Wednesday, January 16, 2008

A History of Art for Beginners and Students/Google Books


Click here. Appropriate for middle school and up. Clear, concise, and interesting introduction to art history published in 1887.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Fifth Reader/Google Books

Click here.

Teacher's Manual The Boys' and Girls' Readers(4th-6th grade)/Google Books

Published in 1919, this reader is divided into three sections for fourth, fifth and sixth grades. The table of contents is arranged alphabetically by reading selection, author, and by grade. Many classic reading selections. Click here.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Child's Illustrated First Book in French/Google Books


Published in 1880, this book is a structured language program focusing on grammar and vocabulary with conversational stories for learning the spoken language. Reading level is about fourth or fifth grade. Click here.

The Child's German Book/Google Books

Published in 1870, a learning German book for children. It begins easily with letters and progresses to poetry and stories for about the fourth and fifth grade level. Some of the stories were so wonderful that I found myself wanting to learn, and reading along. I found this book to be a much more interesting way to learn a language compared to modern texts which tend to be rather dry and skeletal.

The book teaches German using the beautiful older German letters. Click here.

Friday, January 4, 2008

How to Amuse Yourself and Others: The American Girl's Handy Book


"These descriptions of leisure-time activities for Victorian girls were designed to cultivate their curiosity and inventiveness, and to help them gain self-confidence regarding their competence and talents." Click here. Read contents first, some activities are not wholesome by conservative Christian or other conservative religious standards.

First Lessons in English/Google Books


Click here. Covers thou, thy and thine which is handy to know for Bible reading.

The Chart Primer and First Reader/Google Books


Introduction to early readers, teacher's manual included. Click here.
First Reader. Click here.
These two go together.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

The Child's Fourth Book Most stories are interesting, although a few are a bit harsh by modern day standards. I copied one, Filial Affection with the comprehension questions to Google Documents. Click and print here.

Monday, December 31, 2007

19th Century World Maps(1840's) and Geography/Google Books


This old Geography book is useful in sections, mostly for the maps. Look how different Europe was in the 1840's. If you are doing a study of this time period, there are some nice maps in An Easy Introduction to Geography, published in 1840. There is coverage of other areas which can be still be used such as early American History.

A Compilation of Children's Literature for Teachers/Google Books

A large compilation of children's literature sectioned off into categories, beginning with nursery rhymes and ending with Poetry. Edited with notes, introductions and bibliographies, published by Rand McNalley in 1921. Click here. Reading suggestions for each grade level are explained here in section 4.

Nature Study in Elementary Schools: A Manual for Teachers/Google Books


A nice nature study month by month for the first four grades. Click here.

Evan-Moor Educational Books/Google Books

Listings for 288 Evan-Moor educational books. View full pages without advertising bar by clicking on HTML view(bottom of sidebar at links). These are not in public domain, but free to read. Not downloadable.