoe, Joseph Lunt
Published by Macmillan, 1897
245 pages
Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners
By Henry Enfield Roscoe, Joseph Lunt
Published by Macmillan, 1897
245 pages
Lessons in Elementary Chemistry/Google Books
Click here.
Lessons in elementary chemistry: Inorganic and Organic
By Henry Enfield Roscoe
Published by Macmillan, 1893
503 pages
Lessons in elementary chemistry: Inorganic and Organic
By Henry Enfield Roscoe
Published by Macmillan, 1893
503 pages
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Complete Graded Arithmetic Sixth Grade/Google Books
Click here.
Answers included. Note: Google's page numbers do not correspond to book page numbers - title page begins on page 399.
Answers included. Note: Google's page numbers do not correspond to book page numbers - title page begins on page 399.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Hiawatha Primer and The Book of Nature Myths/Google & Project Gutenburg
The Hiawatha Primer and The Book of Nature Myths are to be read in succession. Both get progressively more difficult, so it is meant to be used across grades. Grade levels are not mentioned, but it appears to cover grade two - grade four. Primers are meant for beginning readers.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Elementary and Middle School Readings for Columbus Day/Google books
The Story of Columbus and Magellan
A First Book in American History: With Special Reference to the Lives
A History of the United States and Its People: For the Use of Schools
The Beginner's American History
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold
Socializing the Child: A Guide to the Teaching of History in the Primary Grades
Stories of Early American History
An Elementary History of Our Country
American Hero Stories
The Patriotic Reader: For Seventh and Eighth Grades and Junior High Schools
The Story of Mankind
Founders of Our Country
History Primer
Barnes's Elementary History of the United States
Type Lessons for Primary Teachers
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them /Google Books
Click here.
Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them: How to Play Them
By Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher
Published by Best Books, 1915
284 pages
Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them: How to Play Them
By Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher
Published by Best Books, 1915
284 pages
The New McGuffey Fifth Reader/Google Books
Click here.
The New McGuffey Fifth Reader.
By William Holmes McGuffey
Published by American Book Co., 1901
Original from Harvard University
352 pages
Monday, September 29, 2008
The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin/Project Gutenberg
Click here. Easy to download via HTML, just "select all" and "save".
According to Yesterday's Classics which has republished this classic:
"A fairy tale of what happened to two men who tried to get rich in evil ways and of how the fortune they sought came to their younger brother, whose kind and loving heart prompted him to right action. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of 19th century stories for children. Includes four black and white illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Ages 8-10, 41 pages."
Detailed description of plot, characters, and story analysis at Wikipedia.
According to Yesterday's Classics which has republished this classic:
"A fairy tale of what happened to two men who tried to get rich in evil ways and of how the fortune they sought came to their younger brother, whose kind and loving heart prompted him to right action. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of 19th century stories for children. Includes four black and white illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Ages 8-10, 41 pages."
Detailed description of plot, characters, and story analysis at Wikipedia.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School /Google Books
Click here.
Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School
By Emma Miller Bolenius
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
Original from the New York Public Library
337 pages
Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School
By Emma Miller Bolenius
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
Original from the New York Public Library
337 pages
Saturday, September 27, 2008
In the Nursery of My Book House/Google Books
By Olive Beaupré Miller
Published by Book House for Children, 1920
Click here.
Traditional nursery rhymes and stories for older children.
Click here.
Traditional nursery rhymes and stories for older children.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Cathcart's Literary Reader (Survey of English Literature) /Google books
Begins with Elizabethan literature. Click here.
Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art Grades 1-4/Google Books
Click here.
Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art, arranged by seasons for the first four grades.
By Anna E. McGovern
Published by A. Flanagan company, 1905
Original from Harvard University
315 pages
Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art, arranged by seasons for the first four grades.
By Anna E. McGovern
Published by A. Flanagan company, 1905
Original from Harvard University
315 pages
Shakspere(Shakespeare): A Critical Study of His Mind and Art/Google Books
Click here.
Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art
By Edward Dowden, Will David Howe
Published by Harper, 1918
Original from Harvard University
386 pages
Intermediate Language Lessons for Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grade By Emma Serl/Google Books
Click here.
Intermediate Language Lessons
By Emma Serl
Published by American book company, 1914
324 pages
Teacher's copies and reprints of this book are available for sale. Check Google Search, or use my Amazon search engine on the side bar.
Intermediate Language Lessons
By Emma Serl
Published by American book company, 1914
324 pages
Teacher's copies and reprints of this book are available for sale. Check Google Search, or use my Amazon search engine on the side bar.
Everyday Classics Eighth Grade/Google Books
Click here.
Everyday Classics: Primer-eighth Reader
By Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Fannie Wyche Dunn, Mildred Batchelder
Published by Macmillan, 1918
Everyday Classics Seventh Grade/Google Books
Click here.
Everyday Classics: First [-eighth] Reader
By Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Fannie Wyche Dunn, Mildred Batchelder
Published by Macmillan, 1918
Original from the New York Public Library
Classics Old and New Fourth Grade/ Google Reader
Classics Old and New: A Series of School Readers
By Edwin Anderson Alderman
Saturday, September 20, 2008
The Mother Goose Primer/Google Books
Click here.The Mother Goose Primer
By Belle Wiley
Illustrated by Anne Merriman Peck
Published by C.E. Merrill, 1910
Original from Harvard University
128 pages
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
An American Book of Golden Deeds(Hero Stories) By James Baldwin/Google Books
An American Book of Golden Deeds
By James Baldwin
Published by Dodo Press, 1907
Original from Harvard University
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The Book of Battles; or, Daring Deeds by Land and Sea/ Google Books
This is not an academic book, but interesting for older teens and adults.
The book of battles; or, Daring deeds by land and sea [ed. by E. Shelton and C. Jones], By Book, Edward Shelton
Published by , 1867
Original from Oxford University
From the Prospectus:
"The Editor, however, will exercise great caution to avoid errors into
which he might easily fall. First, the Narratives will be strictly true,
so that the reader may have before him the actions of men like himself —
not creations of an author's brain. Then, the details of most Exciting
Adventures will not be overcharged for the mere purpose of producing
a morbid sensation. Over sufferings incidental to War the veil will be
gently drawn, and at heroic deeds involving often the rise of One Man
upon the sacrifice of Thousands there will only be expressed the admiration
of a rational observer in a Christian country."
Click here.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Fifty Famous Rides and Riders By James Baldwin/Google Books
Click here. Appears appropriate for fourth to fifth grade students.
Published by American Book Company, 1916
Original from the New York Public Library
303 pages
Published by American Book Company, 1916
Original from the New York Public Library
303 pages
Barnes's Elementary History of the United States by James Baldwin/Google Books
Click here. About fourth grade level. Beginner's history in the form of biographies.
Published by American Book Company, 1918
400 pages
Published by American Book Company, 1918
400 pages
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race/Project Gutenburg
Contents:
Introduction xvii
I. Beowulf 1
II. The Dream of Maxen Wledig 42
III. The Story of Constantine and Elene 50
IV. The Compassion of Constantine 63
V. Havelok the Dane 73
VI. Howard the Halt 95
VII. Roland, the Hero of Early France 119
VIII. The Countess Cathleen 156
IX. Cuchulain, the Champion of Ireland 184
X. The Tale of Gamelyn 204
XI. William of Cloudeslee 225
XII. Black Colin of Loch Awe 248
XIII. The Marriage of Sir Gawayne 265
XIV. King Horn 286
XV. Robin Hood 314
XVI. Hereward the Wake
Click here.
King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls/Project Gutenburg
Then a cry came from among the common people, and so strong was it that the nobles looked as if they hated to hear it.
'Let Arthur draw the sword!' was the call from a thousand throats.
The venerable archbishop came and took Arthur by the hand, and led him towards the sword. Again the young man held the rich pommel with his single hand, and that which none of the forty-nine great men could do, he did as easily as if he but plucked a flower.
A fierce cry leaped from among the thousands of the common people.
'Arthur shall be our King!' they cried. 'Arthur is our King! We will no longer deny him!'
A wonderful read-aloud or story for older children to read. It is a bit difficult with the old English, so I'm guessing age 12 and up for readability. Click here.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
In God's Garden by Amy Steedman/Librivox
Friday, August 29, 2008
The American Normal Readers Fifth Grade/Google Books
Click here
Excerpt from Introduction:
Thou hast made us for Thyself, and we cannot find rest until we find it in Thee. — ST. AUGUSTINE. These familiar words, which show the purpose of our creation and the true goal of life, also point to the end and aim of all sound education. Education is complete and ideal only as it trains and develops the whole being in the manner intended by the Creator. True education will embrace instruction and guidance in Religion, Science, History, Literature and Art, for these represent the child's entire nature and so cover the full range of his possibilities.
The American Normal Readers: Fifth Book
By May Louise Harvey
Published by Silver, Burdett and Co., 1912
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Mar 30, 2007
The American Normal Readers Third Grade/Google Books
By May Louise Harvey
Published by Silver, Burdett and Co., 1908
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Mar 28, 2007
352 pages
Primary Method in the Church School(Lessons Plans)/Google Books
Lesson plans and teacher's instructional for primary grade, ages six though eight, although some skills covered look appropriate for younger ages. Click here.
Primary Method in the Church School: By Alberta Munkres
By Alberta Munkres
Published by The Abingdon Press, 1921
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Jan 8, 2008
242 pages
Language Work By Grade(Lesson Plans)/Project Gutenberg
For grades one through eight. Click here.
Language Work in Elementary Schools
By Macon Anderson Leiper
Published by Ginn, 1916
Original from the University of California
Digitized Oct 29, 2007
333 pages
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 & Great Events by Famous Historians, Volumes 1-21./Project Gutenberg
Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942:
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02
(From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) (English) (as Editor) - The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05
(From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) (English) (as Editor) - The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06
(From Barbarossa to Dante) (English) (as Editor) - The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08
The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation (English) (as Editor) - The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 (English) (as Editor)
- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21
The Recent Days (1910-1914) (English) (as Editor) - Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more
than 200 of the most prominent personages in History (English) (as Editor) - Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more
than 200 of the most prominent personages in History (English) (as Editor) - Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more
than 200 of the most prominent personages in History (English) (as Editor) - Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more
than 200 of the most prominent personages in History (English) (as Editor) - Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more
than 200 of the most prominent personages in History (English) (as Editor) - Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more
than 200 of the most prominent personages in History (English) (as Editor) - Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 of 8
A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History (English) (as Editor) - Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8)
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more
than 200 of the most prominent personages in History (English) (as Editor)
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wilderness, Camping, and Scouting Using the "Indian Ideal"/Google Books
This is "old school" scouting at it's best. Click here.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
California Plants in Their Homes, A Botanical Reader/ Google Books
Click here. Later elementary school, possibly fourth(advanced) through sixth grade.
Friday, August 22, 2008
A First Manual of Composition/Google Books
A First Manual of Composition: Designed for Use in the Highest Grammar Grade and the Lower High-school Grades
By Edwin Herbert Lewis
Published by Macmillan & co., ltd., 1899
Original from Harvard University
Click here.
By Edwin Herbert Lewis
Published by Macmillan & co., ltd., 1899
Original from Harvard University
Click here.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
The Practical Speller for Higher Grades/Google Books
The Practical Speller for Higher Grades: Designed to Present in the Natural Order of Acquisition the Words Required in the Work of the Grammar and High School, and to Lead the Pupil to a Clear Understanding of the Common Usage of Capital Letters and of Punctuation Marks, by William Clayton Jacobs, Published by Ginn & Co., 1900.
Click here.
Click here.
Citizenship in School and Out/Google Books
Published in 1919, grades first through sixth grade, lesson plans for civics. Click here.
Monday, August 18, 2008
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